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Mt. Rushmore holds special significance for me. I was born in Rapid City, and like my father before me, served in the Air Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base, though he was in the Army Air Corps during WWII. I served my final days as a police officer in the Rapid City Police Department.
I’ve seen Mt. Rushmore countless times, and liked the facilities better when they were closer to the land, less like pseudo-ancient Greek/contemporary DC architecture, but one thing remains: whenever I stand in the presence of those great men, when I look up at Gutzon Borglum’s monumental achievement, I experience a thrill of patriotic pride, and I’m indescribably glad to be an American.
Among my duties at the RCPD was SWAT, and on several occasions, when there were potential threats against Mt. Rushmore, we suited up and joined federal agencies in protecting the monument. We didn’t hang out at the visitor’s center, but faded into the mountains and woods surrounding it. It was duty every one of us took deadly seriously. As South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem recently said:
We may not have said exactly that, but not one of us doubted we’d do whatever was necessary to prevent any harm to “The Shrine of Democracy.” There was no way to know, of course, just how serious the threats to which we responded were, but on our watch, all those years ago, Mt. Rushmore endured.
Then came 2020 and the Democrat/Socialist/Communist Party, which is far more Socialist and Communist than Democratic, and this threat:
The tweet was up only a short time, and of course, Twitter would never think of removing anything D/S/Cs have to say, but the backlash was so immediate and severe, the D/S/Cs quickly took down the tweet.
This is hardly the first time D/S/Cs have attacked Mt. Rushmore as racist, a monument to white supremacy. I wrote on that topic in August of 2019 in Mt. Rushmore: Racism And Endurance. A visit to that article may be worth your time.
Everything about it, including the periods, is a lie. Mr. Trump has done nothing to restrict the voting rights of eligible voters. Illegal immigrants, felons, non-citizens, the dead, those he doesn’t want to vote, nor should any American. Every fake ballot dilutes the ballots of eligible Americans, and badly damages our system. If American’s can’t be reasonably sure elections are honestly and lawfully conducted, all faith in our republic is lost, and the only resort left is to force.
OK D/S/Cs, let’s see the evidence President Trump “blocked critical pandemic relief.” I suspect it will not be forthcoming. Apparently they’re not aware we have a Bureau of Indian Affairs, which includes an extensive Indian health system. Were Indians in any actual way being denied medical care, my experience in that part of the country tells me we’d be hearing about it loudly and clearly. We’re not, and we’re not going to.
What Mr. Trump is doing is appearing at Mt. Rushmore for the Fourth of July. The President of the United States is going to the national monument most identified with America to celebrate Independence Day. Which part of that, I wonder, is “glorifying white supremacy”? Does every American that celebrates Independence Day glorify white supremacy?
And what of the great men depicted on the mountain? Which of them was a white supremacist? Abraham Lincoln? Does fact matter anymore?
So Mt. Rushmore is “desecration of stolen land.” What does the D/S/C Party have to say about the Crazy Horse Monument, not far from Mt. Rushmore, also on “stolen land”? Or is that allowable because it depicts an Indian? What about the Indians of all the other tribes in that region that warred on each other? Don’t they deserve a monument too? Who is going to build that one?
There is one thing about which we can be certain this Independence Day: D/S/Cs are entirely insane, and they hate America and Americans. I fear Jason Rantz is right:
A happy and reflective Independence Day to you all, gentle readers, a few days early. God help us stave off chaos for another four years.
UPDATE, 07-01-20, 1945 MT: The New York Times, a former newspaper, has gone entirely off the deep end, dredging up old fake news:
These are issues I addressed in Mt. Rushmore: Racism and Endurance. To whatever degree you care about what The NYT has to say, take the link. Donald Trump Jr. well addressed the issue:
And Buck Sexton made perhaps the most pertinent point. It’s lunacy to suggest wrongs committed centuries ago by people to whom contemporary Americans have only the most tenuous genetic linkage, or none at all, are actionable, morally, legally or practically, against them. Suggesting otherwise indicates dishonesty in the extreme.
To whatever degree land “belonged” to an Indian tribe, ownership was determined by the strength and viciousness of whichever tribe could kill all others to take it. If, gentle readers, you want to read about a president that actually used Mt. Rushmore, and every other national park, for crass, even cruel, political purposes, take this link to Mt. Rushmore’s Underwear from October of 2013. An excerpt from that article:
Barrycaded scenic pull-off near Mt. Rushmore
Barack Obama has not only closed off the Mt. Rushmore parking lot and memorial–any two-bit deranged politician could do that–no, our political lord and savior is actually trying, by blocking off roadside parking areas, to keep us from looking at and taking pictures of Mt. Rushmore. And of course, he has charged patrolling park rangers to prevent Americans foolish enough to have voted for him from stopping and so much as looking at the monument.
