Leftist mindset: The cause

I came across this blog on the topic of “The Leftist Mindset.. A Theory.” It attempts to answer the question: “Why do leftists prefer or ignore corruption?”

The theory, in part, is this:

I think the reason that the left ignores legitimate accusations against left leaning politicians/institutions is that the only thing that is 'true', the only thing that is 'honest', according to them, is corruption - and anyone or anything being raised up as an example of or in support of the existence of genuine morality is a liar.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politicsdebate/comments/958vqt/the_leftist_mindset_a_theory/

I have an alternate theory. The left's preference for corruption is a symptom, not a cause. They don't view their behaviors as corrupt; they view their behavior as casting off the "old ways."

Here are a few of the left’s priorities that lead to their practice of corruption as the rest of moral humanity sees them:

1) They consider themselves "liberal" for a reason. Liberal in the sense that the old ways are outmoded and useless. Several of the old ways include "religion", "the Bible", and "traditional morality." Other old ways, offshoots of traditional morality, include the sense of family, physical gender, and the concept of "nation", e.g. "no borders." In the leftist/liberal mind, those factors are merely a constraint on freedom.

2) Once they jettison these "old ways", they are free to do whatever. There is no longer the concept of "sin", "corruption", or "immorality", unless you try to impinge on their liberality by attempting to impose your "old ways" onto them.

3) Looking deeper, the question is "why do leftists jettison the “old ways?'" We have to look at human nature for that answer. There is always, always, always some segment of society that insists on rebelling against commonly accepted beliefs, culture, laws, and tradition. People who rebel in this manner consider themselves as progressing, thus the label "progressive." Sometimes it seems that good results; more often it results in disaster, especially in the longer term.

4) Then we have to ask how this happened to us in the US? Again, turning to human nature, we conclude "complacency", "self-satisfaction", "greed" to varying degrees by the majority. Ignoring these things and we have what we've got.  We’ve grown fat and lazy, both literally and figuratively. 

And yes, I need to lose 30 pounds.

Governments drumming up business…

I recall when I was a city planner in several local governments how effective the Parks and Recreation departments were in promoting their recreation activities and facilities.  Thousands were spent in advertising to promote park and facility usage to “foster a healthy lifestyle.” 

And then when park and facility usage reached a certain level, that justified spending several million on additional park and facilities development.  And the cycle went on. (Note:  I love parks and recreation facilities when someone else pays for them.)

Translation:  Promote use of government facilities so we can justify additional expansion, bigger budgets and more power over others.

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The CDC is apparently involved in a similar schtick…

CDC Pushes Teachers to Measure Commitment to ‘LGBTQ Inclusivity’ Instruction

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/12/28/cdc-pushes-teachers-to-measure-commitment-to-lgbtq-inclusivity-instruction/

Silly me.  I thought the CDC’s mission was to reduce disease.

So now they’re promoting inclusivity of the the LGBTQ++++ community - why?  To reduce disease?  Wait! What? 

CDC stands for Centers for Disease Control.  Doing what they’re doing, it needs to be renamed to CDS:  Centers for Disease Spread.

Pervert sex increases and spreads disease, it doesn’t reduce it.

In lieu of discouraging pervert behavior – which is now called “homophobic” - if anything, the CDC ought to put LGBTQ+++++ on their "no sex" list – like a “no fly” list. Have them all “self report” their disease-spreading behavior like some would like us to do for not wearing a COVID mask or not taking the jab. 

That would cut down disease A LOT. But looks instead like the CDC’s priority is drumming up business.  Then they can hire a few more Fauci wanna-be’s.

Wars: Support and Opposition, Then and Now

Why are so many conservatives opposed to the US support of Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion and war crimes against Ukraine?

