A CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD

Times sure have changed. Or maybe I have just been naive. Never in my life have I seen such hate and disrespect for our leaders and elected officials. And a lot of the disrespect is emanating from some of those elected officials.

We just learned that the Democrats in Congress have advised the IRS that they have until April 24 to hand over the last six years of Donald Trump’s tax returns both personal and business. Or else. Or else what? First of all, it would be illegal for the IRS to hand over those returns to anyone as they are private and privileged information. So, it ain’t gonna happen. The Dems know they will not get the returns. So, what is this all about? It’s about harassment and power. It’s about resistance.

It should come as no surprise to anyone who reads these columns that I am a Republican but mostly I am an American, and as an American I am concerned that the Democrats are destroying their party. We need a two-party system. But we need what used to be known as “the loyal opposition.” A two-party system keeps everybody honest. A single party becomes a dictatorship.

It appears that the political parties are more concerned with their party than they are concerned for the country. That’s a recipe for disaster. Today the Democrats are attempting to weaponize other agencies of the Federal Government. They are attempting to get the Attorney General to break the law regarding the Mueller Report. They want the IRS to break the law with regard to Trump’s taxes. How far would they go?

Because of malfeasance and mismanagement in the recent past, the Justice Department, the FBI and the IRS have been tarnished in the eyes of the American people. We need those agencies and we need for them to be squeaky clean. We’re not some banana republic or some third world country. We are the light of the world. We are the city on the hill and we are looked to by the rest of the world to maintain that image. Two-bit power-hungry politicians need to understand that this is all much bigger than them.

Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and third in line for succession to the Presidency by the way, seems to have lost control of her party. Now I don’t care that they are going to lose big in the next election, they deserve it, but I do care that the destruction of the Democrats might be irreparable. The far left “progressives” are pushing them to socialism and the American people are not going to go for it.

So now we have a wagon load of Democrats who are going to be fighting it out to be their party’s candidate in 2020. If things go as they have in the past, it will wind up being a circular firing squad. Millions will be spent attempting not to create a favorable image for themselves, but instead to destroy the opposing candidate. From the looks of things they are already trying to out socialism each other. Free stuff for everyone. Don’t worry about the cost. We’ll just tax the rich and make them pay their fair share. Free health care should be a right. A free college degree should be a right. A living wage, whether you work or not, should be a right. Venezuela should not be our example. We will have much better dictators.

Well guess what Democrats. America will never be a socialist country. We earn our living. We earn our wealth. We earn our prosperity. We believe in and follow our Constitution. By virtue of the Second Amendment we are armed and we will never give up our guns.

The Democrats need to get on board. Perhaps a rereading of our Constitution might be helpful. At any rate, it couldn’t hurt. May God continue to bless America.

Ron Scarbro

OUR PATIENCE IS LIMITED

OUR PATIENCE IS LIMITED

One of the most important things one can learn in athletic competition is how to lose. I know that’s not easy, but it’s important. Losing happens so it is very important to know when you have lost. It’s like, when you are in a hole, stop digging.

The Democrats cannot seem to understand this concept. It all came to light with the election of 2016. Trump won and Hillary lost. I know it wasn’t supposed to happen that way but it did. Instead of dealing with the facts and learning from their loss, they have apparently decided to try to change the outcome of the election.

Their “insurance policy” didn’t work. So, they decided to attempt to subvert the system through the courts. They created a phony dossier and then used that phony document to try to convict the people around Trump. I guess they thought that if they could get that close to the President, it should just be a matter of time before they got him. Oops, that didn’t work either.

Next, they bought into a lie produced by the Clinton campaign which was expanded on by the head of the FBI and career employees at the Justice Department. This caused the appointment of a “special counsel.” That’ll get him, they thought. Oops again. No proof of anything approaching the kind of activity that would bring about impeachment. So says the brief summary by the Attorney General. Wait a minute, they cried. We want to see the entire Mueller report unredacted. Even though that would be against the law, they demanded the report be released to them or else.

So, let’s see now. The Democrats in Congress are suing the Attorney General requiring him to commit a crime for them and all for politics. I’m just guessing here, but I don’t think their chances of success are very good.

I can hear the Dems now, “I know, this is what we should do next. Let’s sue the President to require him to release his tax returns. Even though we know his tax returns are privileged information and he will never release them, it will get us great press coverage. Because we know the press is just as committed to getting rid of Trump as we are, this has to be a winner. It should be no problem. We’ve weaponized the IRS before and gotten away with it.”

Again, just guessing here, but this will also fail miserably.

I started this column by talking about knowing when you have lost. Let me tell you what I think is coming next. The American people are getting fed up with the continued harassment of this President. There is a limit to our patience. The Democrats have underestimated the intelligence of the people and they will soon be hearing from them in spades.

