NEVER FORGET

Never forget. We heard that a lot this past week-end. We heard it a lot twenty years ago right after the planes, having been hijacked by terrorists, flew into the buildings and into the ground in Pennsylvania. Estimates are that three thousand people were killed. Since then, there have been many, many more.

 

This has been an interesting weekend. Parades, flags, military celebrations, in fact all manner of celebration. What happens then this week? Will we pack all this away for another twenty years? Will we sorta remember or sorta forget? 

 

Let me tell you of an experience I had nineteen years ago. I had to take a flight to somewhere for business. I don't remember much about why I was traveling but I most certainly remember something that happened on the trip. 

 

I was sitting with two other guys who were also traveling on business. That's what we did. A couple of flight attendants came up to us to have a conversation. The first thing out of the attendant's mouth was, "Do you know what today is?" Immediately I responded, September 11th. That's when it hit me. I hadn't thought about it but I was flying exactly one year after the attack on our country by terrorists.

 

She asked had you forgotten? If you were in the airline industry you certainly wouldn't have forgotten. In fact, she added, some airline employees even refused to show up for work on September 11, 2002. 

 

At that point I was a bit disappointed in myself. How could I have not thought more about this date, this event, that so affected our lives? I suspect that I, like so many others, had just resumed our lives. We all had jobs. Children to raise, bills to pay. You know, the regular things that we do. I certainly didn't forget, I just didn't dwell on it. 

 

The flight was otherwise uneventful and so I went on with my life. Meanwhile America hit back. We sent a lot of goat herders to a different century. Thousands of so-called fundamentalists were sent to meet their Maker and try to explain their actions. The problem was not the number of enemy that we killed but rather the number left alive. 

 

Today, because of ill advised choices made by the Biden Administration, Afghanistan is being ruled by the same thugs who were there twenty years ago, and they haven't changed their opinion of us. Plus, we left them millions of dollars’ worth of weaponry and helicopters. There is no doubt that we will have to go back there to finish the job. We can never allow terrorist thugs to govern a country. There is a ten-million-dollar bounty on the head of one of their high up officials. Eventually they will be taken out. That goes for Iran and North Korea as well. Remember, no war ever ends until there is a clear winner and a clear loser. You can't just gather your marbles and go home. 

 

Listening to the Biden people trying to explain away their incompetence is humorous. They continue to blame everything on Trump. It isn't going to work. Secretary of State, Winken, Blinken, or Nod, whichever one he is, looks truly out of his element at the Congressional hearings.

 

The facts are simple. The chaotic pull out from Afghanistan was ill advised and poorly handled and we will doubtless have to go back to that rat hole country to finish the job we started. Because of the Taliban's pseudo need to kill Americans, that war will only end when we end it. There are no ties in war.

 

Ron Scarbro September 15, 2021

 

EXTORTION AND BLACKMAIL

What do you do when faced with a kidnapper's ransom demands? Do you just pay and hope for a good result? We have all heard about situations where ransom demands are paid and still the victims are never returned.  America Is today being extorted by kidnappers with all kinds of demands. We have a national policy concerning negotiating with terrorists. Did all of this change with this last election? I don't think so.

 

There are airplanes waiting to fly out of Afghanistan loaded with Americans and allies that are being held hostage by the Taliban. Imagine what could happen if we gave in to the demands of the Taliban with regard to these airplanes. If you haven't heard, the Taliban intends to hold those airplanes and their occupants for ransom. The ransom they want so far is for the US to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. Who knows what else they would demand if we gave in to this bit of criminal extortion?  What next, money? Arms? A seat on the Security Council? You name it and it is possible. 

 

There are good reasons we don't negotiate with terrorists or other criminal enterprises. If you give in once, it never ends plus others around the world would see our weakness and they would surely want to get in on the loot. 

 

The answer to this dilemma is much simpler than you might imagine. We send a brief note to the head thug of the Taliban and we tell him, either release those airplanes and people immediately or we, as I heard recently from a veteran, will bomb you back to the century you came from. These are not sophisticated war fighters. They are goat herders. We have weapons that can chase them back to their caves and weapons which can seal those caves in a matter of seconds. Problem solved.

 

What would Trump do? Biden needs to grow a pair and put America first. If you have seen recent polls, Biden's numbers are falling like a lead balloon. The only question I have is who are the 40% who think he is doing a good job? 

