On the surface it looks like the government is just protecting federal buildings in an age of unrest....and it very well may be that....but it is such a deviation from what has been the concept of our military and our police that the Congress needs to look into it....and soon. What am I saying...."the Congress"....we don't have a functioning Congress anymore....we only have two political parties fighting each other. The media is no help for we have long ago consigned all of them to 'fake news'....and folks....whatever the President says or does....one thing that is certain....is that the talk radio generals....who once served us so very well where we conservatives could at least differ with each other in conversation on the radio....will now just automatically and efficiently direct the narrative so that the other side....(those of us who are also conservative).....will never be heard. The result of this is that the President can do whatever he wants....without scrutiny....and that is the crux of this particular issue. This situation does not bode well for liberty....and it points to potential....potential....extreme abuse.
That 'deviation' that I mentioned is uniformed troopers of some sort....appearing to be nameless and faceless....resembling to me more the police in a Hollywood movie of a dystopian world than those in the actually military and police who have been our heroes....forever. These federal agents in Portland....and other cities....are primarily Customs and Border Patrol agents.....or so I read. These people also are heroes to many of us because of the very difficult job that that have....but that halo can fall off if their efforts and duties are changed without our understanding and consent.
Time has an interview out right now with the person in charge of this operation.....about eight questions.....and it wasn't reassuring....to me anyway. The gentleman's answers were too forceful....too Rush....too unswervingly dedicated to President Trump. Yes he is the commander-in-chief....and following orders is necessary....but I would have liked to have detected some semblance of individual thought....some reassurance that the man would balk at orders if the situation would call for it. Google the interview for yourselves and see if I might be way off base here....for I may.
The Cato Institute also has an article out right now. They are concerned that a paramilitary force....designed for border work....is used in cities not on any border. They are rightly concerned that the current Secretary of Homeland Security....who is the fifth person in such a position so far in the Trump administration....and the third 'acting' secretary....where once again in the Trump administration....the acting secretary does not have to have Senate confirmation....and therefore is totally under the control of executive orders. There are quite a few articles out there right now.....from newspapers in California and New Mexico and other places....wondering how a force like this became a personal tool....whether the intent be right or wrong.....of a president.
Yesterday I ran into a friend....a conservative friend....who I hadn't seen in years....and we talked in the open air of a parking lot....in the hot sun....for almost an hour. It was only minutes into the conversation where I felt that I had to bring out in the open that I am no longer a supporter of the man who I not only voted for.....but celebrated his victory. We both explained our grievances....he primarily with the consistent attack of President Trump....since day one....and me with.....President Trump himself....since day one. I was satisfied with the conversation....and I hope that he was also.
We need once again to learn....figuratively speaking of course....'long division'....and not just use a calculator.....and to be able to grammatically diagram a sentence....(I hated that in 'grammer school"....but it was necessary)....and not just spew out a talking point....and to consider once again that there are such things as....logical fallacies....flaws in reasoning.
