MCCAIN, GRAHAM MAY BOLT REPUBLICAN PARTY

John McCain have consistently taken positions against anything and virtually everything Trump advocates.  They both actively did everything possible to undermine Trump after he secured the Republican nomination and started his run against Clinton.  Now, they've done it again.  

Both Republican Senators, who have lost previous bids for the presidency on their own,  have come out adamantly opposed to Trump's new temporary halt of travelers coming from the Middle East.  It's as if they're trying to impose their own failed platforms on the guy who actually did win the presidency. 

It is obvious to every onlooker in the country that both of them are going to face very tough reelection campaigns; we citizens are sick and tired of self-serving political bickering.  They've both made such arrogant asses of themselves that they would easily qualify to be left-wing members of the Democrat Party; neither one of them made any attempt to block Barack Obama's agendas. 

Maybe that's what they both have in mind?  

WILL WOULD-BE TRUMP SHOOTER GET AWAY WITH THREAT?

For good reason, there are laws against threatening the life of the president, no matter who he is.  Granted, there were times when many of us have said about Obama, "I'd like to kill the s.o.b."  But, we didn't take any action and had to intentions of taking any action to accomplish such an act. 

Payal Modi is an art teacher at Adamson High School in the Dallas Independent School District. She made a video of herself in her classroom shooting a fake gun at a Trump image while screaming "Die!"  She then posted the video on her Instagram account and it subsequently ended up on YouTube.  Why either venue allowed the posting is beyond me; they both screened for any anti-Obama stuff.  And why the Dallas Independent School District didn't immediately suspend her defies all rationale. 

Now, if that's not a threat on Trump's life, I don't know what is; it most certainly would inspire some nutcase to go out and try it.    

Leave it to the liberals to come to her defense.  After all, they point out, the gun was a toy gun and Trump was 1,300 miles away; how could she possibly kill him?   So... they don't want her persecuted or prosecuted.  I guess she's not to blame for anything?  

One thing for sure: Dallas has certainly earned the reputation of being a city that doesn't mind killing presidents. 

MEXICO AND THE WALL

Hey, America... it's not our fault that our northern border is so porous.  Besides, if our people want to leave, who are we to stop them?  And as far as nationals from other countries such as Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Columbia, Venezuela, Panama, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica... passing through our country and crossing into the United States, well... Bon Voyage!!!  Hasta la vista!!!

So, we're not interested in your stupid wall.  If you want a wall, you build it.
  
What do you mean, you're going to close down your factories that are located here in Mexico?  What do you mean that tourists are going to quit going to Cabo San Lucas, Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta and Cancun?  Hey, senor... amigo!  That's not fair!!!  What do you mean, we have to work together?  Este es Mexico!!!  Mexico first!!! 

So, Senor Trump, we're not interested in even discussing it... or are we?   

CHICAGO'S EMANUEL TO TRUMP: TAKE A HIKE

Chicago's Mayor Rahm Emanuel has told the Trump administration that he's not interested in seeing the National Guard in the city.  He's told the feds that they are free to send money and equipment, but that he's creating a citizen's group to work with the cops to create better relations.  He also said that he doesn't give a hoot about Trump's plans to put a stop on sanctuary cities; Chicago will not cave in.  After all, he argues,  people from Poland or Mexico or Ireland have every right to a place to live.  Evidently, that "right" extends to illegals and criminals. 

What about the citizen's rights to live in a crime-free city?  What about their rights to self-protection, rights which Emanuel abolished when he turned Chicago into a gun-free zone?  

If Emanuel gets reelected, the citizens of Chicago have no one to blame but themselves.  

INSULTS: REPUBLICANS ARE TO BLAME

Sorry for the "no post" yesterday... I ran out of juice; the electricity was off over 12 hours for the third time in 12 days.  