 

This is not the America that is and always has been my home. We don't knuckle under to ransom demands from anyone anywhere. The problem is that we haven't shown our true self to the world in some time. They need to see it. They need to know who they are dealing with. (Or maybe they already do???)

 

To you liberals out there, no, we all just can't get along. There are people who hate us and our way of life. The Taliban just shot and killed a popular Afghanistani folk singer because they don't like music. You don't dare live as a homosexual there. They literally throw these people off of buildings to their death. Do you think you could just get along with animals like that?

 

These people only understand one thing, and that is power. The opposite of power is weakness, and that's what they are seeing. We are rapidly approaching the point where it could be too late. 

 

I don't know how long our Congress will put up with this nonsense. I don't know how long the American people will put up with it. It is clear that things have to change.

 

Ron Scarbro September 7, 2021

 

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

 

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM

 

Like most of you I have been watching some of the recent Presidential press conferences. I am astounded by the physical deterioration I have witnessed in Joe Biden. That, of course, is in addition to the obvious mental deterioration. 

 

The job of president is an awesome responsibility and not everyone is up to it. We have all seen how individuals age while in that office. But it usually takes longer than six months for that aging to show up.

 

It is pretty obvious to me that he arrived in office as damaged goods but that condition was withheld from the American people during the campaign. The media had decided that Trump was going to be removed so they chose to ignore everything else to serve that end. Now here we are involved in the biggest debacle in foreign policy history.

 

Americans are dying and there is a good chance some will be abandoned in our haste to bail out of Afghanistan. It appears we are rushing to meet some "red line" so as not to upset the Taliban. Are you kidding me? America sets red lines, not the other way around. 

 

Another thing I saw at a recent press conference amazed me. The president made some wise crack to a reporter and "somebody" cut his microphone off. ??? At another presser he said that he had been given a list of what reporters to call on. ??? Tell me who has the authority to cut off the microphone of the President of the United States? Who are the "people" who can give the President a list of people he can call on at a press conference? I think I would like to see a press conference with whoever is pulling the strings on Joe Biden. 

 

We have suspected for some time that Biden was not making the decisions coming out of his office. Who is, and by what authority? 

 

Consider what our country has experienced just since January 20. That was day one of the Biden regime. Runaway inflation, insecure southern border with tens of thousands of illegal aliens from all over the world crossing our border, increasing crime in many major cities. All of this was in an effort to cancel all things Trump. Now we have a catastrophe in Afghanistan. Pelosi and the liberal Democrats are hell bent on bankrupting the country with massive spending bills. 

 

Quite frankly, let's face it, it is unsustainable. It has to stop. There are a number of high-ranking people demanding that Biden resign. I gotta tell you. That ain't gonna happen. My own Congressman just said that America is unsafe with Biden in office. Hmmm. So, what are you doing about it?

 

Then there's the 25th Amendment crowd. If you are unaware of this little gem, it basically is a Constitutional way to remove a sitting President if he, or a majority of his Cabinet deem that he is unable to continue in office. What do you suppose the chances of that happening? Oh, and there's this other little problem of who steps in to take over. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, Kamala Harris, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi patiently waiting in the wings as next in line.

 

To put it best, Houston, we have a problem. 

 

So, what now? How will we deal with all this? I readily admit, I don't know. I do not believe the American people should rise up and rebel. The Congress definitely has a role here. There has to be several Democrats who know we cannot and will not continue on this path into oblivion. How do we get their attention?

 

Can we last until the next election? Yes. We have a problem, but we, the people, are the solution.

 

Ron Scarbro September 1, 2021

 

WAR IS HELL AND UGLY TOO

War is hell. War is ugly. Countries have armies trained to fight wars. They have material and munitions for that purpose. It seems to me that there is always a war going on somewhere in the world. 

 

We have learned some things over the years about war. The first, and most important, is that there are no ties in war. There are winners and there are losers. And the only way a war ends is when a winner and a loser have been clearly decided. Any other situation doesn't end a war, it only prolongs it. There are tribes in the Middle East of people who have been fighting each other for thousands of years with no end in sight.

 

Even religions aren't exempt. Different sects fight other sects over interpretation of tenets and beliefs. 

 

War, then, is a reality of life. 