There are a number of reasons:

• Many believe spending 100’s of billions adds to inflation and the national debt;
• Many believe if money is to be spent, a higher priority is securing our own border and solving domestic priorities
• Many believe that Ukraine is as corrupt as Russia and does not deserve our support; they fail to admit to shades of good and evil.
• Many believe the conflict is more akin to a civil war between the Ukraine region as a breakaway province of Russia and should be none of our business
• Many are leery of the US getting involved, spending billions over many years, and then clumsily withdrawing without anything much to show for the effort. This is the most likely outcome in Ukraine, given US policy of the past 70 years.

These concerns boil down to an “America First” preference among most conservatives.

It took the US being attacked at Pearl Harbor for American to become galvanized to the point of officially declaring war, first against Japan on December 8, and then Germany December 11, 1941.

A year prior to declaring war,

the America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II.^[1][2] Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak.^[3] The AFC principally supported isolationism for its own sake, and its coalition included many Midwesterners, Republicans, conservatives, socialists, students, and leading industrialists, but it was controversial for the anti-Semitic and pro-fascist views of some of its most prominent speakers, leaders, and members.^[4][5][6]

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/America_First_Committee

Today, much the same America First sentiment is common among conservatives and many Republicans. And Democrats and liberals continue to accuse “America First” conservatives of having fascist views.  Not  much has changed.

The Korean War was a UN action after North Korea, along with allies Russia and China, invaded South Korea. The US provided 90% of the military personnel in defense of the south. War was never officially declared by the United States, but at least South Korea prevailed after the attack from the North.

Vietnam was another undeclared war, ending in a hasty retreat, losing to North Vietnam which took over the South, a much worse outcome than the Korean war.

In both the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Democrats (Truman and then Johnson) were involved in the initial troop buildups.

Two things are noteworthy concerning the Vietnam war:

• Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater lost his election bid because he promoted either getting out or being in it to win (an interesting concept that has been ignored for 70 years).  The Democrats accused him of wanting to use nukes to win.
• Leftist groups, not primarily Republicans, were anti-war.   Radicals fostered anti-war protests, many violent, on college campuses throughout the nation.  At the same time many cities burned due to black rioters frustrated by their relative poverty.  Together, these events contributed to a hasty withdrawal that ended in US defeat.

Politicized war policy writers

Conflicts in the Middle East (Iraq and Afghanistan) were initiated as a result of the Islamist attacks of 9-11 during the Bush Republican presidency.  After 20 years, $2 trillion and over 6,000 US service members and US contractors, it too ended in a hasty exit, this time by a Democrat, Joe Biden.  And again, nothing to show for it except a greatly emboldened and strengthen Islamist fighting force.

The US has never lost a “declared” war.  All the other “special operations” (as Russia likes to call their non-declared efforts) have had mostly dismal results. 

In spite of Democrats being most often referred to as “the war party”, Republicans (mostly RINOs?) have had their share of war-mongering.  I suspect much of Republican war motivation is due to influence of the military/industrial lobbyists who join with Democrats in calling America First conservatives “Nazis” because of their desire to build up our own nation rather than meddle in foreign money pits.

Barry Goldwater had it right.  Go in it to win or stay out.

One of my favorite quotes:

“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”

Leftists and globalists will continue to attempt to discredit this truth.  Let’s not be “extreme”.  We might win – or even worse, we might offend someone.  Let’s remain “moderate” so we get our ass kicked.

Response to a defender of China…

I received the following comment on my previous “China/Ant” blog from a friend who has been to China many times and believes its culture and form of governance are superior to that in the US.  My reply follows his comment:

Well, the author, having never been to China or lived among the Chinese, has an uneducated view about China in several regards. China’s middle class has continued to grow while ours is shrinking.

The reason is because China does have entrepreneurs just as we do and those that feel more comfortable working in a group have found a home in profitable privately owned enterprises and SOE’s so they aren’t ants. I could easily move to China and get a job as an English teacher, but freedom does not mean I could teach LGBTQ+ sex or how to overthrow the government.

