LEFT WING SHINES AT OSCARS

No, I'm not going to dwell on the endless political bull that stunk up the whole night.  What's even more interesting is how sloppy they were in putting together an event that is suppose to put the best, most positive spotlight on Hollywood.  

Take, for example, their magnanimous tribute to celebrities who passed away in 2016.  There was one problem in that segment: Four-time Oscar-nominated Australian costume designer Janet Patterson, who passed away in October, was mixed up with film producer Jan Chapman. Chapman’s picture was shown next to Patterson’s name and title.  “I am alive and well and an active producer,” Chapman says.  

Outside the venue, the lack of adequate security was in glaring display.  A female Trump supporter was physically attacked by another woman after her sign was grabbed and torn.  The victim attempted to swing back, but was held by a third person while the original attacker pummeled away at the victim.  

Then there was the now infamous mistake of the century:  Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced the winner of the Best Picture Award as being La La Land.  While acceptance speeches began, the mix-up became clear and the true victor, Moonlight, was embarrassingly announced.  

Well, you know the rest of the story:  The event planners are blaming anybody and everybody who walks for all of the calamities, which proves yet again that left-wing liberals are totally incapable of accepting responsibility for their own actions.  

Let's give them an "I Participated" plaque!  

 

WHAT IN HELL DID BILL CLINTON FUND?

The University of Management and Technology in Rosslyn, Va., which opened in 1998, touts a campus in Beijing and “partnerships” with universities around the world, according to a special FOX NEWS report.  Based just four miles from the Pentagon in northern Virginia, the U.S. taxpayer-funded school has been at the center of multiple federal probes about its leadership's alleged ties to the Chinese military and whether thousands of records from U.S. service members were compromised. 

Regardless of those probes and an FBI raid or two, UMT has continued to collect more than $6 million from Defense Department tuition assistance programs as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs through the post-9/11 GI bill.  The school claims to have had 5,000 graduates in the last five years and to be "especially proud of our students stationed in US military bases around the globe."  

We are all aware of allegations that Hillary accepted large donations to the Clinton Foundation from various foreign governments including the Republic of China.  Given the circumstances of this report, one has to wonder how many of those "graduates" turned out to be Chinese spies infiltrating our military bases. 


Who do you blame?  Clinton, whose administration allowed initial funding for this program; Bush who allowed it to continue; or Obama who certainly must have covered it up?  

DID OBAMA TRY TO HACK INDIANA, GEORGIA ELECTIONS?

The Daily Caller News Foundation Investigative Group is reporting it has discovered information showing that the Department of Homeland Security tried numerous times to hack the state election computer systems in Indiana and Georgia while Obama was president.  It tried at least 14,800 scans of Indiana's systems in November and December alone; Indiana then traced the attempts to a DHS computer. 

Since federal law prohibits DHS from trying to hack into any State computer without that State's approval, why would they be trying it? 

Trump won Georgia with a slim 50.4% of the popular vote and Indiana at 56.5%. 

Were attempts made on other states and if so, were any successful?  And if successful, were vote tallies altered? 

No wonder Democrats are so adamantly against an investigation!  

COP KILLER

California has a crazy law that says prisoners must be released if prisons get overcrowded because that's inhumane.   On Monday of this week, a known gang member who had just been released from prison long before his term was up, shot and killed a cop in Whittier...  a cop who was responding to an accident call and might very well have had to save the murderous thug's life.  

Now, just analyze this story and you'll instantly know who is to blame. 
 

STANDING ROCK: WE'RE TO BLAME

I've been asked countless times about my opinion of the Standing Rock Sioux standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline, (DAPL).  My answer has been consistently the same: I'm in favor of the pipeline, but I'm totally against running it through sacred Indian lands or through an area where a rupture could destroy anybody's access to water.  I'm also certain that if the pipeline were to go through a cemetery in Fargo or laterally down the Missouri River, it would never happen.  

So, I cheered the decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to delay its construction and I supported the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and its allies in their efforts to move it or stop it.  That having been said, I was glad to see Trump's decision to give the go ahead to both the Keystone XL and the DAPL.  But, I presumed that the Trump administration would see it the way I and many others do and condition the completion of the DAPL on rerouting.  

But, that evidently isn't the way it came down. 

Now, hundreds of protesters have been ordered to leave their encampments by today.  This is likely going to lead to an ugly showdown and we're to blame.  

The fact is, we have been conditioned to think of Native Americans as being "dumb Indians" and somehow as being sub-human.  So, what does it matter to us if we threaten their water or ruin their sacred sites?  

Well, my friends, just remember two words: "Bad Karma." 