Park rangers blocking Mt. Rushmore parking lots. credit: Rapid City Journal
How empty the souls of those that can’t allow honorable Americans to enjoy the monumental accomplishment, the extraordinary beauty, the patriotic stirrings and the appreciation for those who have sacrificed so much to preserve liberty that is embodied in Mt. Rushmore.
Stately McDaniel Manor 
With all that’s going on in the country right now… and you are worried about losing Mt. Rushmore?? It’s a mountain for gosh sakes; it’s not going anywhere!
You want to know what Trump does wrong, pandemic non-preparedness, et al? Stop watching FOX gibberish.
Methinks your boy is spiraling down. Seems to me you might question as to why.
You’re one of them.
Noted.
Certainly in spirit for now. My vote is the only activist thing I will be exercising.
You know, Trump has ruined Republicanism and I almost resent him for making me vote Democrat (but I don’t one bit resent voting him out before he ruins the country). My vote is non-partisan.
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” – George Orwell, 1984
Orwell wrote that as a warning. You could learn a few things from him.
You can define your own level of doom & gloom Orwellian interpretation of current events as you so wish. I choose to side with the optimism of the Founding Fathers and the proven longevity of the Constitution..
Dear Doug:
The Constitution has survived because enough Americans believe and act upon American Constitutionalism. When that balance shifts too far, the Constitution is only fading ink on yellowing paper.
“American Constitutionalism” is a political meandering. The Constitution exists, like I said earlier… because of the will.. and faith… of the people. Not “your” people or “my” people.
Dear Doug:
“American Constitutionalism” is a shared belief in and respect for the rule of law as embodied in the Constitution. It is our shared faith in those principles. When too many no longer are of that faith, as Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Dear The other Phil:
What you said.
Orwell was warning of the danger in the EXACT course that the left is currently plotting. But no, you choose to side with those who would erase our history and freedoms because orangemanbad.
Well, orangeman is indeed bad.. a clear & present danger bad.. and WILL get worse… but beside all that…
You are suggesting that if I opt for wanting Trump as far away from the presidency as possible then that makes me automatically a member of some club/conspiracy/doctrine/whatever, that wants to.. “erase our history and freedoms”?
I was unaware that any erasing of history and freedoms was even happening. I thought some Constitution “stuff” had to occur first.
Cool, O master troll Doug!
What a novel use of the old false flag operation! “I’m more
American than you are (despite what I say).”
You never cease to teach and inspire!
Your little trollop, Dug
Dear Doug:
It pains me to see you ignore the obvious. Of course, Mr. Rushmore is a mountain, a granite mountain to be precise. The danger is not to the entire mountain, but to the carvings. They can be badly damaged or destroyed by the application of modern arms, as various lunatic Islamists have demonstrated in the destruction of ancient works of art around the globe.
These are not the first threats to Mt. Rushmore, but they’re among the most potentially likely to be carried out.
Surely you don’t think the images of those presidents monuments to white supremacy? Surely you don’t think their destruction would somehow improve America in any way? You’re not as anti-American and insane as the official D/S/C party that made those assertions?
Want a second civil war? Damaging or destroying Mt. Rushmore is the way to get it.
Doug, it’s not the job of the POTUS–any POTUS to prevent any individual from dying of a disease. The reality is Mr. Trump has been on top of the Covid-19 situation from the beginning. He moved heaven and earth to get every governor–including leftist hacks like Cuomo and Newsome whatever they needed, and they’ve admitted that. Every whining complaint Gropin’ Joe Biden made about Mr. Trump was about something Mr. Trump already did, or something that was unnecessary, even counterproductive.
And of course you know I read and link to a wide variety of news sources.
Do you really believe what the media tells you? Remember, Hillary was a shoe in for the presidency until election night. All the polls, conducted and talked about by all the smartest people said so.
My point exactly.. it’s all subjective and a matter of personal opinion. As I’ve said often enough, no one person can bring down the Constitution. The will of the people certainly can. But bringing down the country? Yep… a single man could indeed do that if allowed to go too far.
Dear Doug:
The problem is too many are no longer willing to express the “will of the people” through the legitimate process of fair elections, and even constitutional amendment. Too many have declared, overtly or through implication, the Constitution null and void and push “resistance” and “revolution” instead. That can, and will, bring down the country.
