(DISPATCHES are short commentaries....posted one at a time....usually on a developing news story)
Post Shutdown: Obviously President Trump did not make the move to help the American people....but he threatened to!!! How absurd is even the thought of his method.....he threatens....to do what is right....this if he doesn't get a palatable but severely limited ''deal....which is what he really wants! There is nothing even remotely stalwart here.....as we are dragging him.....against his kicks.....to even keep an extended physical barrier on the table! Even if he does act now it would be tainted with months of indecision. When....oh when....are conservatives going to see who this man really is? Reiterating here from a number of past posts.....both Presidents Obama and Trump were judgments upon America from God. The Left got what they demanded.....and then we got what we demanded.
Someday the FBI is going to have to answer why they felt it necessary to employ an anti-terrorist style arrest of Roger Stone. What you do is call Stone's attorney and inform him that the FBI will be at his house at 10 AM to arrest him. Robert Mueller seems to be blind to the negative effect that his ongoing investigation is having upon the nation that he certainly thinks he is protecting. There are other serious problems that this nation faces Mr. Mueller....you are making it harder to deal with them. That having been said....Donald Trump brought this probe on himself. It is legitimate to question whether real estate developer turned politician Donald Trump had a 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' deal with not only a foreign power but an antagonistic foreign power. Even if this is proved to be the case it would most likely not be 'collusion' as it is presented to be. It would be extreme stupidity from a man who had no business entering the arena that he entered. If the probe eventually shows that Donald Trump was involved in what would be criminal business dealings....then that would be unfortunate for everyone involved. Due to the politically biased methods of....some....of the FBI leadership....pardons would be in order for....some....of the people lured into panicked responses to extraordinarily threatening interrogations. As for the opposition party.....the Democrats....they are a fact of life in America....a plague....on top of the self-serving ethical stagnation of the Republican Party.
President Trump has an opportunity before him. Take Air Force One to the Southwest border tomorrow.....grab a shovel and plant that thing in the ground....throw one shovel full of dirt off to the side......give the shovel to someone else and say...."Finish it....as fast as you can!" Who are his advisers telling him not to do this......Jared and Ivanka? I'm no lawyer but these legal issues are transcended by national defense issues. Break ground....then petition for an immediate review by the Supreme Court. (If he loses....we all lose....at least he tried.) Then reopen the government. Take that time for the State of the Union address and turn it into national defense address to the Congress....forget all the glory seeking....we all know the statistics....forget the "Madame Speaker, the President of the United States"....and talk about one thing.... you are protecting our retirees....our children....our families....our economy....our laws....and our republic itself. Folks....there are many people in America who want cheap labor so that they can double the size of their yacht.....there are others in Congress who want nothing else but to be reelected. Their proclaimed ideology has nothing to do with compassion....and everything to do with dereliction. The true compassion here is to expedite as much legal immigration as humanly possible....while protecting the opportunity of those who are already American citizens.
Rush Limbaugh has for the last hour given an impassioned plea for conservatives to stay strong on the 'social' issues. His defense on the sanctity of life is powerful. He obviously truly believes this. This wasn't a good day for him to build up or defend President Trump. I've seen this before in him.....he returns to his own self when not mesmerized by Donald Trump....but as wonderful as this long segment has been....and it's not over as I type.....what's truly sad is that he does not realize that Donald Trump could not care less about this issue. The President will give us something if he has to give....and sound pro-life if he has to sound pro-life....but these type of issues are not the essence of his being
Donald Trump needs and craves adulation. The cancellation of the State Of The Union Address must have been difficult for him. There is probably nothing in the world quite like hearing the Sergeant At Arms bellow out.....""Mister (or Madame) Speaker, the President of the United States.".....and then walking the aisle with scalawags and sycophants of all sorts reaching out for a kiss or a handshake.....and all this as 40 million people may be watching....or 90 million as Donald Trump would probably estimate. President Trump will get his moment. We are going to need our President addressing a Joint Session of our Congress when we face the realities of a world going mad. It won't be a pomp and circumstance show or political bonanza. No invitation of a State Of The Union this year please.
It's a temporary federal agency created towards the end of President Obama's second term. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was commissioned by Congress to address two issues....conduct a review of military selective service....and to see if there might be some way other than military service for all young people to serve our country. Folks this has disaster written all over it. The final report is due in 2020 but they released an interim report today. USA Today reported this...."The commission met with legal scholars in October....they split on whether the government can require public service." OK....relax....these will just be suggestions that the Commission gives.....Congress and the President will determine if changes are to be made. Did I say relax? If I did....forget it. I've posted on the subject of a draft a few times. Think about it yourself folks. Think of all the problems that will....not could.....will come up. On the other hand.....the issue of a military draft may very well be put to the test well before 2020 and the Commission's final report even gets here.
