While I love your perspective, will you PLEASE stop calling our government a Democracy. We don't have one. Our Founders didn't want one. They viewed Democracy as mob rule, which is why we were given a Constitutional Republic, if we can keep it.
Thanks for calling balls and strikes honestly on both sides. May God burst our bubbles, and raise up candidates and reporters who care more about what's good for America than their own partisan success.
Nice, well thought out points. I totally agree with the proposition that we must hold our own side accountable for their garbage, and not reside on the fainting couch as the left does their damage.
I would argue the legislators on all sides who abdicate their roles in what are supposed to be checks and balances between branches. Who in their right minds would make an agreement w/ the US knowing that in 4-7 years it will likely be reversed just for spite.
I pray the circumstances come for a Republican supermajority in 2024 under a more even-keeled executive like DeSantis, and they would institute meaningful reforms to reel in executive orders and agreements. Force the Senate to do its duty with regard to treaties, the House to control the purse, and oversee the bureaucrats as they are supposed to.
However, this is almost certain not to happen even with a filibuster-proof majority as there will always be enough principled opposition from the surrender caucus to give it all away in the name of bipartisanship.
Agree with you about 95% of the time. On the killing of Ashley Babbit, we will just have to disagree. It is never a police officers job to shoot an unarmed person. It is against the law to shoot an armed fleeing felon. The law doesn’t change based on where the unarmed person happened to be. Juxtapose the reaction by the left of Rittenhouse’s actions. Any action by a conservative against a liberal is heinous and anything the left does against a conservative is justified. There were other actions the police should have taken before killing this woman. She is dead because this liberal cop was scared.
"...the hearing was a religious gathering of progressives who commune together in outrage over Trump. Undoubtedly, some of them watched in their N95 masks to complete the virtue signaling. The rest of America had a life that night." :-) Enough said.
The Prime time Hollywood production of the 1/6 Hearings is a last-ditch effort of the Left (Media + Democrats) to fend off the Red Wave coming.
Trump won because he appeared to care about conservatives, fight for them, call BS on the left, not take a beating without giving as as good as he got.
Too bad that was driven more by his ego than actual conservative values. Henceforth he is addressed as Mr. President, take that and go away.
One cannot claim the election was stolen from Trump while accepting the down ballot Republican wins across the country.
Money quote...
One cannot undermine the legitimacy of Senate, the Supreme Court, and the First Amendment, [not enforce laws, not condem violence against their dissenters], while screaming about how awful January 6th was.
...the biggest threat to the American voter is the Democrats’ own policies.
The success of liberal policies have always been the biggest threat to America. We no longer have two parties that have different ideas about how to achieve the promise of America and bolster the Constitution. Although Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema provide a glimmer of hope.
"The success of liberal policies have always been the biggest threat to America." I would contend the very close second to that is the complicate nature of "the opposition party" in "reaching across the aisle" to help the Democrats. I'm sick and tired of watching the GOP aid and abet the destruction of America. If I wanted to burn it all down you SOBs in the GOP I would have voted for the progressives. STOP IT! No more "bipartisanship" that's BS. The only time things are "bipartisan" is when Republicans are giving the Democrats what they want. When was the last time Democrats compromised on anything with the Republicans?
I get it. 40 years ago we had Ronaldus Magnus and Reagan Democrats. Donald Trump is no Ronald Reagan. I was with Rush Limbaugh when he said he wanted Obama to fail.
Comprise = win/win. Trump was created by as much by the GOP giving in to Obama, conservative saw no compromise, not even a small win for them. What I think you are saying.
After November Biden can sit at his desk a drool.
I have faith in the system and the American people. Not everyone will get the right answer for the right reason, they won't connect their misery with liberal policies in general, but they will blame Biden and Democrats today.
The environmental watermelons are not going away, the race pimps are not going away, the 1% mentally ill alphabet gang are not going away, the left still controls education and indoctrination from K through college.
My way or the highway breeds contempt. There is a time to fight and go to the mat, there is a time to let the other side have a win, but you damn well better tell me what win I as a conservative am getting out of the deal.
