Does Hillary Speak Arabic?

With the news now confirming Hillary's long time aide and confidante Huma Abedin is directly connected to Muslim groups who sponsor, condone or carry out terrorist activities, we see clearly that many of those so-called far right conspiracy theories were, well, actually true.  Huma is our gal Hill's right hand man, as it were, and is essentially tied at the hip to her.  She manages Hillary's campaign, her daily schedules, keeps her addled brain focused, and pretty much does everything else.  Now the discovery of another 650,000 emails, which were sent to or from Hillary's illegal private server and found on Anthony Wiener's computer, Huma's ex-husband of Carlos Danger infamy, add to the  deceit and intrigue  And by extension, emails that may have been either received, hacked or certainly read by hostile foreign governments.  Highly classified details of State Department traffic were open to anyone who can read the English language.  And Hillary and Huma are at the very center of the now re-opened FBI investigation.

But who is she, this exotic beauty with blood red lips and jet black hair?  In an uncharacteristically truthful article in January, Vanity Fair introduced Huma to us, and that damning information was subsequently covered up by Media Matters.  Both articles describe in detail just what her connections to Muslim organizations really are.  One can assume that Huma is fluent in Arabic, as she was an assistant editor of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs between 1996 and 2008, a publication whose mission is “shedding light” on minority Muslim communities around the world in the hope of securing the legitimate rights of these communities.   What exactly are "legitimate rights"?  It turns out Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs is an Abedin family business.  Well.  That's nice, having a foreign radical Muslim group mole embedded intimately inside the United States State Department.

We'll have to wait for the investigation to be concluded, of course, to be sure, but in watching these two for the last several years, one can freely speculate that their spying gig is finally up, and when the web of influence peddling and espionage come to light, that appropriate justice will be served.

I hope Hillary speaks Arabic.  She may very well need that skill in the near future.

Exonerated!

Sometimes you just have to shake your head at the irony and the insanity occurring in law enforcement in the United States today.  While a corrupt, seditious career criminal continues her campaign for the office of the president of the United States, the federal law enforcement apparatchiks gun down and arrest American ranchers for having the audacity to protest the heavy-handed antics of the Bureau of Land Management.  I wrote about the so called standoff here back in January, and the unfortunate and wholly unnecessary murder of Lavoy Finium, and the wounding of Ammon Bundy.  With his hands up, Finium was shot multiple times in the face and in the back. In front of his family.  By heavily armed BLM agents.

But last Thursday, all seven remaining defendants from the case that grew out of the 41-day standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were found not guilty by a jury in Portland, Oregon.  Not guilty.  Exonerated.  Hopefully, this verdict will open the door for civil liability cases to be brought by these American citizens against all-too-happy-to-kill federal agencies.  Unlawful death verdicts and awards are certainly warranted.

So the Feds see no problem killing ranchers who may allow their cattle graze on disputed BLM-controlled land, but the most corrupt public figure in American history is still walking free.  That's a pretty big bite to swallow.  But perhaps some sanity is seeping back into the American citizenry's psyche.  If a jury will free wrongly accused and harassed ranchers, perhaps law enforcement will finally indict the nation's most vile and corrupt politician for her crimes.  Recent developments can be seen as trending in that direction, as FBI Director James Comey reopens the Clinton email case, despite objections from the bought-and-paid-for Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

So in memory of Lavoy Finium, and in hopes that the greatest political and judicial system on earth has finally got its act together, and will throw off the corrupting politicization and weaponization that this vile administration has cast over it.

In that we can only hope.

The Demise of Consequence

Many parents today are dismayed by what they see their school age children bringing home as the result of their public education.   Further, they are astounded by the intellectual positions that their kids may have adopted due to the indoctrination in schools. (I'm speaking of genetics here, but further than that I will not go.  That's a topic for another post).  And those parents who may be inherently curious about what's being taught may be further astounded and, dare I say enraged, by what they may find just by doing a little research into what paradigms currently define the secondary scholastic education procedure. 

One such paradigm being used as a base for Common Core is Constructivism, and is defined as encouraging students to use active techniques (experiments, real-world problem solving) to create more knowledge and then to reflect on and talk about what they are doing and how their understanding is changing. The teacher makes sure she understands the students' preexisting conceptions, and guides the activity to address them and then build on them. That's their definition verbatim.  Is this a valid teaching methodology?  What will be the result of this method twenty, thirty years out?  The evidence so far would seem to conclusively point to the demise of individualism, and squarely to group think.