Our government consists of three co-equal branches. They are the Executive, the Judicial, and the Legislative. No branch is superior to the other. Neither is any branch inferior. For almost three hundred years we have been able to get along and prosper.  Since our founding we have selected our leaders by free elections and we are not about to change this. If the Democrats can’t figure out what it takes to get elected, maybe they should try to learn from their losses instead of trying to subvert the process to change the outcome.

We will never be a socialist country. We will never allow ourselves to be disarmed. We will not change the Supreme Court to help any political party. We will not eliminate the electoral college so as to allow two or three ultra liberal states to elect our leadership. Democrats, listen up. Either learn how to live within our system of government, or find another place to live. There is a definite limit to our patience.

Ron Scarbro

IT WAS ALWAYS JUST A MATTER OF TIME

I just had an interesting experience. I viewed a series of videos which were election night newscasts from CNN, ABC, NBC, and PBS. These were aired on election night in 2016 and I confess, I had never seen them. I generally don’t watch any of these channels unless there is a sporting event that I can’t get any other way, or in the case of PBS a fundraising event that features some of my favorite entertainers from the past. It would never occur to me to watch their version of election results, but I did.

They were hilarious. In almost every case, they started out their evening telecast by explaining how Hillary was going to be our next President. Even in those states where she was behind, the anchors quickly explained that Hillary’s votes had yet to be counted. Major Democrat strongholds were slow to get the votes counted. You’ll see, they opined. It is just a matter of time before she takes an overwhelming lead.

As the evening wore on and Hillary’s numbers were not getting any better, some of the talking heads began to show some concern. Not to worry, we were told. She is destined to win, period. Florida and North Carolina were the key states. There was no way Trump could win those states so it was just a matter of time.

Well, the evening continued to wear on and Hillary’s numbers got worse, not better. Several networks began declaring Trump the winner in some of the contested states. It began to look like he actually had a chance. The so-called newscaster’s concern now started to look like fear. How was this possible?

Finally the polls closed and it became clear that Trump won and Hillary was defeated. I heard one of the female reporters say, I don’t know anyone who would have voted for Trump. How could he have won? She wasn’t lying, I assure you, she probably didn’t know anyone who would have voted for Trump. That is the problem with the major, mass media. They don’t know anything about what is important to the vast majority of this country. They live and work in a bubble that is impenetrable. They would all be better served by moving their reporting stations out into the heartland and basing their news reporting on the entire country, not just the liberal coastal regions.

Today it is pretty obvious that the media hasn’t gotten over the fact of Trump’s win. Many have never accepted the results. And, they are not alone. The Democrats in Congress have done just about everything in their power to delegitimize his Presidency. There are also some Republicans who can be counted among the sore losers.

Well, another judgement day is coming. The 2020 Presidential election is going to show once and for all that the country is happy with their choice of Donald Trump. I predict the Democrats will lose many seats in Congress. The Senate will have even a larger number of Republicans than it does now. I believe there will be at least two more Supreme Court Justices named and that will be great news for America. In other words, this country is headed in the right direction, finally.

I would like to see indictments handed down for the conspirators in the failed coup attempt of this President. The clowns who pass as news reporters who have relentlessly harassed this President should have to explain where their allegiance lies. They couldn’t believe it when he was elected, and they seem to never have accepted the fact of his election. 2020 is going to be very revealing. It will take the Democrats years to recover from their malfeasance. They may never recover. I’m okay with that.

Ron Scarbro

TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK ON REAL ISSUES

Finally the Mueller report is finished and submitted to the Attorney General. Initial reports are that there are no more indictments or charges coming, so we can assume all of those suspected of being guilty of crimes have already been indicted. Some outlier individuals around the president have been arrested for crimes real and imagined. The President himself has not been charged with anything regarding collusion or obstruction. So, what do you think? Is our country safer now? Did we get our money’s worth from this witch hunt? Could the millions spent on the investigation been used elsewhere?

This investigation always was politically motivated. From the beginning of the investigation I said it was all a fabrication created by the Hillary campaign in an attempt to explain why she lost the election. None of them could believe she was actually the poorer choice for the country. Well, she was and the country made the proper decision. Our system worked and apparently the Democrats just cannot accept the will of the American people. If 2016 was hard on them, just wait until 2020. When Trump beats whichever candidate the Dems run and wins overwhelmingly, what will they do then? They will be in a much more difficult position because they will also lose their majority in the House. I predict wailing and the gnashing of teeth.

Here is what is obvious today. For the last two years we have been lied to by the Democrats and the mainstream media. They bought into a lie from the Hillary people and ran with it. We have just witnessed a two year effort to find crimes that never existed and criminals which were nothing more than figments of the imagination of Trump haters. Now the Democrats say the Mueller report was just the beginning and now they will continue to investigate. My question is, how much are the taxpayers of this country willing to spend chasing Democrat fantasies and lies? Trump won and Hillary lost. Deal with it.