I’ve tried to ignore most of your posts, though sometimes I’ve humored you with a reply. Once or twice I’ve even thought it’s kind of a good thing that there’s a contrarian here at Mike’s place. But your shtick is starting to get old now. I really don’t know how seriously to take you, up till now I had kinda hoped you were involved in some kind of performance art. But maybe not. Maybe you really ARE no better than the scum that have been trying to destroy our country by any means necessary.
(By the way, Doug, you don’t HAVE to remain so close-minded. I was a lifelong Dem, lifelong liberal on most issues, still am on some… and yet I was slowly red-pilled. Ten years ago I never could have imagined how I’d feel today about “the left”, but once you open your eyes, you can NEVER un-see some things. I’m not a Repub, still not “conservative” on most issues, but boy oh boy I sure can see how far Dems/Left have moved toward totalitarianism and fascism. So yeah, just FYI, there IS still time for you to walkaway…)
When one is the only contrarian it’s inevitable that the contrarian will get older and more boring over time… to the non-contrarians. I’m not defending Liberalism or chucking Conservatism but rather very anti-Trump.. the man. I also do not share the fear and loathing the Right has toward Liberals… in spite of being a registered California Republican. I dislike intensely the national political divide to the extremes, I understand the civil rights rage but I am not in favor of destroying monuments.. and that Trump and his minions are avoiding anything to do with the spreading pandemic.. with no leadership. One person’s truth is another person’s fake news.. hence nothing gets done. The economy is going into the dumper very soon.. and the worst is yet to come with Trump denying the election results.
So.. yeah… it’s so very obvious I’m trying to destroy the country by any means necessary…. although I might submit, Trump is doing well all on his own… and as a patriotic American I am very infuriated over his buffoonery.
Are you truly afraid of the Left? Because… I am telling you here and now the greatest “danger” to the Left getting strong control is Trump’s reckless destruction of traditional Republicanism.. and his completely idiotic behaviors in every aspect of the Presidency to the point that even loyal GOP’ers are having doubts… and the GOP is blowing up to a point where the threat is VERY real that Congress will become Democrat-controlled in the next election. Personally I prefer seeing a balance in Congress. Nearly everyone in this blog castigates the Dems and Liberals for whatever the fear-of-the-week is being reflected in the rhetoric. But everyone is missing the simple idea… it’s Trump that’s destroying any chance of a GOP offset to Congressional control in the next election. Get him outta there.
But… what do I know. I’m sure Covid is in my future somewhere because it will get way worse given there’s no leadership, and will certainly finish me off.. but if I can stick around to see Trump gone.. a small victory for me.
Reblogged this on It's Karl and commented:
The Left may not hate America, but I’m not sure how things would look any different if they did.
Dear karllembke:
Nah. They hate America and Americans.
Doug, clearly a Biden victory in November will only increase the calls to pull down statues, rename roads and schools, and generally to remake society. It all seems very Taliban-esque, eh? The last large scale attempt at the whole “year zero” thing-y ended with 2 million dead under the Khmer Rouge. It didn’t work out too well for the French either, or Mao’s China. You don’t suppose that’s part of the reason for this need to erase history? Naw, that couldn’t be it. That’s just silly.
Khmer Rouge??
Sorry.. I can’t share the paranoia. I don’t agree with a lot of this crap myself.. but.. we are in the middle of a pandemic that’s getting worse (and Trump is saying today it will just vanish shortly). I have no doubt that a lot of what feeds the general social (racial) discontent in the streets is also a pent up emotionalism with the political divide in general, Trump specifically (as he is getting worse by the day), and the pandemic itself making people literally stir-crazy and economically frustrated with little or no government leadership.
I am not ready to surrender to the theory that the Dems/Liberals (in some deep state star chamber thing) are hell-bent on tearing the country/Constitution to pieces. Then again.. one person’s “tearing it to pieces” is another person’s “making America great again”.
Dear Doug:
One example of how Mr. Trump has actually damaged the Constitution, please. One will do.
Mike, you’re wasting your time. He’ll just change the subject.
Doug, I didn’t make up that whole year zero thing. Commies and marxists have been striving for it since the French Revolution when Robespierre first came up with the idea, which Marx later built upon. Every time it’s tried you get gulags, mass murder, famine, and war. EVERY TIME! France’s reign of terror, USSR, Mao’s China, Pol Pot’s Cambodia, Ho’s hellhole in Vietnam after 1975, you name it. Surely even you can see the pattern here. And this current movement in the US sure seems like they have the same goal in mind. Not specifically the gulags and famine…I really think that those are not intentional…they just to pop up every time, almost by accident. EVERY TIME.