 

America, of course, is not exempt from war. We have had to defend our way of life and our borders for generations. We also have been allied with other countries to help defend them. In many cases we have decided to help other countries establish democracy, whether they like it or not. We call it "nation building". 

 

It used to be our policy that, if we chose to get into war, to win that war. That ended in Vietnam. The liberal media was relentless. They apparently decided that we had to get out of Vietnam. So the liberal, weenie, politicians cut and ran. You remember the people hanging onto helicopters trying to get out of Saigon. That was an embarrassing time for me and many Americans. 

 

Now we have Afghanistan. To me Afghanistan has no more value than Vietnam. But they both were important enough to send troops and untold millions in treasure and arms. Twenty years later, we were still there, fighting an endless war. It has been endless because we decided rather than fight and win, we would instead try to build a nation. An obvious mistake.

 

Because of political pressure, our cowardly politicians again decided to cut and run. We didn't win, we just called it a tie. Remember though, there are no ties in war. Just winners and losers. It is pretty obvious to me and probably the rest of the world that, in this war, we are the losers.  

 

There are literally thousands of people, Americans and our supporters, left abandoned by our decision to leave. They cannot get out. The Taliban has closed all of the roads to the airport. 

 

I was recently asked how I would handle this situation. That's pretty easy. I would immediately surround the airport with our troops. I would then announce for all to hear that we will eliminate any opposition on the streets, especially Taliban check points, with whatever arms and munitions necessary. I would then keep those roads empty of Taliban until all who wanted out were out. 

 

The Taliban head goat-herder announced that August 31 was a deadline for our troops to be out of Afghanistan. He said it was a red line for them. If I were in charge, I would show him what a red line looked like, and I don't think he would like it. He seems to have forgotten he is dealing with America. We set red lines, not the other way around. I just hope Biden doesn't forget.    

 

Remember this, President Biden, we never leave any of our people behind. Everybody gets out. There is no other moral alternative. I don't give a hoot about that rat hole country. But I do care about our people. The Biden Administration made the decision to cut and run. If they leave anybody behind, impeachment proceedings must begin immediately.

 

Ron Scarbro August 23, 2021 

 

IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT

Help me understand something. A year ago we had reasonably priced gasoline. We had reasonably priced food at the grocery store. We had a southern border. We had a paid-for fence under construction at that southern border. We had some illegal entry but it was being handled. And yes, we had covid. But, because of a strong political will, we developed a workable vaccine. People got their shots and life moved on. 

 

Then, boom. We had an election. Many feel it was a questionable election, but a new President was chosen. He happened to be a Democrat. Now we have had Democrat presidents before but never one who was so obviously incapable of the job. So, what happens when you elect a Democrat President? Especially one who is showing all the signs of mental deterioration. Well, I'll tell you what happens. 

 

On day one this moron stopped the Keystone pipeline thereby creating the onset of panic among gasoline producers. He added to his ridiculous action a halt to oil drilling on public lands and a halt to shale extraction. While this was only strike one, the result actually turned out to be strike three. And we, the American people, were out. 

 

We immediately lost our position of energy independence. Our prestige in the world began to wobble. Prices began to rise not only on gasoline but on everything because everything runs on oil. Along with the price increases came shortages. Grocery store shelves began to get vacant. We call this inflation, but remember, this is only after day one of this idiot's reign. 

 

The puppeteers who control Biden decided that a border around this country is just too ugly and unfair to all the poor folks in the world who need or want to be cared for. So, they set about changing everything Trump had accomplished. They should have remembered the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Well, they fixed it all right. It will take literally years to repair the mess Biden and company have imposed on this country. His approval numbers are sinking but that shouldn't come as a surprise. 

 

At our southern border we are being literally invaded by people from all over the world and why? Because they can, that's why. To those of you who voted for this ticket, is this what you had in mind? This is a Biden problem. He didn't "inherit" this issue. He created this issue. Things were pretty much under control until January 20, day one of the Biden regime. With a stroke of his pen, he destroyed almost everything Trump had built. 

 

This brings us to Afghanistan. This moron decides to pull out all of our troops at once. In a matter of days, the Taliban has retaken that rat hole country and confiscated our munitions and equipment. We are left scrambling to get Americans out as well as some of our allies. It isn't looking good at this point. It looks a lot like Saigon.