Do what's right.  Stand up and stand with the Standing Rock Sioux.  Let's get the pipeline completed, but lets have the contractors spend a few extra bucks to move it a few miles so we can all sleep at night. 

YES, THE MEDIA IS THE ENEMY

After President Trump lambasted the media several times in recent days, even calling it "the enemy of the American people," calls of "FOWL" could be heard not only across the so-called journalistic spectrum, but among Democrats and Republicans as well.  Republican Senator John McCain even had the unmitigated gall to pull an Obama stunt: go to a foreign country and start criticizing America.  He sternly warned that a free press is the bastion of American democracy.   

Historically speaking, that used to be the case; we depended on our free press for getting at the news and relaying it to us honestly, completely and objectively.  With few exceptions, however, they have become a political entity in and of themselves, working in tandem with those who would see our national values and beliefs destroyed with their own propriety and responsibility being damned. 

To the press and the media: When you see yourselves under attack from a growing number of Americans, when your own popularity is lower in the basement than that of Congress, and when those who you so blindly admire have just lost in the biggest national political upset in modern history... isn't it time to perform a little self-introspection?  Shouldn't you have the maturity to look inside yourselves and ask whether or not you are really at blame?  

I JUST GOT FIRED AND I'M NOT TO BLAME!

Down there in good old Catoosa, Oklahoma, 12 Hispanic restaurant workers just got fired.  It seems they decided, (without warning), to take a day off in support of the "Day Without Immigrants" movement.  The owner of the "I Don't Care Bar and Grill" suddenly found himself in the proverbial pickle; he didn't have enough employees to take care of business. 

Now, they're all whining.  “(They’re) upset they stood for something they felt was necessary so the community would stand together, and they got terminated for that,” a friend said. 

I mean, after all...  You should have the right to walk off a job at any time, without any notice, for political reasons and not get fired, right?  
 

MEDIA IN UNJUSTIFIED HISSY FIT

Trump has allowed brief questions during press conferences held during state visits from leaders of other countries.  During the open question periods, he seems to have avoided selecting questions from the mainstream media, which is totally understandable; they've been spinning, fabricating and otherwise outrageously distorting the reality of the news to fit their own liberal-left agendas.  When Trump says something, they are famous for taking what he says out of context and using it against him.  

Frankly, if I were Trump, I wouldn't even let most of those scoundrels into the White House Press Corps.  

With that little bit of history, you can understand why I have to laugh when they get their bowels in an uproar because Trump doesn't pick them to ask questions.  They have more gall than Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi and Maxine Waters combined.  

They've morphed from being responsible, informative journalists into being totally useless toads.  

SUPPORT TRUMP? FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE!

71-year-old Kathleen Staunton, a staffer for California Republican Representative Dana Rohrabacher, was on her way out of her Huntington Beach office when she was accosted by anti-Trump protesters and knocked to the ground where she hit her head and was then rushed to the hospital... unconscious.   Protesters are trying to play it off as an accident.    

We all know of people who have been beaten because they were wearing a Trump cap or had a Trump bumper sticker on their car.  

When will the first murder happen? 

You need to buy a gun and learn how to use it, because things are very scary in this country right now. 

FIRST BLOOD

The abrupt departure of General Michael Flynn from the Trump administration Monday night was the first casualty in what is certainly going to be a tumultuous four years.  Flynn had been highly regarded by Trump during and immediately after the campaign.  

Allegedly, Flynn either compromised or could have compromised national security when he had a private conversation about Obama's sanctions against Russia before the inauguration.  While I think that is simple poppycock, that the story had been embellished by the national media and Democrat operatives, I do have a problem with how it all came down.  

When the story first leaked, Flynn told Vice President Pence that it was not true, that he had indeed not had conversations about sanctions with the Russian ambassador.   With that, Pence went public in support of Flynn.  What the source of the ensuing information is, I am not certain; some think it was the National Security Agency.  But, someone came forth with factual information on the telephone call to show that Flynn had indeed discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador. 

Therein lies the first rule of executive leadership: If you make a mistake, don't try to lie your way out of it; admit it, apologize for it, suffer the consequences and move on.  Flynn, being the National Security Advisor to Trump, had a high level of responsibility to be candid and truthful.  The coverup was far more of a sin than the discussion of sanctions. 

I'd like to be able to say that Flynn was a victim of foul play and that a Democrat Party "mole" within the Trump Administration was actually to blame for Flynn's firing; while that may have been the case, Flynn in reality fired himself. 