The star chamber is real. See the Flynn case. Oh, and Flynn is completely innocent. Just wanted to point that out to you.
Flynn can be whatever Trump wants him to be.. I could care less. If Trumpian Conservatives need that episode as some example of “Liberals gone wild” to clamor about.. go for it. In the end it never will matter.
Nothing I put in print will change any minds nor will anything you print change mine. Pretty much all I do posting in here is rain on everyone’s pro-Trump Kumbaya party anyway. I find it dismal knowledge knowing that there’s a portion of Americans that actually consider other Americans a serious threat to American democracy to the point of wildly supporting what has been the worst President in American history… proud that he reflects their voice. Has it been that “voice” that’s turned this nation into it’s current state of mess? Wait.. let me guess… “What mess?” you ask; and therein rests the essence of the national divide in a leaderless pandemic. I’d not drift off into Trumpian fantasyland too quickly. You’re gonna want to be awake for his personal coup de gras on the nation, yet to come. Fortunately we have the Constitution.
Doug,
“Nothing I put in print will change any minds nor will anything you print change mine.”
You finally said something that’s accurate. Your mind is closed and your assertions are unpersuasive. You readily dismiss the warnings of a brilliant person like Orwell, even as it is unfolding before your eyes in the exact fashion that he predicted. Maybe you should start your own blog, to share your brilliance with like-minded folks.
I’ve had a blog since the week of Jan. 20, 2017. It would be a place you would not find happiness much less any interest… and absolutely no brilliance is being displayed there, as you would heartily agree… http://www.findingpoliticalsanity.com . I’ve drifted away from it for months now after a foray into podcasting with Buzzfeed. Matters not.
Orwell is just fine. If you wish to draw prophecy from him that’s fine. Use it for inspiration to work your disharmony with anti-Trumpers. I’m sure other authors will help inspire you as well.
Actually… this past post would likely be of repulsive interest to those who find solace in here…
https://findingpoliticalsanity.com/coronavirus-precaution-1-ignore-trump-can-you-believe-it/
Dear The other Phil:
And there we see one of the primary differences between Normal Americans and D/S/Cs. I, and I suspect most readers of this scruffy little blog, will consider evidence, and believe if facts–not Bidenesque “truth”–demonstrates a belief or philosophy to be wrong, they have an obligation to change that belief or philosophy. This is why I work so hard to provide links–and not to one source–and why I take pains to make my opinions clearly opinion.
You have a blog?! That’s…interesting.
And naturally you ignored Mike’s question. Seems kinda rude. This is his blog after all.
I am guessing you are referring to this exchange…
I said…..
“Then again.. one person’s “tearing it to pieces” is another person’s “making America great again”.
To which Mike asked, presuming I said something relating to “damage” to the Constitution… (which I do not recall stating……)
“One example of how Mr. Trump has actually damaged the Constitution, please. One will do.”
I believe I explained that whether Conservatives felt Liberals/Socialists/Commies were “tearing up the Constitution” (with their rhetoric) or whether Trump was doing the same in making America great again.. is simply a matter of perspective given that no one person… or like persons.. can “damage” the Constitution. Only we, the people, can change the Constitution.. and whether that change is “damage” is irrelevant because it IS the will of the people.
Has Trump abused the use of the Constitution? Most assuredly. But abuse is not illegal, albeit a measure of questionable performance and holding to historical traditions. A huge issue with Trump is his intent/intention… and it seems the greater number of the voters are questioning that enough to not favor a Trump 2.0.
I am going to violate the mad Marxist Gavin Gruesomes imperial
edict on the Fourth Of July. He tripled down on stupid with his last
diktat. He reimposed the lockdown order, jacked-up fines for
not wearing a mask in “public places,” and threatened to jail
anyone who has a barbeque on the Fourth Of July. The Peoples
Republic of Marxifornia is giving us a taste of pure totalitarian
communism. Screw the moron and every other elected Democrat
in this state!
I will be holding a barbeque for friends and neighbors (no masks
allowed) and flying my 3×5′ American and Gadsden flag in defiance
of his illegal and unconstitutional order. Private companies have
every right to set their terms and conditions, so when I have to
wear one of those ridiculous CO2 Rebreathers, I use a Sharpie to
write Newsome Sucks!
I’m just curious… some court somewhere in the state has already ruled that Newsome’s declaration is illegal and unconstitutional…. or was that your own legal interpretation of the Constitution? Perhaps you are using the “you can’t tell me what to do” amendment?