This is what should now happen. Immediate prosecution of the liars from the Obama and the Clinton camps who foisted this nonsense on us for the past two years. I would like to see orange jumpsuits made ranging from very tall, Comey, to short and pudgy, Hillary, to several medium to stout for all the rest. This country needs to see these lawbreakers punished so we can begin to rebuild our confidence in the Justice Department and the FBI.

America is a country built on the principle of fairness. We believe in law and order. We select our representatives and leaders through a tried and proven process of elections. That has carried us for the last nearly three hundred years and it isn’t going to end just because a few disgruntled Democrats and Socialists can’t win an election. We have a Constitution and a Bill of Rights which has guided us since our beginnings and it will continue to do so. If the liberals and Socialists want to change the rules, there is a process laid out in the Constitution for that process. Good luck with that.

In the meantime how about we require the Congress to get back to work on real issues. Let’s take care of border security. Let’s enact fair and equitable laws dealing with people who want to legally immigrate to this country. Let’s properly fund the VA. We have enough real issues without wasting time and money on loser’s fantasies. We have infrastructure problems that need attention. Get busy doing the job you were elected to do.  

Ron Scarbro

CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER, OR DO THEY?

So, let’s see now. If you are rich and famous, mostly rich, you can buy you kid’s admission into virtually any prestigious university or college you wish. You can even buy qualifying scores on the admission tests. I now have found out that for the right money you can get your kid a spot on an athletic team whether that kid had ever even played that sport or any sport for that matter. Hmmm. Does that mean that money talks? Does that mean that the “golden rule” is really whoever has the gold makes the rules? It sure seems that way.

What if you, a normal person of average means, with average intellectual accomplishment, having average skills at sports, or in other words, like most of us? Does this put you at some disadvantage? You bet your life it does. It means that, if a university has just so many open spots for admission, those spots are reserved for the highest bidder rather than those most deserving of admission. It cheapens the entire process as well as the diploma from those schools.

What then are our students learning? Are they learning the material necessary for a career? If their goal is to become a doctor or a nurse, is it important that they know the difference between an enema and a tongue depressor? If their goal is to serve in Congress and on important committees that deal with our economy, is it necessary they master the principles of economics? Does that remind you of anyone?

Maybe what they are learning is that cheaters do prosper. Maybe they are learning that the diploma from certain universities is more important than what they might learn in class. Maybe they are learning that if you are rich enough, you can travel through life as a complete moron, survive, and even prosper.

The whole concept has a lot of pitfalls. Consider, if you will, you buy good test scores for your child and you then pay off some shyster college official to get that child into, say, Yale. How in the world can that child possibly hold their own amidst students who are actually qualified to be there? Does it mean that the entire educational level of the classroom has to be reduced to include individuals who could never understand the material? How is that helpful to education?

Lying and cheating have become second nature today. From fudging the numbers on your Income tax return to the highest levels of government. From businesses who sell inferior products, some even dangerous, to advertisers who tell you anything to get you to buy these products.

Why wouldn’t some people cheat to get a prestigious diploma? There seems to be no downside. Why wouldn’t some cheat to get rich? Why wouldn’t some people cheat to get elected? Why wouldn’t aging athletes cheat by taking performance enhancing drugs to extend their playing days? Is there a penalty for this activity?

Well, I’m here to tell you there is a downside. There is a judgement day. We all have heard of rich, seemingly successful people who suffer serious depression. Some even commit suicide. I believe a lot of that can be laid at the feet of a life of cheating. Some individuals know they don’t deserve the success they have had. Many athletes who extend their playing lives, suffer terrible injury when their bodies can’t take the punishment. Trying to cheat Mother Nature is never a good idea.

As a child I was taught that cheaters never prosper. Even though some seem to get away with it, I still maintain that cheating will eventually catch up with you. Cheating for your kids is actually cheating your kids. You are denying them the opportunity to fail and to learn from that failure. At some point in their lives they will have to face reality.

Ron Scarbro

THE GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

What a week. So much has happened that it is difficult to zero in on one or two issues.

There now seems to be a movement among some “millennials” to forego having any children. The reason? They believe, due to global warming, the earth will end in twelve years so it doesn’t make any sense to create new life. They are offering this protest as a threat to the political leaders because they won’t address global warming and climate change.

I hope this doesn’t come as a shock to you young ladies, but the world doesn’t care that you may not choose to have any children. In fact, some, like me, would probably prefer that people who think like you do refrain from inflicting any offspring on this earth who also might think the same way. You have accepted a religion based on junk science. Your children would almost certainly feel the same way.