OROVILLE DAM CALAMITY WAS PREVENTABLE

Oroville Dam in northern California has come perilously close to at least a partial breach as the lake rapidly filled with water from its watershed inputs as a result of recent heavy warm rains on top of a huge snow pack.  Over 188,000 people were evacuated from the city of Oroville and points downstream Sunday afternoon as holes in the two spillways from the dam threatened to eat back toward the face of the dam structure.  

The earthen dam was completed in 1968 to contain waters from the frequently flooded Feather River and to generate electricity; at 700 feet, it is the tallest dam of its kind in the United States.  Both a primary and an emergency spillway were included in the dam construction.  The flow from primary spillway can be controlled, while the flow from the higher emergency spillway cannot; when the water reaches a certain depth, it automatically starts to flow over the concrete lip of the spillway.  The primary spillway was lined with concrete while the emergency spillway was not.  

The dam itself must meet regular inspections for safety.  Twelve years ago, three concerned environmental groups, (the Friends of the River, the Sierra Club and the South Yuba Citizens League ), filed a motion with the federal government as part of Oroville Dam’s relicensing process, urging federal officials to require that the dam’s emergency spillway be armored with concrete, rather than remain as an earthen hillside.   The state Department of Water Resources, and the water agencies that would likely have had to pay the bill for the upgrades, said that contrary to fears, such upgrades were unnecessary and the dam was subsequently relicensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

With water flowing into the dam at an alarming rate and much faster than what was being released through the electrical generation process, dam officials decided they should release some water through the primary spillway.  It is questionable as to whether that decision was reached soon enough.  Moreover, it readily became apparent that the concrete liner was deficient and damaged as a gaping hole appeared approximately one-third of the way down the spillway.  So, they shut the water release off while saying there was no reason for concern. 

Nevertheless, just a couple of days later and without any repairs or mitigation of the hole, they once again started releasing water, which signifies that they were in bigger troubles than they willing to admit.  The release was not enough to overcome the tremendous amount of water runoff coming into the dam, and the water level rose to the point of going over the emergency spillway.  That water quickly ate a hole of its own in the bare earth, close to the top of the spillway... close enough that the resulting erosion threatened to strip the concrete off the spillway lip and cause a huge rupture which could have released at least a 30 foot wall of water from the dam... and potentially much, much more.  

That's when the evacuations started. 

As for the dam officials, when questioned about the decision not to line the emergency spillway 12 years ago... well, you know the answer: "Don't blame us, we weren't here in those days and we're much too busy handling the current situation to stop and talk about it."  

IMPEACH 9TH CIRCUIT COURT PANEL JUDGES

There's been some discussion lately about splitting the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals into two courts; the justifiable response has been that such a move would simply create two renegade courts and I agree with that thinking.  

The role of Judges is not to make law, but to apply it.    They're supposed to weigh the evidence and facts in a legal matter and then apply existing statutory and case law to reach a decision.  Just because they sit on an elevated bench does not mean they are gods or that they can make up their own rules as they go along.  

But, what do we do when they consistently violate judicial principles, such as in the case of the three-Judge panel ruling on Trump's temporary immigration halt?  The founders of this country provided a remedy: it's called "impeachment."  Their intent for impeachment was to protect the fundamental principle of “the consent of the governed.” The Constitution carries no other title than “We the People,” and impeachment removes from office those officials who ignore that standard. (The Constitution does not guarantee a federal judge his position for life, but only for the duration of “good behavior.” Art. III, Sec. 1) 

These Judges have proven beyond any reasonable doubt that they have allowed the politics of the day to interfere with due and just application of the law.  They're to blame for this mess, and the proper remedy is for them to be disgraced, removed from office and replaced with Judges who understand judicial ethics and rules.  

IF YOU CAN'T HURT TRUMP, HURT HIS FAMILY

Trump seems to be undaunted by the relentless assault from the left, an assault overtly made in the attempt to slow down or stop his agenda.  

So, now they're going after his family.  Nordstrom and Neiman-Marcus are dropping Ivanka Trump's line of clothing and Macy's may follow suit.  Nordstrom is claiming that sales of her items are no longer profitable.  All three seem to be bowing to left-wing demagoguery demanding that they drop Ivanka's clothing.

If sales at these stores are dropping, and they indeed have been the three major outlets for her outfits, then why has her company been showing increasing profits?   

Just askin'...

THE REAL PROBLEM WITH JEFF SESSIONS

Jeff Sessions has been confirmed as Attorney General of the United States.  But Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats pulled out all of the stops in a failed attempt to derail the nomination.  In fact, Warren had to be told to shut up and sit down.  

Why all of the vitriolic rhetoric against Sessions?  Well, as we all know, it was the Democrat Party that was so steadfastly against freeing the slaves and they've recently been reminded of that fact by various Republicans responding to Democrat cries of racism.  Given that history, one must also be reminded that it was Jeff Sessions who was responsible for desegregation of schools in Alabama.  