Dear Leonard Jones:
Americans are getting a clear preview of a socialist state. Here’s hoping they remember it in November.
No Dougie Boy, I am on to your trolling game. I see that you as a
BS artist who has never voted Republican in your entire adult life.
Furthermore, you have never read or understood the United States
Constitution or the Bill Of Rights. Sorry, pal but executive orders
unrelated to the executive branch have no force of law! An Imperial
diktat is ILLEGAL under the US Constitution and every state constitution
in the American REPUBLIC. Sorry to burst your liberal bubble but
only the US Congress and state legislators have the power to enact
laws! The Jusicial branch and the executive do not have the power
to yank laws out of their rectal orifices and America is a REPUBLIC,
not a democracy!
Your constitutional and legal illiteracy reveals two things; You are
much younger than me since I learned how a bill becomes law, the
three branches of government and the separation of power in the
in the three branches in the third grade.
Item number two, even the most rabid anti-Trump Republican would
not use leftist talking points to make their argument. You are the
shallowest tinking Internet troll I have come across!
Sorry Mike, but I had to unload on this guy.
Well, heck, Leonard… we can just skip the courts and have you adjudicate what’s an “imperial edict” and save some time!
Glad to see you paid attention to “Schoolhouse Rock” but I think you missed a couple tunes to listen to Zappa.
Sorry. Mike.. he had to unload on me.
Dear Mike, I have been wedded to the concept that politics is a
complex dynamic not unlike economics. Truman got his ass stomped
by Eisenhower like a Narc at a biker rally because the American electorate
rightfully saw Truman as soft on communism. Fast forward to America’s
first national temper tantrum in the Vietnam Era. Richard Nixon won
two landslide elections and Ronald Reagan’s two massive landslides as
Governor of California. In times of civil disorder, the American people
will always vote for the strongest candidate.
Now, on to economics: Carter was crushed by Ronald Reagan in
a landslide due to double-digit unemployment, interest rates
and inflation. Reagan won another landslide election against Walter
Mondale (the sacrificial candidate.) The former new left communist
radical (Clinton) had to lie about his agenda to get elected, as did
Obama.
This will enrage Dougie Boy because it reflects badly on his hero
Obama. Obama so pooched the economy that Trump won in a
near landslide in 2016. The difference in electoral votes between
Felonia von Pantsuit and Trump was 27.5 percent. It was not
even close! Picture a bull in a chute at a rodeo. He wanted to
break out, the very model of a bull market! In his first year
in office, Trump’s tax cuts and regulatory reforms caused the stock
market to soar to unprecedented heights. Dougie will not get this
because the vast majority of working-class America is invested
in the stock market in their retirement accounts and he is oblivious
to the fact that Trump had the lowest unemployment rates in
American history.
Now on to the 2020 election. Joe Biden ran as a moderate who
drifted so far to the left that he would have made Joseph Stalin
jealous. I personally believe the Clinton and Obama crime families
wanted to set him a figurehead in order to establish
a shadow government. After they put all their eggs in one
basket, they were stuck with a candidate whose advanced
Alzheimer’s disease is getting progressively worse by the day.
He cannot form a coherent sentence even when he is reading
a teleprompter or a prepared script in his basement studio.
Trump will shred him like a head of cabbage in the first debate!
This is where my sense of humor kicks in. There is no subject
under the Sun that cannot be covered with an episode of Married:
With Children or a Frank Zappa song reference:
“She’s in love with a boy from the rodeo who pulls the rope when
they let those suckers go.” The song is about High Desert trailer
trash. Forgive me, I live in a geezer park in the Mojave desert:
Biden is the empty slate that each voter can project their desires into. It’s like the polls that compare an incumbent with a generic opponent. The generic opponent has no flaws and so always does better that a specific person.
Biden’s numbers will crash once he picks a radical and unqualified VP, and once he has to debate Trump.
Dear The other Phil:
Such was the case with Barack Obama, only he could lay claim to racial expiation and healing. Sadly, he squandered it, and made race relations immeasurably worse. I doubt a black female VP candidate will have the same cachet. I also suspect when Biden is forced to make public e=appearances, that will be, as they say, that.
Dear Leonard Jones:
I hope economics is, once again, the deciding factor. Obama claimed it would take a magic wand for the GDP to ever again go beyond 2%. Mr. Trump had the magic wand that demonstrated all Obama wanted to do was preside over America’s decline. Now, the economy shows very strong signs of rapidly improving and D/S/Cs, including the media, are desperate to claim that’s actually a bad thing.
sorry, but Truman didn’t run against Ike in 1952. It was Stevenson. Truman retired.