I cannot count how many times in my life I have been told the world is coming to an end. From Paul Ehrlich to Al Gore to the current crop of doomsday fear mongers, the nonsense never seems to end. I have lived through so many deadlines already so I just have a real problem believing any of this. Here is a fact you can take to the bank. The day you die, this world ends for you. Period.

Also, this week the gift that keeps on giving to the Republican party didn’t disappoint. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez informed the world through a news conference that she is the boss. And because she is the boss, this freshman Congresswoman with two months on the job, has decided to make certain any Democrat who doesn’t vote for her ideas and issues will be turned out of office because she will see to it. She is keeping a “list.” By the way, she was elected because the total voter turnout in her district was 9%. Had any of her opponent’s supporters believed she could win, they would have voted and Alexandria would be back tending bar. I am confident they won’t make that same mistake in the next election.

The next gift to the Republicans, freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar continued to spew her anti-Semitism. American Jews are paying attention to this idiot. The Democrats are going to continue to suffer the loss of Jews from their party because of Omar and the lack of a corrective response from the Democrat leadership. Omar’s loyalty is obviously to the home of her birth rather than the home which gave her everything including a job in the Congress. Here’s the deal Ilhan, if you prefer Somalia, move back there. Trust me, we won’t miss you.

And finally the next gift that keeps on giving was foisted on America by the Democrats in Detroit, Rashida Tlaib. This freshman Congresswoman identifies herself as a Palestinian. The problem with that is, there is no such place on this earth as Palestine. Again, this young lady, famous for her potty mouth, seems to have more loyalty to some mythical country in the Middle East than this country.

As I have mentioned, these are truly gifts to Donald Trump and subsequently to the American people.

The liberal media was breathless as they reported on the makeup of the new Congress and how diversified it was. Well diverse it is but, the future will decide whether that diversity is good or just ridiculous. Or whether it will just guarantee the reelection of Trump.

Pelosi obviously has lost control of her own party. Just more gifts to the American people. The farther the left takes the Democrats to the rim of the cliff, the sooner they disappear from the horizon. It couldn’t happen soon enough for me.

Ron Scarbro

THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS

I have a sign over my desk which says, “I’m not arguing with you. I’m just explaining why I am right.” That is basically the motto of any opinion writer. Most would say that my opinions are from the right side of the political spectrum. I would agree with that assessment because in my view the opposite of right is wrong, so why wouldn’t I think that way?

As we enter this political season preparing for the 2020 Presidential election, we see a lot of wrong political opinions. So far there is a huge bunch of Democrats out there who believe they are the best people for the job of President. This column is in no way an argument against any of them. It will instead be an explanation of why I am right to oppose any and all of them.

So far, without identifying any one of them in particular, as a group they seem to be offering the following, legalized marijuana, free medical care for everybody, free college for everybody, termination of ICE, opening the borders of this country to anybody from anywhere, getting rid of police officers, and greatly curtailing our military. Then there is their “green new deal”. That calls for the elimination of air travel, the use of any fossil fuels, and the elimination of methane producing animals including cattle and laying hens, and paying people not to work. Then we could all just sit around in their socialist paradise, unemployed, getting stoned, and be taken care of for the rest of our lives while eating fresh salads or just grazing in the nearby fields. Oh, don’t worry about how we are going to pay for all this. After all we are the richest country in the world and we can afford it.

Well I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, what happens when the money runs out? Much of the country’s “wealth” is in the form of profitable companies and their real estate holdings. If no one is working or producing anything, where are our goods going to come from? Why would real estate be of value if there are no buyers? In other words, in this new socialist “paradise” all of the wealth would disappear. And guess what. While it is great to have a dollar bill in your pocket, I don’t think you would enjoy eating it. Somebody has to produce the food we eat and the clothes we wear. Someone has to build the dwellings in which we live. And this one thought. How would you like to go to a doctor who is forced by the government to practice medicine but is paid the same as a field laborer? Somehow I don’t think his heart would be in it.

The point of all this is simple. It is past time we confronted the morons who spew out this nonsense and call it “fundamentally changing our way of living.”  They need to be publicly ridiculed for the idiots they are.

America is indeed the shining mansion on the hill and has been since our beginning. Why do you think the rest of the world is trying to escape their cesspool countries to come here? Yes we are wealthy, but how do you think that happened? It is because of our traditions. It is because we have always rewarded exceptionalism. We have always recognized and rewarded talent. Historically we have turned out entrepreneurs willing to take chances with their ideas. The good ones have produced the wealth that the left now seems determined to confiscate.

Again, as the bearer of bad news I gotta tell you, it ain’t gonna happen. Unless the Democrat party gets a handle on this bunch of candidates, the whole party is in serious danger of disappearing from the face of the earth. Oh, and I’ll be over here eating a big, rare, steak with eggs.

Ron Scarbro