In the darkness, I got a letter from the RNC asking for a donation.  The letter gloated about how the RNC and the Republicans worked so hard to get Trump elected.  That was insulting to those of us who watched as Donald Trump had to drag the Republicans kicking and screaming... how they fought him tooth and nail all of the way into Election Day.  

The letter also storied about how much the Republicans have accomplished in the past and how much they can accomplish in the future with control of the House, Senate and White House.  That was also insulting to those of us who watched the Republicans roll over and play dead the last time we were in this situation.  In fact and because they were a "do nothing" Congress, they got voted out in spades after just two years and the Democrats took control of The Hill.  All they've done over the last 28 years can be summed up in one word: "nothing." 

Lacking in the communication was any semblance of acknowledgement that the government does indeed belong to "we the people."  It wasn't about us, working together; rather, it was about them and by the way... send us some money.  

I've got news for them: I'm not sending them one thin dime until they show me that they mean what they say.  They need to quit the squabbling and get on board the train.  Politics may have gotten them to where they are, but it is now time to set politics aside and get with the program.  If they can't do that, I don't need them.  I've had enough of the insults and the bull... this is where the rubber meets the road.  

If they want my money... they need to come back hat in hand and ask me again in about a year when I can see what kind of a job they are really doing.  

PRESS, MEDIA MUST BE DISMANTLED

 TIME MAGAZINE published a story in which it alleged that a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. had been removed from the White House Oval Office immediately after Trump took the presidential oath.  Caught in the lie, TIME tried to explain it as a "mistake," referring back to Obama's removal of a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office after HE took office; that bust was replaced by King's bust. 
 
The press and media have an inherent freedom to report the news and an obligation to be objective.  Lies published in the pretense of news, however, simply must be abolished.  This lie could well have stirred up a huge racial unrest in the  country.  While TIME blamed the reporter, Zeke Miller, TIME is the publisher and it, in turn, has the responsibility to verify the overall veracity and individual facts of stories it publishes.  

The truth is that you cannot believe a word you read in TIME; they've just given you amply reason to cancel your subscription and to quit buying from its advertisers.  

OBAMA WAVES GOODBYE

NOW TAKE A VERY DEEP BREATH

This is Barack Hussein Obama's last full day in office.  

Now then... order in a whole ton of party supplies for tomorrow.  

SICK AND TIRED OF THE SCUMBAGS

I don't know about you, but if I were one of the constituents of those Democrats who have decided to boycott the inauguration and to call the presidency illegitimate, I'd be madder than hell.  I mean... you elect the guy or gal for the purpose of going to Washington and to participate in the running of the government, and here they are in essence refusing to do so.  

The whole country is sick and tired of Washington rancor, but these insolent evildoers remain content to carry the same old song in the same old bucket.  

To hell with them.  If they don't want to do the jobs they were elected to do.... recall them, because they are the reason Washington has not been working.  

THE "ESTEEMED" CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS IS A LIAR

Congressman John Lewis of Georgia came right out and said that he does not believe Donald Trump was legitimately elected to the presidency and should not be inaugurated.  He went on to exclaim that in all of his 30 years in office he has never missed a presidential inauguration, but he's going to miss this one... on purpose.  In his self-righteous indignation, he flatly refuses to participate in the inauguration of a president who cheated the system.   

The problem here is... Lewis also said almost the exact same words about George W. Bush.  He didn't attend that inauguration, either.  

Let's face it: He's a liar.  And here he is, pointing an accusing finger at a duly-elected president elect of the United States.  If he was a real man, he'd apologize and resign.  

Don't hold your breath.  
 

PORTABLE TOILETS: HOW DISGUSTING CAN DEMOCRATS GET?

Portable toilets being installed for the mass of people expected at Donald Trump's inauguration Friday had the name "Don's Johns" all over them, which raised the ire of Trump's staff.  As it turns out, the porta-potties were rented from a Virginia firm named "Don's Johns."  