Leonard: Two corrections to your history: Truman chose not to run in 1952 (although he could have, he was exempted from the Anti-Imperial Presidency Amendment); it was his replacement Stevenson Eisenhower beat decisively. Second, Nixon only won in 1968 because Wallace took all the yellow-dog dixiecrats away from Humphrey.
I remember the 1972 election, it seemed up to the very evening of the election all the pundits seemed to be expecting with bated breath the prospect of a McGovern victory. They were as stunned as I was because of the BS I head been reading and hearing in the papers and on TV.
I have to admit that I made a mistake by not clarifying the 1952
election. Truman was soft on communism, but Stevenson was
much farther to the left than Truman. Stevenson also ran against
John Kennedy in the 1960 primaries. Kennedy was a staunch
anti-communist who told his campaign staff that if Stevenson
won the primary, he would publicly endorse Nixon.
As for the 1972 election, it just proves that most pollsters were
were oversampling Democrats just as they did in the 2016 campaign.
I still have a list of what I call the Filthy Seven pollsters that oversampled
Democrats by 18 to 48 percent. The Hillary sycophants were too
afraid to tell her she was losing the election that showed she had
a 95 percent chance of winning.
I simply forgot that Truman backed down and if Truman was soft
on communism, the public sentiment was that a “progressive” like
would be worse. Sorry for the mistake.
Mike, I check the DJIA every day and in spite of these illegal edicts,
the stock markets are climbing up slowly and steadily clawing up.
Do not discount the childlike temper tantrums of the brainwashed
Mellinneal left, this will be the major factor that will ensure Trump’s
reelection.
Dear Leonard Jones:
I suspect as election day draws nearer, Americans will remember Reagan’s question: Are you better off now than you were four years ago.”
Dougy boy, read the United States Constitution and the Bill Of
Rights word for word.
The first amendment does not establish a wall of separation of
church and state! All this amendment does is to limit the power
of the United States Congress with respect prohibiting the free
exercise or the establishment of an official religion.
The second amendment did not referer to a formal militia. It referred
to the only militia in existence, armed citizens!
The fourth amendment states that:
‘The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be
violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.’
The plain language meaning of No warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, means that if a
police officer or a citizen accuses a person of committing a crime,
they have to swear an oath under penalty of perjury that their
accusation is true.
There are seven more amendments that I can explain to you in
great depth but it will not make a dent in the closed mind of a leftist
Internet troll!
Hey.. you got a beef with some power politician(s) going too far.. this document you quoted partially, establishes your remedy to get your case heard and adjudicated. Just sitting around pissing and moaning about Leftist governors making you wear a mask and you thinking the Constitution is being shredded is just self-serving idiocy. But.. hey… freedom of speech does not include “only people that make sense and can see a bigger picture than just themselves”
No one is taking over the country or shredding the Constitution because of the way it’s set up. Nice of you to read all that but do you understand any of it? Interestingly… the first words of the preamble dictates everything…. We the people…. and if the majority of the people change the entire form of government using the Constitution then that becomes the will of the people. Now.. not likely that’s gonna happen by next Thursday just to break up your beer-and-Barko-lounger plans… nor anytime remaining in your or my lifetimes. But if it does.. take up arms against “We the people” and when it’s all over you can smoke a joint and grove on the rubble.
I prefer to have faith in the document… not the myriad of opinions that bring you and others to the point of feeling threatened… or any other fear Trump slams your way for his effect.
As for my “trolling”… blame the blogmaster of this blog if this is not the place you can run to for a Kumbaya sing-along, misery-loves-company social moment, because I present an alt-opinion you don’t like.. He’s in charge of quality control in here. One guy against.. how many Conservatives in here… and I’m a troll?
That’s “groove on the rubble.” for those who want a “gotcha” moment.
Doug,
”Just sitting around pissing and moaning”?? That’s ironic, since it’s a good definition of what you do here, trying to hijack Mike’s successful blog for your own purposes. What’s wrong, can’t get enough attention at your own blog?
Ah.. I take it that’s your version of “just go away, nutjob.” Actually… if you were ever a blogmaster (successful or not) then you’d know there are two ways to handle someone you don’t want replying on your blog… ban them or simply ignore them, the latter being a bit more.. civil (on the surface) and are not looking like you are suppressing self-expression. On the other hand… if a person is constantly off topic or using prose or language unbecoming, or even overtly trying to upset the general theme to a point where the discourse, and subsequently the interest, of the followers is diminished… would seem good reasons.