What happens when one denies the result of cause and effect in teaching methods?  What happens when a teacher removes the concept of consequence of actions from the teaching equation?  The answer is that students are free to discuss the relevancy their own preexisting experience and discuss others' notions, as well.  There's no wrong answer, but no right answer, either.  Peachy.  I'm warm and fuzzy all over just writing about it.

The problem with Constructivism is that it doesn't take into consideration the affect of causality.  It denies consequence.  Let's discuss why the tomato plant didn't bear fruit.  We'll fall back on our previous experiences we may have had when other plants died.  We'll formulate a consensus that plants that don't bear fruit are still alive.  We'll determine if - somewhere in the past - we've had an experience of barren fruit bearing plants.  Stroking our chins, we'll revel in the fact that we're being very scientific and learned in our views.  But we ignore the root rot the tomato plant has developed due to over watering, perhaps.  Or the grub that's gnawing away on the root structure that we inadvertently imported in the soil. But we studiously deny a consequence to an observed truth.

If the effort were to promote and nurture critical thinking in our children's developing minds, this system fails.  If the effort is to indoctrinate our kids into a non-individual group think, this system is a marvel.

Put another way, let's say we have a pet - a mature dog - who we love and adore.  We have him in the house at night, although he prefers it outside where he can excel as guard dog of the family estate.  And every night he urinates inside the house, on the wall, on a couch, on other select areas he's chosen.  Every night he does this, even though he's given the opportunity to go outside to pee before being brought into the house.  What do we do?  Do we merely contemplate his motivation?  Do we accept it as an inevitable result of pet ownership?  Or do we take action to apply a consequence to an unwanted action?  What if in this scenario the dog were a 10-year old child who had no control over her continence?  Would we allow that behavior, or would we merely arrive at a communal consensus that, well, she doesn't really mean to do it, so we'll look the other way?  And we hope she doesn't pee herself in public and embarrass the family name.  But insanely, in either case, we withhold the application of consequence to that action or behavior.

So the educational system now in use has determined that, in its drive to withhold judgement of right or wrong, of good or bad, that a mutually arrived at group consensus is a superior method of problem solving than the traditional direct observation.  Of cause and effect.  Of consequence of action.  And what is the result? We get corrupt and evil politicians like Hillary Clinton, who with the well known revelations of her corruption, sedition and insanity, avoid the consequences of actions and literally get away with murder.  And we get an entire generation of intellectual snowflakes who can't think critically, and who seek refuge in "safe spaces" lest their tender sensibilities be assaulted.

And we get dogs that still pee in the house.

Street Fightin' Man

Half fighter, half diplomat

Back in the day, the Rolling Stones bemoaned the fact that "in sleepy London Town there's just no place for a street fightin' man."  Well, today in the US, there is a dire need for such a man.  A man from Gotham, a brawler, a man who has the respect of the cuff-linked gents dining on the top floors, as well as those hard boys down on the street in the nitty gritty, and that man is Donald Trump.

He's a hero to some, a nuisance to others and a bane to many.  But he is a man for his time, and that time is now.  As the preponderance of undeniable evidence continues to pour forth, it's now clear that the United States is awash in political corruption not seen in a century or more.  Both parties govern against the clear and stated will of the people, and foreign interests support this status quo for the enrichment of their few at the expense of our many.  And media, whose job is to be a watchdog and expose exactly this kind of government and public corruption, are all in the tank for the bad guys.  The American people, never gullible but many times slow to arouse, see clearly this tyrannical bastardization of the country's Constitution.  They don't like it, but up until now have been powerless to stop it, or prevent it.

And even though, at the request of the opposition party, American voters delivered electoral majorities in both the House and Senate, the cancerous political and media corruption - far from being quelled - actually metastasized and expanded ever wider.  The tyranny and corruption in government bodies go unchecked:  IRS, FBI, DOJ, NSA, ICE, and others operate above and beyond the law, and do so with contempt of any oversight.  The press condones it.  And no one seems to be able to stop it.

Except for that New York street brawler.  He comes at the exact moment he's needed.  He challenges the entrenched powers that be, and tells the truth about the corruption in which those powers engage.  He is the voters' man of the hour, and ironically so because no one really sat down and said, "You, know, what we need is a man of character, a successful and wealthy businessman, a guy who loves the country and the constitution, a political outsider, a man who cannot be bullied or intimidated, a guy who will hit back and not roll over.  And, oh yeah, a guy who can kick ass with the best street fighters in the country."