No one knows for sure why they were chosen as a toilet vendor, but Capitol employees were quick to point out that the firm has been used for other Washington events, such as Barack Obama's inaugurations in 2009 and 2013.  

YES, THE WORLD HAS BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE

Retired General James Mattis at his Senate confirmation hearings yesterday said. “I think [the world order is] under the biggest attack since World War II … from Russia, from terrorist groups and with what China is doing in the South China Sea.”  I don't see how anyone in America can take issue with that assessment.  

Russia is on the muscle in Crimea and the Ukraine, hell-bent on destroying NATO and reassembling the old Soviet Union.  China has become emboldened to the point that it openly and flagrantly flaunts its power in the South China Sea.  Iran and North Korea both have been pursuing intercontinental nuclear missile capability and they have made great strides in doing so.  ISIS, Hamas, Boko Haram and, (to a lesser degree), Al Qaeda... are threatening the entire world stage with the imposition of radical Islam.  All of this has taken place while our own military capabilities have been sorely depleted. 


Frankly, we can blame all of this on one Barack Hussein Obama.  Had it not been for him and his damned Nobel Peace Prize, I seriously doubt the world stage would be set the way it now is.  

The legacy the S.O.B. leaves behind is scary, to say the very least.  

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES: POPYCOCK 101

Donald Trump is lashing out at big pharma... saying the government just simply won't be paying that much for drugs anymore for Medicare, military and V.A. patients.  He's demanding the right to negotiate prices, an ability previously denied due to government regulations.  

The pharmaceutical companies have been quick to respond to criticism over their prices over the last decade or two by insisting that they need to recoup expenses for researching and developing better medications.  Otherwise, they warn, there will be no incentive to keep advancing.  

Anyone who has ever been involved in business knows that, in order to maintain a competitive edge in the marketplace, you have to keep innovating.  My point here is that even if prices are rolled back for medicines, pharmaceutical companies will continue to develop new and better products in order to stay in business.  So, their argument holds no water. 

Big pharma has protected its price-gouging territory by successfully lobbying Congress and the F.D.A. to keep foreign pharmaceuticals out of the country.  "You can't trust medicines from other countries," they exclaim.  Well, if medicines from other countries were defective, people would be getting sick or dying and we'd hear about it.  Besides, I believe that American companies are actually selling their products to foreign countries at far less than what they are gouging us for. 

They may say they're not to blame for raping our pocketbooks, but the evidence clearly shows that they are. 

V.A.: BLAME THE DAMNED UNION

I have no problem with unions in general; whenever employers take undue advantage of employees, they need to be blocked and called to task.  But, here's the rub: when unions get powerful enough to prevent employers from disciplining or dismissing unfit and/or unwilling workers, that crosses the line.  

We know all too well that the Department of Veterans Affairs, most particularly in V.A. hospitals and clinics, has done a grave disservice to the American military vet.  Literally, men and women have died because the V.A. has not done its job and supervisors have consistently lied in an organized, national effort to cover their tracks.  

Something has to change.  

But, while V.A. management is attempting to get rid of the dead weight, no play on words intended, it is being met with stiff resistance from the American Federation of Government Employees.  All things considered, that appears to me to be un-American and a direct attack on the men and women who served and put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms and liberties.  Shouldn't the union be the first one to say to its labor force: "Do your job and take care of these vets or we're not going to stand behind you?"  

But, that is not the case and the union itself becomes directly responsible for treating our vets like crap.  This union has every legal reason I can think of to be decertified.  

GUN SHOWS AND GUN CRIME

A Federal Justice Department survey found that less than 2% of criminals obtain their guns through gun shows.  That begs the question: What percentage of guns bought at gun shows are subsequently used to commit crimes?  

These figures do not necessarily correlate with each other; you'd have to know the actual counts per each category to draw any firm conclusions.  

But, I'd be willing to bet that less than 1% of guns purchased at gun shows are subsequently used in criminal activity.  By overwhelming majority, most guns used in crimes are obtained on the black market, through theft or from relatives. 