Now.. in blog world many would like to presume that the size of a blogmaster’s… followers…. is a measure of true success, absolutely equating that to a blogmaster’s credibility. Given that… my reason for sharing that I had a blog was a kind of experiment for me…. how many days would it take for someone to gauge those who bothered to reply to my past posts with my apparent “non-credibility'” given so few had, compared to Mike here. It went three days… I believe, when you first belabored the point. Dunno what that means frankly… and who cares, other than someone’s reply was expected along that line.
Now here’s the interesting part…. to answer your question I had to spend all this time and words pretty much answering an off-topic question you submitted to me as some sort of “gotcha” to discredit what I had been replying to in here. We can very likely agree.. yep, Mike has more followers… so given that, more people like what he says.. and if that is the measure of “success” in blog world… he surely is more “successful” than me.
Thank you though for diverting some of my anxiety over the condition of the nation and the battle ahead.
“One guy against how many conservatives here…” Well, I’m not exactly conservative on a lot of issues, actually still liberal on some. But I’m now thoroughly embarrassed to admit I was ever part of “the left”. They are now far worse, have gone much more insane that “the right” ever dreamed of. I’m still stunned that this has happened, and so quickly. Sad… and sickening.
But did you really intend to say this? “… the myriad of opinions that bring you and others to the point of feeling threatened…” The implication being that we (Trump supporters) don’t have good and legitimate reasons TO feel threatened? Alright then. I’ll just have to assume you’ve chosen to ignore the countless attacks on rally-goers, numerous pro-Trump speakers, and just random people all over this country. Whether it be the sometimes-violent BLMers, the always-violent Antifa slime, or just unaffiliated haters looking for some innocent person to terrorize. ALL of that being loudly APPROVED OF by most of the mainstream media, and even by some pols.
Are you really saying we are imagining this? ????
Excellent.. good question.. and no sarcasm in me saying that. Ok.. so what you are saying is that Conservatives are feeling victimized for their opinions. I’m Conservative as well.. or was, until this Trump Republicanism came along. From what you are saying you feel you are being persecuted.. politically, at least.. but you are also suggesting a physical victimization as well at whatever events the Right Wing attends.
Now let me ask… ever explored as to the possibilities of why that might be.. if it is to the extent you are saying? I mean, serious thought. Not the usual laborious renditions of Liberal deep state, Obama/Hillary conspiracies, Obama appointees infiltrating all governmental institutions hell-bent on subverting Trump. The country has been around for some 240 years and we have experienced dominated years of one party or another.. both reflecting and imposing their ideals one time or another. I mean… jeez… for decades we’ve had a Dem administration always followed by a GOP administration, followed by another Dem administration. Conservatives have hardly gone underrepresented any more than the Dems.
So.. even though you are only “half” a Conservative (or is it half Dem?)… what’s your reasoning?
Dear Master Troll Doug,
Yeah, me too. I long for the days of “real Republicanism”–rust belt,
Chinese imports, overwhelming trade deficits, a growing serf class
servicing its betters (Real Republicans, etc).
OH! How I long for the good old days. That’s why we troll, hey Doug?
Your little trollop, Dug
You’ve already conceded that you aren’t here to change your mind or to change others, so you’re just here to get attention.
No.. I believe I stated that it’s not likely anyone will be changing their minds… and this was a conclusion after many months. Not really a concession.. more of a realization. But it was never a goal for me. I’m not a political “disciple” for anyone. More a wonderment as to why seemingly knowing, moral people are convinced Trump’s the one. That’s probably the larger problem… I abhor Trump the man more than the perceptions of an ideology he tosses out to the world. Everyone here tends to support Trump for.. well, oddly it really doesn’t matter “why” anyone supports Trump because if anyone supports him for one reason…. it means you also contribute toward enabling the entire insufferable “package” that is Trump. Trump supporters are constantly defending everything he says or does. Why does he even need that defense so often? Why are all his Tweets apparently “taken out of context”…daily… and how is it only his supporters understand his contexts when he himself has no idea. Is there a secret “Trump Whisperer” group acting as a kind of Knights Templar or praetorian guard? Secret de-coder ring?
Earlier in this very post you said “Nothing I put in print will change any minds nor will anything you print change mine”. You really do need remedial scrolling lessons. Or just embrace the power of control+F.
We get it. You hate Trump and think that anyone who agrees with a single thing he’s done is an idiot. You e said that a hundred different ways.
So, it looks like your goal is attention seeking. Period.
Here’s a quick test of your TDS: Can you identify one positive thing that Trump has done as President?