And from the Grace of God comes Donald J. Trump.  He is exactly what the American citizen voter has been waiting for.  The established elite - and their foreign interest puppeteers - have never seen such a grassroots support of such a brash and aggressive outsider, and are not sure how to react.  They're scared to death.  So they are hell bent on destroying the messenger and his message.  But their onslaughts get no traction.  His popularity soars.  Yet if they can just put down this little rebellion, they reassure themselves, the populace will go meekly and quietly into the submission their betters have planned for them.

But sadly for the elites, it's too late.  The cat's out of the bag.  There's no way the anger in flyover country can be assuaged.  The voters are done with the corrupt and entrenched politics as usual, and if it comes to light that there were shenanigans involved on November 8th, well, it may be that we'll see a most uncivil war.

The Return Of Hate

Could it be that the American societal culture is becoming more aware of the damage done by political correctness, and they're beginning to reject it? Maybe folks are returning to an environment wherein one could speak his mind, openly and freely, and say what he really means.  To call a spade a spade, perhaps?  Or to call a corrupt crook a corrupt crook, not to put too fine a point on it.   Dear Lord, I hope so.  But the entrenched elites, panicking at the thought of being stripped of their censorship, call it hate speech.  And if one speaks the truth, one is labeled a hater or any number of other pejoratives that the left can concoct.  

For example, just today, a fourth member of Second City’s ETC revue quit after multiple occurrences of offensive behavior from audiences.  Someone named Peter Kim told WBBM that audiences in Chicago and elsewhere across the country where he has toured, seem to feel emboldened by the no-holds-bars, speak-your-mind style of Donald Trump. “I really think he gave people carte blanche to act and behave hateful,” Kim said.  Hateful?  Because your humor degrades and offends most people, it must be hate? 

Unbelievable.  So a talent-challenged comedian, raised on jokes made at the expense of most hardworking Americans, is upset and quits his job because of audiences finally essentially booing him offstage.  The left has had carte blanche opportunity to make fun of, and laugh at, mock and ridicule regular people for decades.  Now that real folks are pushing back, this little snowflake and.his bed wetting compatriots are in high dudgeon.  Poor things.

So the demise of political correctness has begun, in one sense because Mr. Trump has demonstrated how to do it.  And good for  him.  It's about damn time.

Time To Drain The Swamp

Yes, geographically Washington DC is essentially built in a swamp, but I'm referring to another kind of slime and sludge that grows, reproduces and finally clogs stagnant waterways.  To wit: politicians, lobbyists, and the compliant press corps.  Especially as it defines Washington DC.  Mr. Trump knows what most everyday average working Americans know:  it's time to drain that swamp.

Now that Janus, the two-faced Roman god of beginnings and ends, has reveled himself in the embodiment of John McCain, Paul Ryan and other RINOs, DJT has declared that the shackles are finally off him, and he's free to campaign the way he wants to: against Washington and the propagandists in media.  Translated, that means he doesn't have to act the sissified, gutless, malleable Republican candidate the GOP wants him to be.  

Remember after the primary debates when all the RINOs wet themselves and stamped their feet until Trump signed that "loyalty pledge?" Where are they now that Trump is winning big, those lying two-faced basturds??  They demanded then that Trump kowtow to their pitiful mindset, never imagining the wave of support he would receive from patriotic Americans.  But now that the tables are turned, and he is far more popular and has more support from the American people than does the castrated, emasculated congress, they now bail on him.  Throw him over the transom.  What loyalty pledge, they ask.

Regarding, John McCain, I guess 5 years at the Hanoi Hilton took all the testosterone out of that poor ol' fighter pilot. I am truly sorry to have to say that out loud.   Ryan, on the other hand, is merely a self serving pussy who shats himself every time he's confronted.  He has no core beliefs, and certainly no honor.  Loyalty?  Me?

So yes, it's the entire Washington corruption syndrome - Dems, RINOs and propagandists alike - that Americans are fed up with, and they're just not gonna take it any more.  And it's the entire entrenched Washington DC collective slime that clogs our republic, the greatest nation on Earth, and prevents us from being who we are.

When you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget that the initial objective was to drain the swamp.  Thomas Jefferson alluded to draining the swamp two centuries ago, as did Ronald Reagan just a few decades ago. 

It's now way past time to drain the swamp. And thanks to The Donald and with the help and support of the American people, it'll get done this time.