As far as freedom is concerned I’m as free when I have visited and lived in China as I am here so I have no idea what freedom I’m missing.

I will finish by saying people should not comment upon something they have no personal experience with only relying upon the racist words of others, biased media or corrupt politicians.

Yes, China does have a middle class and entrepreneurs - given enough leash by the central government to remain productive - until they have a point of view at odds with the Party.

As to never having been to China, my friend is correct. I have never been to the moon, either, but I understand its atmosphere requires a space suit for human survival.  My comparisons of China with the ant are not out of ignorance of China.

It should be instructive for my friend that among the many issues that breed dissension between the left and right in the US, the same dissension does not exist with regard to China - with the possible exception of the Biden family and his close cohorts who are subject to corrupt Chinese influence peddling.

There is a unifying set of beliefs among both left and right concerning China - to the point of near unanimity - that China is:
* Intolerant of human rights - well known to both sides of our political aisle.
* A top down, authoritarian Communist regime
* Rapidly building its military power and influence in the Pacific to the point of becoming a threat to world shipping in the region and the balance of power in the world
* Growing its trade and economic advantage by relying on espionage or other unethical means of stealing US technology.
* Allied with the "axis of evil" including Iran, North Korea, and supportive of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine.

All of these unanimously held concerns - also held by many foreign affairs experts who have spent many years in China - are carried out under the direction of "the Party"; to preserve and enhance the power of the Party - as unified as an ant colony.

Regarding being unaware of “freedoms being missed” in China, it should be obvious that people who for centuries have been immersed in a culture of "group work" and "group think" will obviously "have no idea what freedom [they are] missing."  The occasional visitor or foreign national, likewise, will be made unaware of missed freedoms to help assure the aura of freedom.

The point of the "ant" comparison was not to disparage a people (ants are spoken of quite highly in the Bible) but to highlight the vast distinction between the culture and forms of government of China versus West.

Note the use of the word "racist", by the commenter,  above. This is used in exactly the same manner as the left in the US brandishes the words “racist”, “bigot” or “-phobe” of every sort against anyone who disagrees with their point of view.  Why can’t we discuss differences between cultures and forms of governance without name calling?

Other comparisons might be simpler and less offensive to those who don't appreciate ants:

• China: Top down; US: Varies between "bottom up" and "consensus."
• China: Much more highly controlled and regimented; the US: Much less so.
• China: Appearance of greater unity (real or "managed"?); US: Appearance of disagreement and great differences (much less "managed" characteristics of a democratic Republic allowing free expression well publicized and out in the open. Chinese cheer leaders consider this a liability.)
• China: Intolerant of any religion or ideology that the Party believes may be a threat. US: Tolerant of dissent to a fault – with the recent exception of collusion between big tech and our government to silence conservative discourse or legitimate medical opinion.
  

One current example of China's outsized authoritarian predisposition is their methods of suppressing COVID. The slightest outbreak leads to locked down apartment buildings and whole cities. I could imagine an ant colony doing something similar to a wayward ant or two.

There are many instances my friend will point to where the productivity of the Chinese system is superior. And he is correct. China has demonstrated the organizational skills that enable it to excel at productivity - just like the ant that carries many times its weight in its genetically-infused tasks. That is a compliment/asset of China but is apparently an insult to China fans.

That productivity is the point of my ant analogy: The culture of a nation, like the genetics of an ant, can be a unifying force for producing great things in great quantity while remaining oblivious to the freedoms being missed.

Ant colonies compared to China’s Government and Culture

I propose that ant colonies operate more like communism than a monarchy. And that China’s society works more like an ant colony than a monarchy.

Others disagree.

Alexander Finnegan, a self-described J.D. Law and Marxist dude, believes that if ants were people, they would NOT be communists, but would instead be monarchists.  That’s why the queen is called “the Queen.”

But digging down further into WHY she is a queen while all others appear to be subservient to the queen is the challenge.