How about.. hmm… four. (Not in any order of importance)
1. He made some changes to the VA to improve services. Got rid of some bad apples, and extended medical care to persons living in remote areas away from VA hospitals or clinics, allowing use of civilian medical facilities.
2. Actually got rid of bump-stocks.. so he did his part for “gun control”. I said to Mike in an earlier post I would have gotten one of these things in my earlier days just for shooting fun. But age and wisdom intervened and I thought that a bit much to allow a rapid fire device in a nation overflowing with guns and untamed mental health issues.
3. Prison reform. It appears this First Step Act makes some effort to address sentencing and transitioning.
4. I tend to side with globalization (it used to be a Conservative mantra). As part of the new trade deal with Mexico, Mexico was required to permit collective bargaining, thus helping to desensitize the impulse of American firms going south of the border. I’m not anti-union but I am very “non-union” (yes, there’s a difference… and anti and non union used to be a Conservative mantra as well in the “old” days). But my stance on globalism includes the development of Third World economies so that they are not so.. Third World. Areas of poverty are breeding grounds for political discord, the spawning of dictatorships, and huge sub-standard health care.. and all these threats easily extend beyond political, borders and affect regions and the world. For as much as I dislike unions I recognize that in developing nations, as in the case of America’s early days, unions created the middle class. When that happens generally speaking standards of living go up.
On the other hand…. I’ve owned three businesses in my time.. small as they were, but one employed 20 people and was active for 15 years. I believe it’s inherent for business to be able to pursue any legal and moral way to give itself an advantage in order to stay in operation. If that means extending facilities to a Third World nation we share a border with is perfectly fine. But… honestly.. America should have brought Mexico to the 21st century a whole century ago…. which would have also solved the illegal entry problem. That was a fault of all past administrations.. and not a priority for the “will of the people” to address.
Now.. even my meager list here of “positives” in NO WAY suggests one bit that Trump himself thought any of these things out on his own creation. I am sure Congressional GOP pushed these.. and then he signed off. I also believe that Trump follows the idea.. if you throw enough crap against the wall some will stick. But the bottom line is that none of these things on my list are in any way worth the collateral damage to the country in him being in office.
Once again, you use a lot of words to say nothing of any substance. You list a few items, and them immediately say that they weren’t his ideas and he just “signed off” on them, completely invalidating the whole exercise.
I stand by my statement that you’re just seeking attention here. You’re mind is closed and your arguments are unpersuasive.
I doubt it’s just me with the closed mind, buddy-boy. You asked the question.. I gave an answer… and what you did not like in my answer is that I didn’t give Trump the holy worship you think he deserves… even if only for my little list of four items. The fact he signed off on them surely suggests he agreed with them… but hardly qualifies him for any sainthood.
Now.. to an aware person… I gave four points from which anyone might choose to agree or disagree.. but you preferred to dis off the entire reply because I didn’t pay homage to the Dear Leader for his wise and sage leadership. Methinks you have a bit of OMG (Orange Man God).
Dear Doug:
Come now. You know no one is worshipping Trump; far from it. I see his faults, but what he’s done for the country more than makes up for them. He’s a man, a flawed man, but he has kept his promises, and really produced for the American people.
The best thing you can say about Trump is that he sometimes rubber stamps a bill??!!
That was a non-answer on your part. Get a grip.
I stand for my flag and kneel for my God. And Trump is a man, not a god. Get over yourself.
But he’s been warning us about China for 30 years, and personally drove the confrontation to the forefront with them long before everyone saw the need to begin decoupling from them economically. Same with the wall. The Wuhan virus has proven him to be right on both issues. I don’t have to like him personally to admit that he’s done some really big and important things that no one else would have even tried, especially a Romney, Jeb, or Rubio, who would have continued the 30-year long surrender to China. You’re obviously one of the shrinking number of never-Trumpers, who still hasn’t gotten over the embarrassment of being completely wrong about the 2016 election cycle, and continuing to hold a grudge. I didn’t support Trump during the 2016 primaries, and I believe Mike didn’t either, but on the whole I’ve supported his policies since he took office. You’re the only one comparing him to a god.
Dear The other Phil:
In the run up to 2016, I was certainly undecided about Mr. Trump. Considering the alternative, I voted for him, and as I’ve often written, while he says some things I wish he wouldn’t say, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at his performance. He really has put America first, and governed as a true conservative, more so even than Ronald Reagan, the previous gold standard.
Joe Biden for president? To choose him over Donald Trump and his record of pro-American accomplishment is the very definition of insanity.
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