The American voter has a ridiculously short memory. How many Republicans campaigned on repealing ObamaCare and it's still there? Bastards had the keys to the kingdom twice and it's still there. I hate that. Does no one remember? After January, when Biden's presidency passes the two year mark I'll wager the articles about "cognitive decline" turn into a resignation for "unspecified health reasons," especially if the House under Republican control starts impeachment hearings over his video taped admission of doing what Trump was impeached for AND the Hunter Laptop revelations. I'd be ready for President Harris to close out this administration.
Thanks for reminding us of our bubble. In my 80+ years living in this wonderful country I have never experienced the extremes of tribalism that exist today. Everyone retires to their own corner and only listens to their own echo chamber. Less understanding and less civility regarding the nuances of many complex issues.
I'm almost 78. The individual bubbles are numbing. Parents and children on their phones at restaurants, civility swamped in the anonymity of car traffic, etc. Yes life is good for me, the doctor son of 2 eastern European immigrants, but I am also in my bubble of privilege.
“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more” We should temper our righteousness with Cromwell's rule "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken."
we live in the greatest country on earth. Period. We should be a shining beacon of hope, a city on a hill during this global inflation and we aren't. Why? Because godless Progressives don't believe in drawing distinctive lines. They don't like Truth. They don't like Good and Evil. They don't like Right and Wrong. They like grey. They like grey because they can shift the edges around at a whim to hide whatever inconvenient fact(s) have come up that counter their latest position.
HRC and her failure to get elected in 2016 kicked off the clearest view of the Grey Effect.
For four years we made fun of the people who couldn't come to grips with America disagreeing with their choice for president and electing Donald J. Trump. They were deranged to the point of irrationality in opposition to Trump.
Now, the Right has those people as we enter the second term of Hillary Will Never Be President with Joe Biden. However, now, Trumpers are the ones who have become deranged and irrational, unable to come to grips with the fact that America deselected Donald J. Trump, for whatever reason.
Move on. It is over. We have an opportunity to secure Washington DC for a decade or more. Don't waste it.
Two things: First, I think Christians have a different take on fossil fuels in part because we believe this earth is finite ANYWAY (i.e., the return of Jesus). And fossil fuel is God's way of making life easier for us until that return as it's impossible to separate the comforts of modernity from petroleum.
Second, whoever the winning GOP candidate is in 2024 needs to walk in the door on January 20 and immediately reverse Biden's EO's reversing Trump's policies. I've mentioned before that Trump "flipped the switch" on the economy, and our 2024 candidate needs to do the same. This will jump-start the economy with a vengeance, proving that Biden intended this nonsense we're currently dealing with and shoring up the argument for a conservative agenda. Of course, one cannot "prove" ANYTHING to those who refuse to believe, but for those Dems who are leaning right because of Biden, this will be a game-changer.
The problem with Executive Orders is just this, they can be reversed. Once we hold the keys to the kingdom, assuming the Right does after 2024, we need laws passed and repealed rather than relying on EOs. Executive Orders are bad government. They weren't intended to be used for what they are being used for and some border on unconstitutional. Let's just skip that debate altogether and enact laws.
Except the spineless GOP will assume their job is done and not pass the laws. Look at ObamaCare...that is still in place. Look how they collapse every single time against serious Democrat opposition as is happening RIGHT NOW with gun control. They're going to let the Progressives chip away at our rights yet again. We must not put up with that any longer.
Term limits will get rid of the intrenched parasites and get new ideas onto the forum. Sixty years ago, JFK said that problems are neither solved by Democrat or Republican solutions, just American solutions.
All this chaos has a purpose. While we are fighting over pronouns and drag Queen story time, our economy is being createred and our rights destroyed. The elites will take care of each other and we have to grovel for crumbs from their table.
I have long thought term limits would solve this. I support them but I am more thinking they won't do what we hope. Returning to electing men and women of character will and the only way we get back to that is by rebuilding the American Nuclear Family, following the science to X/Y chromosome gender, and rejecting all things Woke.
While I love your perspective, will you PLEASE stop calling our government a Democracy. We don't have one. Our Founders didn't want one. They viewed Democracy as mob rule, which is why we were given a Constitutional Republic, if we can keep it.
Thanks for calling balls and strikes honestly on both sides. May God burst our bubbles, and raise up candidates and reporters who care more about what's good for America than their own partisan success.