WHY is she the queen?  WHY are all others subservient?

In the case of the ant, the reason for the way ants govern is based on millions of years of genetics.

In the case of China, the form of governance is based on thousands of years of culture.

“Genetics” is the macro view of behavior – a much longer time horizon.  “Culture”, by comparison is the micro view – a much shorter, though still long, time horizon.  But they both have the same effect on the form of governance from the perspective of the much shorter generational view of humans.

Genetics (ants) and culture (China) have similar influences on their respective forms of governance.  Both genetics and culture give the queen and the Party their importance and the workers their role in life – serve the queen/Party. 

But are they serving the queen or are they serving the colony? Are they serving Xi or are they serving the Party?  What happens if the queen dies?  The colony ends with the death of the last few worker ants because no new ants are being produced by the queen.

But…

While the colony ends, that is not the end of ants.  If China’s Xi died, that is not the end of China or the Party.  The only thing that happens is that there are no more Xi followers (maybe a few million worshippers for a time).  Another leader arrives on the scene and the Chinese culture continues – just as other ant colonies continue. 

Compare a Chinese leader to an ant colony queen. The queen is essential to the “colony”  but not essential to ants.  Xi is essential to Xi followers, but not essential to the Chinese Communist Party.  Ants go on.  The party goes on.  The driving force – the force that gives both the ant civilization and Chinese civilization their role in life – their innate, visceral (like an organisms sympathetic nervous system) – is either genetics (ants) or culture (China).

The result?  Both ant workers and China workers act as automatons, providing service to the colony (ants) or to the Party (China).  In each scenario, they both create great civilizations, but at the price of individual autonomy, aka personal freedoms. 

They both reflect the near perfection in working together as a unified force to create marvelous works, maybe even better and more efficiently than individual groups with more independent agendas can do.

Many folks today, like the good commie noted at the beginning, offer up the ant and China as the governance goal human society should aspire to.  They believe it is the preferred direction of human evolution.

The rest of us believe that life is much richer and fulfilling with individual interests, skills, and aspirations tugging and pushing one another to achieve common goals.

What do you wanna bet…

What do you want to bet that…

• The leftist politicians, media and judges will have more pity for the assaulting black shoplifter than for the family of the deceased grandpa.  Progressives (should be called “regressives”) believe that blacks are still oppressed by whitey, they deserve a break, should not be subject to the same laws that were established by “white racists”, and should be excused from their crimes.
• In spite of Home Depot’s condolences to the deceased’s family, they will minimize any payout because the employee did not follow employee shoplifter protocol of letting shoplifters do their thing.

NORTH CAROLINA

Published December 4, 2022 8:10pm EST

North Carolina Home Depot worker, 83, dies weeks after being shoved during theft; police searching for suspect

The elderly Home Depot worker approached the suspect as he was allegedly stealing three pressure washers

By Paul Best | Fox News

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An elderly Home Depot employee died on Thursday from injuries he sustained in October when a theft suspect shoved him while allegedly stealing three pressure washers.

The suspect was leaving the store’s garden area on the morning of Oct. 18 with a shopping cart full of stolen goods when the employee approached him.

Surveillance video released by the Hillsborough Police Department appears to show the suspect shoving the elderly employee to the ground and hurrying out of the store.

The victim died on Dec. 1 due to complications from injuries he sustained during the incident. A medical examiner ruled that his death was a homicide.

The suspect was allegedly stealing three pressure washers when he shoved the elderly worker while leaving the store.  (Hillsborough Police Department)

The Hillsborough Police Department is now searching for the suspect, described as a Black male about 6 feet tall who fled in a white Hyundai Sonata. A temporary North Carolina tag on the vehicle was obscured.

MISSING SOUTH CAROLINA WOMAN'S FAMILY MAKES RENEWED CALL FOR ANSWERS TWO YEARS LATER

Gary Rasor, the employee, celebrated his 83rd birthday while hospitalized for his injuries.

