We Are in a Civil War

When Obama was President, I predicted in one of my blogposts that we were headed for a civil war. Sadly, my prediction has become a reality. The country is no longer able to compromise or debate in a civil  manner. We saw the most recent confirmation hearing of a  new Supreme Court justice as an example of how un-civil we have become. Our last and hopefully only shooting civil war was ugly, and deadly. It should have taught us that an internal conflict is better determined off the battlefield. Perhaps we should create a box out of bullet proof glass and put robots inside. Two of them, one grey and one blue. The rest of us sit and watch as the robots battle to death. The winner’s political ideology rules until the next election after which we redefine the outcome with a robot match. The essay below is one that I posted once before. The author, has made a very logical argument that we are currently in a civil war. His thesis is so true to date that it cannot be refuted.
A speech delivered by Daniel Greenfield (a conservative author whose work can be found in publications such as FrontPageMag.com) at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention in January 2018: How do civil wars happen? Two or more sides disagree on who runs the country. And they can’t settle the question through elections because they don’t even agree that elections are how you decide who’s in charge.  That’s the basic issue here. Who decides who runs the country? When you hate each other but accept the election results, you have a country.  When you stop accepting election results, you have a countdown to a civil war. The Mueller investigation is about removing President Trump from office and overturning the results of an election. We all know that. But it’s not the first time they’ve done this. The first time a Republican president was elected this century, they said he didn’t really win. The Supreme Court gave him the election. There’s a pattern here. What do sure odds of the Democrats rejecting the next Republican president really mean? It means they don’t accept the results of any election that they don’t win. It means they don’t believe that transfers of power in this country are determined by elections.  That’s a civil war. There’s no shooting. At least not unless you count the attempt to kill a bunch of Republicans at a charity baseball game practice. But the Democrats have rejected our system of government. This isn’t dissent. It’s not disagreement. You can hate the other party. You can think they’re the worst thing that ever happened to the country. But then you work harder to win the next election When you consistently reject the results of elections that you don’t win, what you want is a dictatorship. Your very own dictatorship. The only legitimate exercise of power in this country, according to Democrats, is its own. Whenever Republicans exercise power, it’s inherently illegitimate. The Democrats lost Congress. They lost the White House. So what did they do? They began trying to run the country through Federal judges and bureaucrats. Every time that a Federal judge issues an order saying that the President of the United States can’t scratch his own back without his say so, that’s the civil war. Our system of government is based on the constitution, but that’s not the system that runs this country. The Democrat’s system is that any part of government that it runs gets total and unlimited power over the country. If the Democrats are in the White House, then the president can do anything. And I mean anything. He can have his own amnesty for illegal aliens. He can fine you for not having health insurance. His power is unlimited. He’s a dictator. But when Republicans get into the White House, suddenly the President can’t do anything. He isn’t even allowed to undo the illegal alien amnesty that his predecessor illegally invented. A Democrat in the White House has ‘discretion’ to completely decide every aspect of immigration policy. A Republican doesn’t even have the ‘discretion’ to reverse him. That’s how the game is played That’s how our country is run. Sad but true, although the left hasn’t yet won that particular fight. When a Democrat is in the White House, states aren’t even allowed to enforce immigration law. But when a Republican is in the White House, states can create their own immigration laws. Under Obama, a state wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom without asking permission But under Trump, Jerry Brown can go around saying that California is an independent republic and sign treaties with other countries. The Constitution has something to say about that. Whether it’s Federal or State, Executive, Legislative or Judiciary, the left moves power around to run the country. If it controls an institution, then that institution is suddenly the supreme power in the land. This is what I call a moving dictatorship. Donald Trump has caused the Shadow Government to come out of hiding: Professional government is a guild. Like medieval guilds You can’t serve in if you’re not a member. If you haven’t been indoctrinated into its arcane rituals. If you aren’t in the club. And Trump isn’t in the club. He brought in a bunch of people who aren’t in the club with him. Now we’re seeing what the pros do when amateurs try to walk in on them. They spy on them, they investigate them and they send them to jail. They use the tools of power to bring them down. That’s not a free country. It’s not a free country when FBI agents who support Hillary take out an ‘insurance policy’ against Trump winning the election. It’s not a free country when Obama officials engage in massive unmasking of the opposition. It’s not a free country when the media responds to the other guy winning by trying to ban the conservative media that supported him from social media. It’s not a free country when all of the above collude together to overturn an election because the guy who wasn’t supposed to win did. Have no doubt, we’re in a civil war between conservative volunteer government and a leftist Democrat professional government.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following link takes you to a Youtube video (12 min) by the American Freedom Alliance which asks “Will Facebook and Google decide the future?”

A Ray of Hope?

For once something sensible has come from socialist California. Perhaps there is a ray of hope for those poor people who live there.

Wouldn’t you like to take your family on vacations in this style? Most of us would simply like to afford a vacation, any way we could get it.

Shouldn’t our leaders, especially the main man in charge show us some good example and compassion by keeping a low profile during tough times?

 

Who Follows the Rule of Law Anymore?

Many readers have accused me many times of being a grumpy old man who is combative in his writings and who disengages readers with his sarcastic derogatory comments about his adversaries. First, let me make my point clear. My adversaries are: Progressives, Socialists, Liberals, and Communists, or anything/anyone who even remotely adheres to the ideas expressed by these ideologies.  I am not writing to make you happy and to give you a chance to engage me with debate. There is no debate when your ideas are dead wrong. MY BLOG is not called GRUMPA Joe’s Place because I am a touchy-feely sweet furry, old grampaw.

I know what I am doing when I write these pieces. Many times I am venting my frustration on people who I don’t know. It isn’t that I don’t care about you, I do. It is just easier for me to vent on strangers than on my family. Yes, I have family members that are Progressives. I still love them, but I choose not to fraternize with them any more. In fact, if any of them show up for my funeral it will be as a consideration for Grandma Peggy..

Most of the time, when I write a piece or draw a cartoon that is critical of our President it is because he deserves it. Believe me I am tame when it comes to expressing my opinions in a cartoon. If only our President would try to do something good I could sympathize with him, but everything he does is contrary to what I believe makes this country great.

My life has spanned a period in history which I like to believe has been the finest period in America since its founding. The ideas used to set up this country are very simple. The ideas were given to us by God. Just like the Ten Commandments are ten simple rules to live by they have stood the test of time and they are still valid today. If you don’t believe in living by the ten commandments you are choosing not to live life to the fullest.

My goal since 2008 is to educate and tell people about the evils of Progressives, Socialists, Liberals, and Communists. If what I write offends you perhaps it is because I have touched a nerve deep within you that you have suppressed the fact you are dead wrong.

If you have read this far, I urge you to watch this video of a speech given by a new Senator about the Senate and his colleagues within. I can only say, he is better at telling us the bad news than I am.