You don't have to be in a bubble. YIn addition to this site subscribe to other excellent substacks-- TK news by Matt Taibbi https://taibbi.substack.com/ and Glenn Greenwald https://greenwald.substack.com/
...as to the Kavanaugh matter, who among us ever dreamed we'd see a version of the Pelican Brief attempted to be played out for real?
Nice, well thought out points. I totally agree with the proposition that we must hold our own side accountable for their garbage, and not reside on the fainting couch as the left does their damage.
I would argue the legislators on all sides who abdicate their roles in what are supposed to be checks and balances between branches. Who in their right minds would make an agreement w/ the US knowing that in 4-7 years it will likely be reversed just for spite.
I pray the circumstances come for a Republican supermajority in 2024 under a more even-keeled executive like DeSantis, and they would institute meaningful reforms to reel in executive orders and agreements. Force the Senate to do its duty with regard to treaties, the House to control the purse, and oversee the bureaucrats as they are supposed to.
However, this is almost certain not to happen even with a filibuster-proof majority as there will always be enough principled opposition from the surrender caucus to give it all away in the name of bipartisanship.
Agree with you about 95% of the time. On the killing of Ashley Babbit, we will just have to disagree. It is never a police officers job to shoot an unarmed person. It is against the law to shoot an armed fleeing felon. The law doesn’t change based on where the unarmed person happened to be. Juxtapose the reaction by the left of Rittenhouse’s actions. Any action by a conservative against a liberal is heinous and anything the left does against a conservative is justified. There were other actions the police should have taken before killing this woman. She is dead because this liberal cop was scared.
Very succinct. Your use of the call-out box is effective. It provides the “punch” you usually see on your Twitter posts. Nicely done!
Thanks for a very, very, fine article.
"...the hearing was a religious gathering of progressives who commune together in outrage over Trump. Undoubtedly, some of them watched in their N95 masks to complete the virtue signaling. The rest of America had a life that night." :-) Enough said.
The Prime time Hollywood production of the 1/6 Hearings is a last-ditch effort of the Left (Media + Democrats) to fend off the Red Wave coming.
Another amazing piece. I often think my politics align almost perfectly with Erick on most things.
Trump won because he appeared to care about conservatives, fight for them, call BS on the left, not take a beating without giving as as good as he got.
Too bad that was driven more by his ego than actual conservative values. Henceforth he is addressed as Mr. President, take that and go away.
One cannot claim the election was stolen from Trump while accepting the down ballot Republican wins across the country.
Money quote...
One cannot undermine the legitimacy of Senate, the Supreme Court, and the First Amendment, [not enforce laws, not condem violence against their dissenters], while screaming about how awful January 6th was.
...the biggest threat to the American voter is the Democrats’ own policies.
The success of liberal policies have always been the biggest threat to America. We no longer have two parties that have different ideas about how to achieve the promise of America and bolster the Constitution. Although Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema provide a glimmer of hope.
"The success of liberal policies have always been the biggest threat to America." I would contend the very close second to that is the complicate nature of "the opposition party" in "reaching across the aisle" to help the Democrats. I'm sick and tired of watching the GOP aid and abet the destruction of America. If I wanted to burn it all down you SOBs in the GOP I would have voted for the progressives. STOP IT! No more "bipartisanship" that's BS. The only time things are "bipartisan" is when Republicans are giving the Democrats what they want. When was the last time Democrats compromised on anything with the Republicans?
I get it. 40 years ago we had Ronaldus Magnus and Reagan Democrats. Donald Trump is no Ronald Reagan. I was with Rush Limbaugh when he said he wanted Obama to fail.
Comprise = win/win. Trump was created by as much by the GOP giving in to Obama, conservative saw no compromise, not even a small win for them. What I think you are saying.
After November Biden can sit at his desk a drool.
I have faith in the system and the American people. Not everyone will get the right answer for the right reason, they won't connect their misery with liberal policies in general, but they will blame Biden and Democrats today.
The environmental watermelons are not going away, the race pimps are not going away, the 1% mentally ill alphabet gang are not going away, the left still controls education and indoctrination from K through college.
My way or the highway breeds contempt. There is a time to fight and go to the mat, there is a time to let the other side have a win, but you damn well better tell me what win I as a conservative am getting out of the deal.