"We are heartbroken by the loss of our associate Gary. He was part of our team for more than 9 years. He was an amazing friend, husband, father and grandfather, always willing to help anyone," a spokesperson for Home Depot told Fox News Digital in a statement.

"Right now, our top concern is supporting his family and our associates during this difficult time."

The elderly worker approached the alleged shoplifted and the suspect shoved him to the ground.  (Hillsborough Police Department)

The victim celebrated his 83rd birthday just weeks before dying from complications with injuries he sustained in the incident.  (Hillsborough Police Department)

His wife previously told WNCN that her husband recognized the suspect.

"He knows the guy is a thief. He’s been there, he’s seen him in the store before," she told the local news outlet. "And what he told me was that sometimes the guy will buy one or two items so he has a receipt, and then he’ll add more stuff to his cart and flash the receipt."

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Anyone with information about the suspect can email tips to andrew.jones@hillsboroughnc.gov or call at 919-296-9562.

Tulsa King: How corruption infiltrates and takes over a community

I had high hopes for the Tulsa King tv series with an interesting plot line. It stars Sylvester Stallone a 76 year old New York mobster banished to flyover country in Oklahoma to start a new “enterprise” after a 25 year stint in jail.

I hoped it would focus on comedic struggles of a mobster overwhelmed by the mid-western sensibilities of smallish town America.

But I was wrong.  Instead, it is a graphic lesson of how evil and corruption spreads its tentacles into relatively virgin territory.

Stallone, the ex-prison mobster is banished to Tulsa to do what mobsters need to do to enrich the Don back home in New York.

His first instinct is to seek out the morally marginal business operators, the ones who, due to their tiny moral rudder, will be easy to influence.  He likely considers the tattoo parlors, check cashing stores, and vape shops.  He lands inside a “medical marijuana” business where he flips the staff through violence, attitude, and front money in doing his bidding.

Along the way he finds a clean cut young black dude from a morally upright family to be his chauffer – of course enticing him with an outsized salary paid up front.

By the forth episode, the young man’s dad is also lured into the mobsters corruption to see what his son is up to. By this point the mobster has at least a dozen formerly clean, if marginal, citizens as part of his entourage.

The series has its humorous bits and glimmers of a compassionate attitude from Stallone.  But these tidbits are overwhelmed by the gangster’s smug arrogance, overbearing demeanor, and violence he encourages and dishes out.

The formula:  A famous, popular star, a quirky, sometimes winsome personality, an engaging plot line – and the result is as insidious as the plot the show portrays.

This show is just one of dozens of examples of how not just tv, movies, and “entertainment” gradually corrupt its audience, but how these behaviors, inherited since the stone age, infiltrate and destroy communities and nations.  Human nature on full display.

The very same gradual corruption of our culture by the LGBTQ+++ 3%, enabled by the emotion-driven left, has preempted sexual morality over the past 50 years.

I hoped for the opposite for this show, but was wrong. Silly me.

The vast difference between Patriotism and Fascism

The left, comprised of socialists, communists, and the woke know-nothing-do-gooders, often refer to patriots as “fascist”.

Several reasons can be attributed to their corrupt interpretation:

1. Ignorance
2. Hostility
3. Hatred
4. Purposeful deception to promote their  leftist, big government, globalist, open borders agenda.

So, what are the differences between “patriotism” and “fascism”?

Fascism defined by Merriam-Webster:

a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

Patriotism defined by Merriam-Webster:

love for or devotion to one's country

Patriots, also identified as “conservatives”, have a love of country in the form it was first conceived and intended: For the purpose of protecting the rights of the individual, being blind to race, and having minimal, decentralized government.  Note that these are all OPPOSITE of the terms defining Fascism.

If anything, the LEFT is promoting Fascism by promoting racial distinctions through public policy like affirmative action, enforcing government power and authority over the individual, and funding an autocratic government structure that suppresses and removes the rights of the opposition.