So, there it is in a nutshell.  Now you know what the real problem is between Sessions and the Democrats and who is really to blame.  

OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY

Nancy Pelosi has proven that the Democrats smoke too much ozone... or something.  "While it's only been a couple of weeks since the inauguration, we've seen nothing that I can work with President Bush on," Pelosi said during a Monday press conference.  

None of her Democrat lackeys gathered around her at the time bothered to correct her, so we have to assume that they also think Bush is President.  

No wonder no one's listening to them anymore. 

A WHITE HOUSE FULL OF ENEMIES?

It's not just the White House, it's virtually every agency of our federal government; they're all permeated with radical left-wing liberals who are bound and determined to undermine the presidency of Donald J. Trump... or any other conservative who might get elected to that job.  But, the White House theoretically runs the Executive Branch show, so the government bureaucrats who work there have tremendous influence over everyone else in government. 

They all enjoy the benefits of being in the Civil Service and being members of a union, so disciplining them or routing them out is easier said than done.  The vitriol being churned up by Democrats as a whole puts them in the position of having to do everything they can to make Trump look bad or to face holy hell from their friends and party dictators.  

And so it is that they managed to fumble the ball with the roll out of the temporary ban on immigrants from Middle Eastern countries.  So it is that selective leaks are coming out of the White House and directly onto the front pages of the liberal press and media...leaks designed to make Trump look bad and leaks that are often distorted and even untrue.  

The people making these "leaks" are not Americans; they are anti-American Democrats and progressives who want to see our Constitution  trashed and our liberties reduced or eliminated.  Why?  Because only through the accomplishment of these objectives can they achieve absolute power over the rest of the country.  

That's about as anti-American as you can get.  

We're to blame for allowing this situation to happen.  Government employees are our servants and as such, they should be prohibited from engaging in partisan politics.  When you allow those things to happen, you end up with an IRS like we had under Obama, and so forth. 

It's time we put an end to it.  

IS THIS WHAT YOU REALLY WANT?

To all Americans who think Trump's actions to shut down immigration from Middle Eastern countries until we can find an effective way to vet them stink... to those who cheer the courts which have intervened against him, I ask you if this is really the scene your are prepared for on the streets of your city: 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/UD7UA1d-WnA?rel=0

DEMOCRATS SHOULD BE CENSURED

Just about every Board of Directors of every business or organization has rules of conduct; violate the rules and you become persona non grata... and usually kicked out.  Usually, if you undertake actions which may bring discredit on the business or organization, such actions are grounds for loss of your seat on the board.  

Congress, it seems, has no such rules of decorum.  Oh, they have Codes of Ethics and House or Senate Rules, but there's nothing that requires Members to attend a certain number of hearings  or participate in a certain percentage of votes.  Likewise, there's nothing to prevent vitriolic speech. 

There are, however, provisions for Members of Congress to be censured or even expelled under certain circumstances.   It's rarely been done, but such provisions do exist.  

Democrats are definitely to blame for bringing discredit to The Hill.  Their behavior in obstructing the business of the Senate is beyond the pale.  Their refusal to attend committee hearings on Cabinet Members in order to try and prevent a vote from occurring is simple mutiny and an outright attempt to force their minority will upon the majority.  

We, the American people, have the inherent right in our form of government to demand that the offenders be rebuffed and rebuked.  They are to blame for bringing our democratic processes to a grinding halt.  By refusing to participate in committee votes, they are disenfranchising their constituents of their rights to participate through the representative structure in the running of governmental affairs.  

Censure the offending, offensive Democrats.

CALIFORNIA ILLEGALS HAVE A RIGHT TO RAPE, KILL AND PLUNDER

The California State legislature has a bill on the fast-track that would make the entire state into a "sanctuary state."  California Senate Bill 54 aims to protect all illegal aliens, even those who commit crimes, from being deported as is required under U.S. federal law.  Under the proposed new law, local police could not call federal authorities to report even violent criminal illegals.  

This means that the savage illegal Mexican who shot down a totally innocent Kate Steinle on a San Francisco wharf could totally avoid punishment. 

My friends, it's not I.S.I.S. we have to fear; our enemy is already among us and we don't get it.  
 

DEMOCRATS WANT TERRORISM

The Democrats are doing everything possible to sabotage President Trump's efforts to get a handle on immigration to the U.S. from Middle Eastern countries.  Therefore, it is a foregone conclusion that they support the influx of terrorists into the country. 

Now, we know who to blame for the next terrorist act in the country.