The American voter has a ridiculously short memory. How many Republicans campaigned on repealing ObamaCare and it's still there? Bastards had the keys to the kingdom twice and it's still there. I hate that. Does no one remember? After January, when Biden's presidency passes the two year mark I'll wager the articles about "cognitive decline" turn into a resignation for "unspecified health reasons," especially if the House under Republican control starts impeachment hearings over his video taped admission of doing what Trump was impeached for AND the Hunter Laptop revelations. I'd be ready for President Harris to close out this administration.
Thanks for reminding us of our bubble. In my 80+ years living in this wonderful country I have never experienced the extremes of tribalism that exist today. Everyone retires to their own corner and only listens to their own echo chamber. Less understanding and less civility regarding the nuances of many complex issues.
I'm almost 78. The individual bubbles are numbing. Parents and children on their phones at restaurants, civility swamped in the anonymity of car traffic, etc. Yes life is good for me, the doctor son of 2 eastern European immigrants, but I am also in my bubble of privilege.
“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more” We should temper our righteousness with Cromwell's rule "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken."
I hope I become more gentle before I die
And BTW, that's a GREAT first name ;)
we live in the greatest country on earth. Period. We should be a shining beacon of hope, a city on a hill during this global inflation and we aren't. Why? Because godless Progressives don't believe in drawing distinctive lines. They don't like Truth. They don't like Good and Evil. They don't like Right and Wrong. They like grey. They like grey because they can shift the edges around at a whim to hide whatever inconvenient fact(s) have come up that counter their latest position.
HRC and her failure to get elected in 2016 kicked off the clearest view of the Grey Effect.
For four years we made fun of the people who couldn't come to grips with America disagreeing with their choice for president and electing Donald J. Trump. They were deranged to the point of irrationality in opposition to Trump.
Now, the Right has those people as we enter the second term of Hillary Will Never Be President with Joe Biden. However, now, Trumpers are the ones who have become deranged and irrational, unable to come to grips with the fact that America deselected Donald J. Trump, for whatever reason.
Move on. It is over. We have an opportunity to secure Washington DC for a decade or more. Don't waste it.
That Tweet with the video clip is damning.
Two things: First, I think Christians have a different take on fossil fuels in part because we believe this earth is finite ANYWAY (i.e., the return of Jesus). And fossil fuel is God's way of making life easier for us until that return as it's impossible to separate the comforts of modernity from petroleum.
Second, whoever the winning GOP candidate is in 2024 needs to walk in the door on January 20 and immediately reverse Biden's EO's reversing Trump's policies. I've mentioned before that Trump "flipped the switch" on the economy, and our 2024 candidate needs to do the same. This will jump-start the economy with a vengeance, proving that Biden intended this nonsense we're currently dealing with and shoring up the argument for a conservative agenda. Of course, one cannot "prove" ANYTHING to those who refuse to believe, but for those Dems who are leaning right because of Biden, this will be a game-changer.
The problem with Executive Orders is just this, they can be reversed. Once we hold the keys to the kingdom, assuming the Right does after 2024, we need laws passed and repealed rather than relying on EOs. Executive Orders are bad government. They weren't intended to be used for what they are being used for and some border on unconstitutional. Let's just skip that debate altogether and enact laws.
Good point, and one that I'm all for. But reversing the EO's would be an expedient way of getting results immediately, and THEN we could focus on law.
Except the spineless GOP will assume their job is done and not pass the laws. Look at ObamaCare...that is still in place. Look how they collapse every single time against serious Democrat opposition as is happening RIGHT NOW with gun control. They're going to let the Progressives chip away at our rights yet again. We must not put up with that any longer.
GREAT points!
Term limits will get rid of the intrenched parasites and get new ideas onto the forum. Sixty years ago, JFK said that problems are neither solved by Democrat or Republican solutions, just American solutions.
All this chaos has a purpose. While we are fighting over pronouns and drag Queen story time, our economy is being createred and our rights destroyed. The elites will take care of each other and we have to grovel for crumbs from their table.
I have long thought term limits would solve this. I support them but I am more thinking they won't do what we hope. Returning to electing men and women of character will and the only way we get back to that is by rebuilding the American Nuclear Family, following the science to X/Y chromosome gender, and rejecting all things Woke.