The left disingenuously misrepresents “devotion to one’s country” as placing the interests of the country ahead of the individual when in fact THEY are the ones doing just that.

The left ignores the founding principles of our nation, that “all men are created equal”, not that government shall force them all to become equal. The left promotes and autocratic federal government headed by a dictatorial executive branch that uses the Department of Justice as their personal fascist gestapo against their opposition.  The left promotes cancelling the rights and reputation of individuals through their alliance with complicit media and large corporations.

So, tell me.  Which group has more Fascist tendencies?

Tough islanders and coastal dwellers…

It’s devastating to lose your home (or second home) and even worse to have loss of life due to a hurricane.  Ian was one of the worst.

But to blame others for their own lack of common sense is just arrogant and stupid.

There are two main categories of islanders and coastal dwellers on Florida’s southwest coast:

• Second home snow birds, usually somewhat wealthy.
• Natives who consider themselves tough guys who know best and no government agency is going to tell them what they should do.

In both cases they live there by choice. In both cases, they either pay through the nose for homeowners insurance or are uninsured. Huge insurance costs should be a dead giveaway about the dangers of living at these locations.

There is no excuse for their remaining in their high risk area when there is a growing hurricane aimed toward their general vicinity.  For two or three days prior to landfall the National Hurricane Center  (NHC) warned that the storm would likely rapidly intensify.  For two or three days prior to landfall the NHC showed landfall targets varying between the Florida panhandle and south of Tampa.

So what do many “tough” coastal dwellers and islanders do?  They not only remain in place, but then they complain that they were not warned.  They blame “the government” for not doing the thinking that they should be doing.

You can’t be stupid and be a coastal dweller or islander.  The two don’t mix well.

But such has become the mindset of too many Americans.  Rely on government instead of ourselves, our own common sense, to tell us exactly what to do.  And if we fail to do our own thinking, the government is always a handy scapegoat. 

Maybe we ought to hand over another several billion to one or more governmental agencies to solve this “human-caused” climate change thing that some idiots – like FJB - say caused the hurricane.  That will make some tough folks and snow birds feel better.

Legal Affirmative Action for those who commit the most crime…

There are three classes of people who commit the most crime:

• Black people of color (to distinguish from people of other colors),
• Illegal aliens, who by definition, 100% of that class commit crime, not including other crimes they commit once here,
• The most devout Muslims, because they have a radically different legal system from that of the West.

All three classes of people have become eligible for “legal affirmative action” (LAA). LAA (as in laa laa land) can be defined as a much lower standard for a “punishable offense.”  In other words, people NOT in one of those three LAA groups are subject to punishment for many more types of offenses than those in the LAA group.

The left, (aka “democrats”, “socialists”, “communists”, “Antifa”, “Black Lives Matter (most)”, illegal immigrant advocacy groups, organizations like the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and the willfully ignorant (which includes a goodly number of media and academia) have created a different rationale for excusing each group from the laws of the land.

In spite of Blacks constituting 16% of the US population, crimes committed by Blacks were wildly disproportionately higher:

• In 2017, 53.1% of those arrested for manslaughter were black.
• Based on a 2017 FBI crime report, 54% of the people arrested for robbery were black.
• In that same year, blacks made up 51.9% of those charged with illegal gambling.
• They also accounted for 33.5% of offenders charged with aggravated assault and 28.7% of rape arrests.
• In addition, blacks accounted for 29.8% of burglary arrests, and 43.9% of people caught carrying firearms. 

https://comparecamp.com/black-crime-statistics/

Most victims of these crimes are also black, by the way.

But wait. Blacks are discriminated against.  Blacks are disadvantaged. Blacks are poorer.  Blacks are in bad neighborhoods with bad schools.  Give them a break.  They can’t help but commit crimes.

