SILLY NAIVE ME

Are you as disgusted with all the nonsense as I am? We have had this clown, Peter Strzok in front of a Congressional committee supposedly answering questions about how he and his cohorts were going to interfere with the will of the American people by somehow stopping the election of Donald Trump. He succeeded in only one way. He proved beyond any doubt that he is an idiot and incapable of anything positive and belongs in prison. The Democrats on that committee showed their true colors by giving this traitor a standing ovation. One even suggested that he be given the high military honor of the Purple Heart. Are you kidding me? Strzok and John Carey could then go around and present themselves as military heroes. This all makes me sick to my stomach. Neither of them could shine the boots of any military person, let alone an actual hero.

My next question is simple. Where are Sessions and Rosenstein? Weren’t they appointed by Trump? Aren’t they supposed to enforce the law? Let’s face it. Hillary Clinton, were she anybody else, would long ago have been put in prison for her crimes. The law enforcement bodies which we, by our votes, have hired have the goods on her. What are we waiting for?

I understand the wheels of government move slowly, but this is getting ridiculous. Because of our unwillingness to act on Hillary’s criminal activity, she actually thinks she has a shot at becoming the next President. On the face of it it looks like a poorly written comedy series for television, but its real. Real and very dangerous.

Silly, naive me. I thought that if we elected a Republican President, and gave him a Republican majority in the Congress, we could get this country back on track. Granted, the economy is moving along well. Granted we also are getting trade issues dealt with. We are even sitting down with some very bad leaders who doubtlessly understand that they have no other choice but to deal with us, but there is so much more that needs to be done.

The national media should be ashamed for the way they are impeding the work of our President. Their “fake” news and their disrespect show more about them than it ever shows about the subject of their vitriol. Most of them have lost all credibility and may never get it back. Speaking of my naivety, I remember when we had a political party in power, and the out of power party served as the loyal opposition. Those days seem to be gone forever. I’m an old man, but I have children and grandchildren and I don’t want them to inherit this mess.

I write letters to my Congressman and have even sent him some of these columns, but I doubt he ever reads any of them. In his letters to me he seems to be serving in some ceremonial role rather than actually getting anything done. I read about his meetings and see pictures he sends of all the important people he sees, but I don’t really care about all that. I want to see our Congress get after the work of the American people. I want “contempt of Congress” to mean something. I can’t be alone in my thinking.

With all that’s going on there is good news to consider. Just imagine if you will, where we would all be if Hillary Clinton were naming Supreme Court Justices. President Trump, by the single act of naming Justices who know and respect the Constitution, will do more to save our Republic than all the other acts he will perform. It is obvious, America is still under Divine protection and as long as we are, we’ll be fine.

Ron Scarbro

SOME SEMI-CIVIL RAMBLINGS

I got a letter from my Congressman the other day. He informed me that he and a number of his Congressional colleagues had signed a “civility” pledge. I thought that was just great. Civility has seemed to disappear from the public, especially in political conversation. I wrote him back asking if he would please send me the names of all the Democrats who have signed that civility pledge. I haven’t heard back from him.

Speaking of civility. Somebody needs to put a sock in Maxine Waters mouth. If you are a Democrat you have to know she is not helping your cause. She and the other loud mouths currently chasing microphones and television cameras are further adding to the lack of any civil conversation. Is this what you want going into the fall elections? Do you think the majority of this country really wants to eliminate I.C.E.?  Apparently some Democrats want to eliminate any borders on this country, and they also do not want police protection. These are doubtless losing positions for any election in this country.

The Democrat party is headed into the 2018 midterm elections with what has to be the lamest platform imaginable. They hate the tax relief that has caused the economy to explode and to reduce unemployment to its lowest historical levels. They hate the fact that the deregulation which has been the trademark of the Trump Administration is actually working and causing businesses to grow and expand. If you could find one who would tell you the truth, they hate the fact that “trickle down” economics actually works and all their lamebrained schemes from the past don’t work.

Now President Trump has named Brett Kavanagh as the next Justice of the Supreme Court. I think he is an excellent choice and he will be confirmed and probably with some Democrat votes. Several “red” state Senators see the handwriting on the wall and know where their constituents stand. Defying the President and the American people any further would not be very smart going into the fall, don’t you think?