Rush Limbaugh has been stoking the fires so hard that he has become more of an instigator than the professional broadcast personality that he has always been. He agitates and agitates throughout most of his shows....not informing as much as forming....a rebellion....and this based on a man demonstrating severe megalomania who the last thing you want to do it give the powers of a rebellion. Rush can take something that is true and turn it into a distorted harangue. He ignores salient facts that mitigate some issues....particularly as they concern President Trump.....and this he does all the time....which in effect can and often does turn truth in falsehood. Meanwhile his listeners....which are legion....may be inundated with FISA facts but are losing the ability to analyze along with the powers of discernment on who Donald Trump has turned out to be.
Michael Gerson....an evangelical.....who was the prominent speechwriter for President George W. Bush....is now a conservative columnist for the Washington Post. You can Google him to see the impact that he had on the Bush II administration. You can also Google his latest column titled "The Trumpification of pro-life movement exacts a price" but it's the lead paragraph that got my attention. Gerson is widely considered to be a wordsmith. In that paragraph he describes the world of Donald Trump in thirty-five words. Evangelicals should already be well-aware of these traits.....but I think that we purposely ignore them so as not to have to admit that we were wrong....and not to have to continue to work on something we thought we had already accomplished. Those words in the column are...."the sleazy fixers, the disposable women, the questionable deals, the gold-plated vanity, the viciousness to subordinates, the casual prejudice, the obsession with enemies, the shady international contacts, the nepotism, the ethical emptiness, (and) the bottomless narcissism."
The Jerusalem Post is reporting today that the Trump administration is...."negotiating out a timetable for the release of their plan (Jared's peace plan) that calibrates with these election markers." (as soon as possible after Israel's election in April of this year....and in the summer next year during Trump's 2020 campaign) Jared Kushner should never have been put in the Oval Office and conservatives will regret not standing up to this first of President Trump's betrayals....even though they already should have been crying in their beer long ago.
The ardent Trump supporter will tell you that there is a method to the madness of Donald Trump. They may not use that idiom but the meaning is the same in that they believe that his actions on the surface at times may look strange but underneath them is an ingenious plan....maybe it's by way of a threat....or maybe it appears to be a white flag....but it's a ruse. He then wins the day while those taken in never knew what hit them. Although this can produce success at first....one can go to that well one too many times....and then others are going to take notice of this....enemies....who then can play that game themselves...but with an advantage. There's something else that I want to mention here....by way of a question to the President Trump mega-supporter....just something to think about...."If you acknowledge....even boast about.....President Trump's great genius to pull off these 'stings'....to fool people....has it not occurred to you that he may be playing you with the same....'genius?" What is it that would exempt you from being a target....and even an easy mark.....surely it's not his truthfulness? Unfortunately....in my opinion....that is exactly what he has been doing.
The red 'Make America Great Again' hat may have served a purpose in the beginning as it was a legitimate campaign prop....but it has taken on a new meaning. Whereas during the 2016 campaign it was...'this is what I stand for'.....today it's more 'in your face.' Why instigate a growing unstable element in American society? Is that wisdom? What does a sixteen or even an eighteen year old really know about that phrase apart from what they hear from the people who are recruiting them....remember the West Virginia Boy Scout Jamboree political speech? Put the hats away and let a seriousness and a soberness be your calling card.
President Trump's chances for reelection in 2020 are slim to none for any one of a half dozen reasons. The extraordinarily radical element in the New Democrat Party is the only thing giving him an outside chance. The Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll has 'strongly approve' of President Trump at 32%. That's his new base. The fervor is gone from the original base and will not return. The Mueller report in itself should put an end to any thoughts of a second term. That's why they are fighting to control how much of it is released to the public.
Before the Civil War began there were lots of people on both sides itching for glory....even if it meant a civil war. It wasn't half way through the fighting that they saw the horror of war that had previously escaped their thinking. We're in a similar place today. Both sides have considerable forces that want that glory. One side wants to shove Socialism....which will be closer to Communism....down our throats at any cost. The other side....us....can taste that glory already. Both sides may get their wish.
If President Trump loses but one of the 'big four' conservative radio talk shows (Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin and Breitbart)......he is done.....for I have noticed that when the topic of the day brings in critical callers that the momentum builds.....lose one of these shows.....and the momentum will spread to other shows.
Here are a few summaries from the last DISPATCHES that I don't want to get lost in the posts:
In 2008 Rush....on his show....said that what he was witnessing with the Barack Obama phenomenon was a cult....a personality cult. He has since totally missed the very close similarity of the Obama followers and the Trump followers.
President Trump wrote a CNN op-ed in July of 2013....only 5 1/2 years ago....where he called for no borders.
When presented with evidence from his economic advisers of a catastrophe right around the time of his completing his second term.....this if the national debt is not addressed....his response supposedly was...."Yeah....but I'll be gone."