The solution:  Subject this class of people to LAA.  Lower the bar. Create a less demanding set of laws for them. Adjust the criminal justice system so that anything much less than murder will not subject them to jail time or even bail requirements.  Yes, Legal Affirmative Action for these folk. That will even lower the crime rate – fewer will be charged with anything.

Reward bad behavior with a myriad of free passes.  That’ll get them to respect the law.  Sure thing.

Next, we know how to give immigrants a good civics lesson – you know, like when they were required to pass a test at Ellis Island a few years back - as they enter the US:  Reward them for breaking our immigration laws (similar to trespassing and breaking and entering) with free travel, free health care, free education, and various government stipends.  100% of illegal aliens are criminals – but who’s counting and who cares?  And is anyone keeping track of the percent of illegals committing crimes here in their first year of illegal residency? That’s kind of difficult when most large cities have LAA prohibiting law enforcement from asking or determining their immigration status.

Finally we have Muslims subject to LAA.  Why?  Because most don’t care much for the US legal system because they have their own Islamic version:  Sharia. Many Muslim enclaves throughout the nation now have their own “no go zones” declared so local law enforcement won’t hurt themselves. 

We shall not impose our nasty, anti-Islamic Western values and laws on Muslim communities.  We must not discourage the culture, religion, or legal system of Syrian, Iranian, Pakistani, Somalian immigrants or those from the other 45 predominantly Islamic nations.  Allah forbids it. Speaking of Allah, that reminds me.  The pudding on the cake is thou shalt not (from the King James) accuse a Muslim of doing ANYTHING wrong or you will make the headlines on CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Washington Post, New York Times or myriad of local snowflake publications condemning YOU for being an Islamophobe. Thus we have institutionalized LAA for the Muslims of this nation.

These three LAA classes of folk don’t even include those who, until a few years ago were correctly labelled perverts and queers (not in the twisted sense now used by the LGBTQ+++ communities today.)  Anyone who whispers that those folk might be perverts, immoral, or mentally challenged will themselves be charged with a crime.

That is the ultimate Laa Laa Land – lowering the bar to ground level for select violators of laws, civility, and morality, while subjecting the rest of us to the higher standards of “the system.”

These forms of discrimination will destroy our legal system and our nation.

How leftists and conservatives address nations problems

Think about how the left addresses each of the widely discussed and growing problems of this nation.  And then consider the approach of conservatives for each of these issues.  You will notice that the leftist/democrat approach aggravates and worsens the problem while the conservatives approach reduces the problem.

Here are a few examples:

Homelessness

Homeless encampments are mushrooming in many democrat run cities.  The left promotes government programs, policies and handouts to make life for the homeless easier (it’s all about emotional “feel good” policies for leftists).  These are typically comprised of:

• Allowing the homeless use public spaces for their tents and other living arrangements
• Providing food handouts
• Providing drug needles
• Not enforcing vagrancy and loitering laws
• Promoting (advertising) the public policies and programs that attract more homeless and disincentivize employment and independence.

Conservatives tend to do the opposite, primarily:

• Enforcing laws against vagrancy and loitering
• Prohibiting use of public spaces and rights-of-way for homeless camps
• Providing “back to work” incentives
• Not facilitating and enabling drug use

Drug addicts

Drug addiction is a worthwhile behavior for the left.  It gives them more control power and influence.  This is why they:

• Promote open borders to let in the cartels, drug lords and tons of opiates.
• Distribute drug paraphernalia to addicts
• Defund law enforcement
• Have “no bail” provisions (let them out on the street) for various drug-related offenses
•  Promote repealing of drug laws 

Again, conservatives promote the opposite:

• Close the borders and closely vet and monitor those who do cross over legally
• Increase capability to both stop the supply entering the nation and well as the distribution and use through strict enforcement.
• Have stricter incarceration provisions for offenders.