To top off the Dem’s immense disappointment, it was just announced that Hillary may actually try again in 2020. Please let it be so. You talk about a cake walk. I am pretty sure the Republicans will withhold any further legal action against Hillary just in case she actually goes for the golden ring again. Well before the election, Hillary will be before a Grand Jury with indictments virtually guaranteed.

Let’s face it. The Democrat party is in trouble. They don’t have a viable candidate for 2020, they don’t have a platform, and they are split beyond their wildest imagination. A large number of them want America to become a socialist state resembling the losing governments in Europe and they are quite willing to take the entire country over that cliff to get what they want. Well guess what, it ain’t gonna happen. America is a center-right country whose conservative values are increasing just as the Democrats are going the other way. More moderate Democrats will likely just stay home until the party comes to its senses. The smarter ones will get on board the Republican train and participate in the continued growth of this, the greatest country on earth. Time, indeed will tell.

Ron Scarbro

FIVE TO FOUR

There have been several recent decisions by the Supreme Court which were five to four. That’s good news and bad news. First the good news. Five members of the Supreme Court understand the Constitution, have common sense, and know their duty under the law. The bad news is that four of our supreme, black robed arbiters of the law apparently cannot read. Either they can’t read or they just choose to make law rather than interpret law. Basically, for some time our American way of life has been hanging by a five to four majority. That absolutely must come to an end.

Before the 2016 Presidential election, I wanted one thing above all others. I wanted a conservative individual who respected the Constitution and upheld it. I believed that person would be in a position to name at least two new justices and maybe even more. I believed then as I do now that naming proper people to the high court would be this new President’s most important accomplishment. I did not think Scalia would be the first to leave the bench, but that is what happened. Now with Kennedy leaving, President Trump is blessed with the opportunity of securing this country for years to come. With the frailty of a couple of the others, more justice choices are possibly on the horizon.

There is no doubt that people bring their prejudices and political opinion to the bench, but the Supreme Court absolutely must be free of political bias. We have a book of rules. We are a law and order society with clearly defined laws. We have the Constitution and that is what separates us from the rest of the world. Judges who choose to write law rather than just interpret law should run for Congress, not sit on the bench.

Today it is more important than ever that we have thoughtful “Constitutionalists” on the bench. With the lunatic fringe known as the “progressive” movement working hard to take this country over the cliff, our very survival as a nation depends on traditional, conservative principles. The hateful, vulgar, insane rhetoric from the left makes it clear that they will not be satisfied until they turn this country into a European style, socialist cesspool. Apparently they are not smart enough to see what has happened to countries like Greece and Spain. Germany is not far behind. Here’s the message to all you morons, Socialism does not work. Eventually, as Margaret Thatcher once said, you run out of other people’s money. The only chance we have for our country to survive is capitalism

Today it is vital that some of the more thoughtful Democrats who also want the country to survive and succeed, to step up. Step up for the law. Step up for civility. Step up for common sense. You know that socialism cannot work and would never work in America. We are running out of time and you know it.

Stephen Colbert is heard to have said concerning the retirement of Justice Kennedy, “We are supremely screwed.” No, Stephen, you might be supremely screwed but for the rest of the country we may well be on the road to the salvation we desperately need.  

Another Democrat operative is reported to have said, “We are working to win the hearts and the minds of the American people.” Probably, but, the rest of us are working for the survival of America and that cannot happen with progressive, socialist policies.

I look forward to the naming of our next Justice of the Court. I believe the President will make a thoughtful, wise choice. I pray that there will be other opportunities to name even more Justices over the coming months. We can only hope. Five to four is just too frightening for this country.

Ron Scarbro

IS IT REALLY HATE?

I have been given a serious challenge. I have been asked to explain what is very nearly inexplicable. That being the hatred shown to our President and his family by the media and so many on the left, especially the Hollywood crowd.