Post Shutdown: Obviously President Trump did not make the move to help the American people....but he threatened to!!! How absurd is even the thought of his method.....he threatens....to do what is right....this if he doesn't get a palatable but severely limited ''deal....which is what he really wants! There is nothing even remotely stalwart here.....as we are dragging him.....against his kicks.....to even keep an extended physical barrier on the table! Even if he does act now it would be tainted with months of indecision. When....oh when....are conservatives going to see who this man really is? Reiterating here from a number of past posts.....both Presidents Obama and Trump were judgments upon America from God. The Left got what they demanded.....and then we got what we demanded.
Someday the FBI is going to have to answer why they felt it necessary to employ an anti-terrorist style arrest of Roger Stone. What you do is call Stone's attorney and inform him that the FBI will be at his house at 10 AM to arrest him. Robert Mueller seems to be blind to the negative effect that his ongoing investigation is having upon the nation that he certainly thinks he is protecting. There are other serious problems that this nation faces Mr. Mueller....you are making it harder to deal with them. That having been said....Donald Trump brought this probe on himself. It is legitimate to question whether real estate developer turned politician Donald Trump had a 'you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours' deal with not only a foreign power but an antagonistic foreign power. Even if this is proved to be the case it would most likely not be 'collusion' as it is presented to be. It would be extreme stupidity from a man who had no business entering the arena that he entered. If the probe eventually shows that Donald Trump was involved in what would be criminal business dealings....then that would be unfortunate for everyone involved. Due to the politically biased methods of....some....of the FBI leadership....pardons would be in order for....some....of the people lured into panicked responses to extraordinarily threatening interrogations. As for the opposition party.....the Democrats....they are a fact of life in America....a plague....on top of the self-serving ethical stagnation of the Republican Party.
President Trump has an opportunity before him. Take Air Force One to the Southwest border tomorrow.....grab a shovel and plant that thing in the ground....throw one shovel full of dirt off to the side......give the shovel to someone else and say...."Finish it....as fast as you can!" Who are his advisers telling him not to do this......Jared and Ivanka? I'm no lawyer but these legal issues are transcended by national defense issues. Break ground....then petition for an immediate review by the Supreme Court. (If he loses....we all lose....at least he tried.) Then reopen the government. Take that time for the State of the Union address and turn it into national defense address to the Congress....forget all the glory seeking....we all know the statistics....forget the "Madame Speaker, the President of the United States"....and talk about one thing.... you are protecting our retirees....our children....our families....our economy....our laws....and our republic itself. Folks....there are many people in America who want cheap labor so that they can double the size of their yacht.....there are others in Congress who want nothing else but to be reelected. Their proclaimed ideology has nothing to do with compassion....and everything to do with dereliction. The true compassion here is to expedite as much legal immigration as humanly possible....while protecting the opportunity of those who are already American citizens.
Rush Limbaugh has for the last hour given an impassioned plea for conservatives to stay strong on the 'social' issues. His defense on the sanctity of life is powerful. He obviously truly believes this. This wasn't a good day for him to build up or defend President Trump. I've seen this before in him.....he returns to his own self when not mesmerized by Donald Trump....but as wonderful as this long segment has been....and it's not over as I type.....what's truly sad is that he does not realize that Donald Trump could not care less about this issue. The President will give us something if he has to give....and sound pro-life if he has to sound pro-life....but these type of issues are not the essence of his being
Donald Trump needs and craves adulation. The cancellation of the State Of The Union Address must have been difficult for him. There is probably nothing in the world quite like hearing the Sergeant At Arms bellow out.....""Mister (or Madame) Speaker, the President of the United States.".....and then walking the aisle with scalawags and sycophants of all sorts reaching out for a kiss or a handshake.....and all this as 40 million people may be watching....or 90 million as Donald Trump would probably estimate. President Trump will get his moment. We are going to need our President addressing a Joint Session of our Congress when we face the realities of a world going mad. It won't be a pomp and circumstance show or political bonanza. No invitation of a State Of The Union this year please.
It's a temporary federal agency created towards the end of President Obama's second term. The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service was commissioned by Congress to address two issues....conduct a review of military selective service....and to see if there might be some way other than military service for all young people to serve our country. Folks this has disaster written all over it. The final report is due in 2020 but they released an interim report today. USA Today reported this...."The commission met with legal scholars in October....they split on whether the government can require public service." OK....relax....these will just be suggestions that the Commission gives.....Congress and the President will determine if changes are to be made. Did I say relax? If I did....forget it. I've posted on the subject of a draft a few times. Think about it yourself folks. Think of all the problems that will....not could.....will come up. On the other hand.....the issue of a military draft may very well be put to the test well before 2020 and the Commission's final report even gets here.