Gun violence

The left prefers eliminating the 2nd amendment.  Short of that they promote making various types of guns illegal (they believe the gun has a mind of its own when it decides to shoot people), limiting magazine capacity, imposing exorbitant taxes on guns and ammo, requiring a centralized nationwide permit system, requiring onerous liability requirements for firearm manufacturers, creating a “social credit” system for the right to bear arms, and prohibit the carry of guns in dozens of public venues.  The left fails to acknowledge that the places with the strictest gun laws have the most gun violence.

Conservatives believe that if guns were more freely carried by the general population in more places, unlawful shootings would be discouraged. More importantly, if existing laws were more effectively enforced, prosecuted, with offenders incarcerated for appropriate durations – not as nicey nice rehab, but as punishment, gun violence would be reduced.  And finally, conservatives have much greater respect not only for the rule of law, but for the essential role of the family and religion in our culture.  The left opposes these things.

Illegal immigrants

The left believes in a global authority, disdains nationhood – especially that of the United States, and thus believes in open borders and free entry of people from any and all nations.  They do not believe that a national identity and culture is worth preserving.  They believe “diversity is our strength” as opposed to our “outdated” national motto of “out of many, one.”  Their quest for diversity denies the reality of “in unity there is strength.”  And they blame the other side for our nation’s divisiveness.

Conservatives want strong borders so that only those who respect our culture and laws and who would add to our nations success and prosperity would be allowed entry.  It used to be that way.  Conservatives respect the concept of “nation” and believe the US has a history and identity worth preserving, although many are beginning to have doubts.

Inflation

The left prefers passing laws, enlarging the federal government, creating more programs and spending hundreds of billions falsely believing that those actions will reduce inflation.  They gut the fossil fuel industry through taxation, withholding permits, and halting pipeline construction.  All of that eliminates our energy independence and dramatically raises energy costs for agriculture, transportation, electricity, and manufacturing while becoming more dependent on enemy nations for that resource.

Conservatives would reduce the size of the federal government, reduce taxes, eliminate many cost-increasing federal regulations, and increase domestic fossil fuel production.

Energy

The lefts policies have eliminated the major sources of domestic energy production causing us to rely on undependable foreign sources. The left promotes the myth of “human-caused global warming”, especially the “evil” US-caused global warming.  This half-baked science causes the left to invoke half-baked policies of “green energy” which is several decades ahead of feasibility.  In the meantime – meantime being the next several decades – the US will be forced into an energy deficit and much much higher energy prices.  As Biden’s protégé, Barack Hussein Obama, famously said, “Under my Plan … Electricity Rates Would Necessarily Skyrocket”.  All the while the mining of “green energy” battery components and use of windmills are raping the landscape and killing wildlife.

Conservatives would assure the US once again becomes and remains energy independent.  We would continue the robust development of fossil fuels while incentivizing the development of alternative energy sources, including nuclear.

Which side of these issues would you feel most comfortable on?

No bias, no conflict of interest…sure thing…

This afternoon Attorney General Merrick Garland declared that he personally approved the decision for the search warrant for Donald Trump’s home.  He did not announce why.

Except most can guess, and the optics smell really foul.

As many might recall, Garland is one and the same Garland who sought a post on the US Supreme Court, but was stymied by the Trump administration.  Retributional conflict of interest much?  Then in his next breath during his remarkably brief press conference he pleads with the public to not have any ill will toward the Department of Justice.

What, me persecute?

The other foul smelling thing is the Florida judge who approved the Mar-a-Lago raid was Bruce Reinhart.  Bruce helped Jeffrey Epstein through his pedophilia and sex trafficking troubles.   He was also a large contributor to the 2008 Obama campaign.

There are so many foul smelling aspects to this ongoing persecution.  More than enough to cause one to think that they are doing all they can to assure Trump doesn’t run for President again.

Trouble is, anyone who is as effective at promoting and implement similar policies as Trump will most likely receive the same treatment.

Nation under siege from within!