You surely saw Robert De Niro's foul, potty-mouthed rant at the Tony “awards” ceremony in Hollywood. I won’t repeat it but it is sufficient to say anyone with manners would never use his words in mixed company, let alone on worldwide television. How about the supposedly funny comedian, Kathy Griffin, who displayed the severed head of a Trump look-alike? Then there was that female comic, Samantha Bee, who hasn’t been funny in a long time, with her vulgar comment about Ivanka Trump.  Now we have Peter Fonda, brother of American traitor Jane Fonda, advocating for the kidnapping of Baron Trump and caging him with pedophiles. Many in their audience stood and cheered at these actions. All of these morons belong in prison.

I suppose one shouldn’t be surprised that a bunch of self-aggrandized individuals who make their livings memorizing someone else’s words would cheer vulgarity and disrespect. They couldn’t have a very high opinion of themselves.

This then is the hate I have been asked to explain. Where does this vitriol come from?

First, I believe these people actually think they are speaking for a large group of constituents. They believe they are in the majority. These people live in a self- imposed bubble. What they believe is not difficult if you think all life ends at the eastern border of California and restarts at the western border of New York. Figuring as they do that any life forms in between those borders are irrelevant at least and non-existent at best. To them the vast middle of America is just fly-over country. They aren’t smart enough to understand their customers live in that vast middle.

The second issue is even more perverse. It is the “anything goes” concept. They don’t want any rules. They want to live completely unfettered by any societal norm. Morality is passé. Traditional American thinking is old fashioned. Self- control, self-reliance, and self-responsibility are alien to their thinking. How dare someone try to censor their words or actions. Theirs is a life of unending hedonistic partying.  Is that the definition of liberalism? How sad.

So, what we have is a bunch of millionaire, self-centered, smug in their self- importance, individuals believing that because they are wealthy and famous, they should not have to obey the rules of society, and that the American people should pay attention to their opinions and proclamations. The fact that they would look with disdain on a God-fearing, America-loving patriot is not at all surprising. But, and this is important, I don’t think they actually hate Trump. I believe what they are is scared to death of him and his success as President and they are scared that the American public supports him. That puts their whole perverted, warped, partying lifestyle at risk.

What has been called the Trump Derangement Syndrome, is actually the “Scared to death of Trump’s success syndrome.”

Americans are choosing sides and the left is losing. You wouldn’t know that if you paid attention to the mainstream media. They also have chosen sides and they have picked the wrong side. The agenda driven drivel which they pass off as news is being rejected.

Now with the release of the IG’s report, the Mueller investigation is looking more and more like what it always was, that being with the help of some in the FBI, a biased, hateful attempt to undermine the voter’s choice of President. It will go down in history as a gigantic waste of taxpayers’ money and a huge embarrassment to the formerly respected FBI.

What has been sold to us as hatred is actually nothing more than fear. I suppose if I thought like them I would be afraid too.

Ron Scarbro

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THESE CHILDREN?

This is the story of Joe Smith and his wife Joan. They are both high school dropouts. Both try different jobs but discover the only thing they are good at is producing children. They have three by the time they are in their mid-twenties. They just cannot keep a job so they resort to welfare and hustling. One day they get the idea that since banks have all the money, maybe they should just go and make a withdrawal. They write a note threatening the teller, demanding all the cash in her drawer or they will shoot her. They don’t actually have a gun but believe the threat will get the job done.

They get to the bank and pick out a teller. They approach her, give her the note, and she complies. She fills their bag with cash including one package of bills with exploding dye in it. As they run out the door, the dye explodes just as a passing police officer sees them. The officer stops them and places them under arrest.

Meanwhile their children are waiting at home with no supervision, no food, and now no parents. Joe and Joan are put in jail. When authorities learn of the untended children, they place them with Children’s Protective Services. In other words, the children are separated from their parents. Joe and Joan are sentenced to ten years in prison for their crime. Meanwhile their children are placed in foster care and become wards of the state.

Here’s my question. Is this cruel? What should the state do with these children? They haven’t committed any crime. Why should they be punished? Would it be better to put the children in prison with their parents? Or, as many in the media seem to suggest, we should just release Joe and Joan because we cannot separate them from their children.

Now, is any of this familiar?

Jose and his wife Lupe enter this country without proper papers. They break into our country. They also have three children. The law, let me repeat that, the law says they must be arrested and placed into custody. Again, their children haven’t broken any law. They were just along for the ride. What should be done with these children? Previous administrations just released the entire family with a court date and never saw them again. They became a part of the millions of illegal aliens now crowding into our country, flooding our schools, our welfare systems, and our housing designed for Americans with low incomes.