Rush Limbaugh has been stoking the fires so hard that he has become more of an instigator than the professional broadcast personality that he has always been. He agitates and agitates throughout most of his shows....not informing as much as forming....a rebellion....and this based on a man demonstrating severe megalomania who the last thing you want to do it give the powers of a rebellion. Rush can take something that is true and turn it into a distorted harangue. He ignores salient facts that mitigate some issues....particularly as they concern President Trump.....and this he does all the time....which in effect can and often does turn truth in falsehood. Meanwhile his listeners....which are legion....may be inundated with FISA facts but are losing the ability to analyze along with the powers of discernment on who Donald Trump has turned out to be.
Michael Gerson....an evangelical.....who was the prominent speechwriter for President George W. Bush....is now a conservative columnist for the Washington Post. You can Google him to see the impact that he had on the Bush II administration. You can also Google his latest column titled "The Trumpification of pro-life movement exacts a price" but it's the lead paragraph that got my attention. Gerson is widely considered to be a wordsmith. In that paragraph he describes the world of Donald Trump in thirty-five words. Evangelicals should already be well-aware of these traits.....but I think that we purposely ignore them so as not to have to admit that we were wrong....and not to have to continue to work on something we thought we had already accomplished. Those words in the column are...."the sleazy fixers, the disposable women, the questionable deals, the gold-plated vanity, the viciousness to subordinates, the casual prejudice, the obsession with enemies, the shady international contacts, the nepotism, the ethical emptiness, (and) the bottomless narcissism."
The Jerusalem Post is reporting today that the Trump administration is...."negotiating out a timetable for the release of their plan (Jared's peace plan) that calibrates with these election markers." (as soon as possible after Israel's election in April of this year....and in the summer next year during Trump's 2020 campaign) Jared Kushner should never have been put in the Oval Office and conservatives will regret not standing up to this first of President Trump's betrayals....even though they already should have been crying in their beer long ago.
The ardent Trump supporter will tell you that there is a method to the madness of Donald Trump. They may not use that idiom but the meaning is the same in that they believe that his actions on the surface at times may look strange but underneath them is an ingenious plan....maybe it's by way of a threat....or maybe it appears to be a white flag....but it's a ruse. He then wins the day while those taken in never knew what hit them. Although this can produce success at first....one can go to that well one too many times....and then others are going to take notice of this....enemies....who then can play that game themselves...but with an advantage. There's something else that I want to mention here....by way of a question to the President Trump mega-supporter....just something to think about...."If you acknowledge....even boast about.....President Trump's great genius to pull off these 'stings'....to fool people....has it not occurred to you that he may be playing you with the same....'genius?" What is it that would exempt you from being a target....and even an easy mark.....surely it's not his truthfulness? Unfortunately....in my opinion....that is exactly what he has been doing.
The red 'Make America Great Again' hat may have served a purpose in the beginning as it was a legitimate campaign prop....but it has taken on a new meaning. Whereas during the 2016 campaign it was...'this is what I stand for'.....today it's more 'in your face.' Why instigate a growing unstable element in American society? Is that wisdom? What does a sixteen or even an eighteen year old really know about that phrase apart from what they hear from the people who are recruiting them....remember the West Virginia Boy Scout Jamboree political speech? Put the hats away and let a seriousness and a soberness be your calling card.
President Trump's chances for reelection in 2020 are slim to none for any one of a half dozen reasons. The extraordinarily radical element in the New Democrat Party is the only thing giving him an outside chance. The Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll has 'strongly approve' of President Trump at 32%. That's his new base. The fervor is gone from the original base and will not return. The Mueller report in itself should put an end to any thoughts of a second term. That's why they are fighting to control how much of it is released to the public.
Before the Civil War began there were lots of people on both sides itching for glory....even if it meant a civil war. It wasn't half way through the fighting that they saw the horror of war that had previously escaped their thinking. We're in a similar place today. Both sides have considerable forces that want that glory. One side wants to shove Socialism....which will be closer to Communism....down our throats at any cost. The other side....us....can taste that glory already. Both sides may get their wish.
If President Trump loses but one of the 'big four' conservative radio talk shows (Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin and Breitbart)......he is done.....for I have noticed that when the topic of the day brings in critical callers that the momentum builds.....lose one of these shows.....and the momentum will spread to other shows.
Here are a few summaries from the last DISPATCHES that I don't want to get lost in the posts:
In 2008 Rush....on his show....said that what he was witnessing with the Barack Obama phenomenon was a cult....a personality cult. He has since totally missed the very close similarity of the Obama followers and the Trump followers.
President Trump wrote a CNN op-ed in July of 2013....only 5 1/2 years ago....where he called for no borders.
When presented with evidence from his economic advisers of a catastrophe right around the time of his completing his second term.....this if the national debt is not addressed....his response supposedly was...."Yeah....but I'll be gone."