So, how can you say that gun shows are to blame for gun crime? 
 

WHO DO YOU BELIEVE?

What I heard over the weekend was the redundant question, "Who do you believe," as applied to "Obama or Putin," "the government or Assange," and "our intelligence agencies or Russia?"  

It's a pious admonition for us to accept that Putin, Russia and Assange must be the liars, to which I must pose the question:  When is the last time Obama or his government told the truth to us?  

When?  

"MAKE AMERICA SICK AGAIN?"

Chuck the Schmuck Clown, Nancy the Poll Dancer and the rest of the flock just can't resist from making laughing stocks of themselves, can they? 
 

MEDIA SOON TO BE IN TROUBLE

We all know that the mainstream media and press has been guilty of slanting the news, skewing the news, manufacturing the news and hiding the real news from the American public.  The disservice they have done to democracy in this country is abominable.  

The new President Trump wants to get his message out without having it manipulated by the press and media, so he's going to do it himself... via Tweets, Facebook and Instagram.  Using them, he intends to make his major policy announcements, thereby circumventing the press.  

For the first time in recent history, the establishment media is not going to get the stories first; Americans will.  
 

YOU DON'T LIKE IT? THERE'S MORE COMING

The Democrats continue to dig themselves into a deeper and more ominous hole.  They've taken the posture that it is not their fault that they lost the election, and therefore they do not have any obligation to learn or adapt to the circumstances that led them to where they are.  They, in their own minds, will never be to blame. 

They can close their eyes to the fact that this country just went through a metamorphosis, a revolution of sorts in which we seized back control of a government that had round afoul of American Constitutional principles.  To the Democrats, what we did was absolutely wrong and that wrong must be righted at the earliest possible opportunity; and, of course, there is the accompanying need for retribution.  

Not once have they bothered to stop and examine the whats and whys; they continue forward in their self-righteous, elitist ways as if they are soldiers of the socialistic Obama and Soros armies of the world.  So it is that they dig in their heels and become obstructionists to the new wave of Americanism; come hell or high water, they are bound and determined to have it their way.  

Not that the Republican establishment has learned its lesson, by the way, but the plain simple matter-of-fact is that those who fail to understand the revolution or the movement are destined to be buried by it.  And in the world of politics, 2018 is just around the corner.  

IS IT REALLY TECHNOLOGY THAT'S STEALING OUR JOBS?

I was reading an article over the New Year's holiday that suggests tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs may be lost to advances in technology.  In one sense, they're correct, but in the real sense they've totally missed the boat.  

The fact is, we're doing it to ourselves.  When Obama and his minions decided that $15.00 an hour should be the nation's minimum wage, a whole slew of companies which employed entry-level employees started looking for ways to cut those labor costs so that they could stay competitive in the world market.  As a result, there was and is a huge push on for labor-cutting technology across the service and manufacturing sectors.  

Some major cities such as Seattle have seen a mass exodus of restaurants moving into the suburbs where the $15.00 wage does not apply.  Some major companies such as McDonalds and Burger King are already testing vending machines that will allow customers to place their orders and have them pop out of a machine as opposed to getting them over the counter with human order-taking involved.  Technological computerized "virtual assistants" are replacing secretaries and administrative assistants;  I operate a small business with fewer employees because we're computerized.  

The problem here, as you can see, is that our cost of labor is artificially high, especially when you factor in benefits.  We've allowed the cost of labor in this country to soar much faster than in any other industrialized economy.  And when it comes to competing with Japan, China and India, slapping an import tax on their goods is very likely to fuel a worldwide inflation. 

The fact is, we're better off having people work a full 40-hour week at a lower wage than being unemployed or working a 20-hour week at a 50% higher wage.  If labor costs can be contained, there really is no reason to look for ways to replace it. 

Let's put the blame where it belongs.