The current Administration knows this cannot and never has worked. They were elected to fix this problem, and they are.

The children of these illegal entrants are taken to dormitories with modern equipment, proper nutrition, schooling, and health care. As soon as their parents are adjudicated, they are rejoined with their children and sent back to their country of origin. Problem solved.

The media sees this as cruel. The reason? I think it is because they don’t understand that entering this country illegally is a crime. It’s just like bank robbery, or arson, or any other crime. People are arrested and their children are taken away from them until they have served their time. These laws have been on the books for many, many years. The only difference is that the current Administration is enforcing the law.

As long as we have law breakers, we will have punishment. If illegal aliens don’t want their children taken away from them, they shouldn’t break the law. It is the same as our own citizens. If they don’t want their children taken away from them, they also should not break the law.

The Democrats appear to want open borders with no restriction. Here’s a thought. Campaign on that issue, tell the voters what you want. Don’t hide behind double talk rhetoric. Get it all out there.

Let me know how that works for you.

Ron Scarbro

SOME OBSERVATIONS

Some observations from the recent past. Did you hear what multi-millionaire Bill Maher said on his show? He apparently believes President Trump is so dangerous to the U.S. that he wants our economy to tank in order to get rid of him. Bill Maher is a nitwit. As a side note, the origin of the word nitwit is somewhat confused but some scholars believe it comes from the old German, nit meaning nothing. Ergo, a nitwit would be one whose wit is nonexistent. Other definitions claim that since nits are actually the eggs of lice, a nitwit would have the intellect of louse eggs which you’ll agree is pretty low. Regardless of which definition one uses, a nitwit is clearly a moron and Bill Maher fills the bill. Maher and his ilk might have a totally different opinion if they actually had to work for a living instead of blathering on television and then hiding behind armed security fences. It is a lot easier wishing for a doomed economy when one has millions in the bank.

Our economy is booming and voters vote their pocketbooks. The liberals know this and also know that unless the economy tanks, their chances of taking over the government grow less and less.

Last week the G7 met to discuss economic issues; more specifically tariffs. The G7 is a group of seven countries which used to be 8, but Russia was kicked out because they couldn’t keep out of Crimea and Ukraine.

I am sure that most of those who attended wanted to push Trump into eliminating the recently imposed tariffs on aluminum and steel. Well, it didn’t work. Since the end of WWII, we have allowed Europe to prosper at our expense with their exorbitant tariffs. Europe no longer needs our welfare payments and we are no longer interested in supporting them at our expense. America is a free trader. We will continue to trade with those countries who trade fairly. During his campaign to be President, Trump stated he would fix the tariff situation and he is. To those who are surprised, I would suggest you pay attention to history. And to those of you in the media who believe the phrase “America First” is offensive, find another place to live.

Finally, as I write this piece, President Trump has landed in Singapore for his summit with the North Korean Dictator, Kim Jong-un. It is almost laughable the way the media has treated the activities and conversations leading up to this meeting. Initially they thought Trump would start a nuclear war with North Korea. They were upset with Trump’s rhetoric and his name calling. You will remember this summit almost didn’t even happen. Kim decided to test his power and issue some noise of his own. Trump immediately cancelled the summit. Well guess what? The North Koreans backpedaled and decided to shut up. That allowed Trump to go ahead with the summit. A clear message was sent however. This meeting is going Trump’s way or it isn’t going anywhere.

Kim released three hostages he had been holding as a gesture of good will. The media cried, “What did Trump give up in return?” What President Trump gave in return was allowing North Korea to exist. Both North Korea and China know that this is their last chance to keep this little dictator in power.

I don’t know how this meeting will end and nobody else does either, but this I do believe. It will either go Trump’s way or little Kim will be sent home with his tail between his legs. Regardless of the outcome, America will win. As for North Korea, we’ll see.

Update:  Apparently the meeting went quite well.  We’re told that denuclearization is going to happen.  As I said before, we’ll see.

Ron Scarbro

MORONS ABOUND

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