 

Which one of the brilliant leftist strategists decided the Afghan army could or would defend their country? They headed for the hills just like their President, Ashraf Ghani. These are not what we would call paragons of courage. 

 

So, here we have it. The most powerful country on earth being brought to her knees by a bunch of goat herders. It doesn't make me proud. How about you?

 

In their zeal to cancel all things Trump, the Democrats have set in motion the destruction of our American way. All of this in just a few short months. Our only hope of recovery is to get rid of the Democrats in the next election, and pray we can hold out that long. God help us.

 

Ron Scarbro August 16, 2021

 

WE NEED TO SEE THEIR TRUE NATURE

Apparently Cori Bush didn't get the memo. Democrats have determined that the mantra, "defund the police", is a political loser. A recent poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans do not favor any reduction in funding for police. In fact, most think it is absolutely stupid. I certainly do. 

 

That probably doesn't come as a surprise to normal intelligent people, especially in light of the rise in crime all across the country. The shootings in Chicago alone should frighten everybody. Every major city is dealing with rampant crime. I just saw an item from San Francisco where a gang of young thugs ripped off a retail store in front of employees and security guards. They were not stopped or even slowed down. The store didn't even call the police because thefts of less than $1000 are not prosecuted in San Francisco, thanks to a very liberal prosecuting attorney in that city. Can you just imagine what a reduction in police would do to that already troubled city? The District Attorney in Los Angeles County never seems to prosecute anybody. I guess we all should just sit around the campfire and sing Kumbaya. The late comedian Dave Gardner once said, "I believe we should make everything legal, then we wouldn't have any crime."

 

What about other great cities in this country? New York City, Atlanta, Baltimore. All of them are under siege from street gangs and thugs. When you consider Chicago with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, the casualty numbers there rival war zones. Most of the shootings are doubtless gang fights. Residents are scared to walk on their own streets. Little children are often the victims of indiscriminate shootings. These morons decide they have been disrespected so they bring out their illegal guns and open fire with no regard to anybody or anything around them. Innocent people are mowed down. 

 

And so, some Democrats see the answer to all this is to further reduce the police department's ability to deal with crime. At the same time police officers are walking around with targets on their backs by the bad guys and a target on their departments by the so-called good guys. Sane people would call that a lose lose situation. 

 

I fully recognize the police officer's job is often just cleaning up the mess, but thank God they are there. As a friend of mine, who is a police officer, once told me, “When seconds count, the police are only minutes away." But they are there and they will come to your aid when you need them. 

 

So how did this nonsense get started? Who was the first to want the police defunded? I don't know, but it doesn't matter. I would bet it was someone who had regular run-ins with police. Fortunately the vast majority of the American people are glad to have police presence. They are glad to have their calls for help responded to by people who put themselves between them and the bad guys. 

 

As we get closer to the next election, I think the Dems will get even quieter on this issue. Personally, I don't care if they do. The more they open their mouths, the more they reveal their true nature. And their true nature is what American voters need to see.

 

Ron Scarbro August 11, 2021

 

IS THAT YOU BEHIND THE MASK KEMOSABE?

I heard the other day that the best way to get rid of the new covid variant was to turn off CNN. No matter what television I try to watch, the only news available is about covid and masks and vaccines. The CDC issues one opinion then within mere hours, they issue another in opposition with the last one. It's virtually impossible to know what is real and what is just politics. 

 

That brings us to the point of this column. I have said before that covid seems to be more of a political weapon than an actual disease. There is no doubt the Democrats used covid to defeat Trump. They are continuing to use it to control the American people. A huge number of mayors and city administrators as well as school boards are chomping at the bit to further restrict and restrain free American people. Well guess what? A recent poll shows over seventy percent of those polled are not going to put masks back on nor are they going to turn over their lives to dictators. 

 

This country was very nearly brought to her knees by the last big covid scare and we are still not out of those woods. 

 

I have had my vaccination. I had two shots. I am supposed to be protected from this virus. If you are not vaccinated, that is your choice. If you get sick, that is on you. What you do or don't do has no effect on what I do. Now the latest news coming from "science" is that even if you are vaccinated, you still should wear a mask. Why? If I am protected by my shot, how could I carry this disease to someone else? And if someone who hasn't received the shot gets this disease, how is that my issue?

 

The big problem we have here is screwed up messaging. That's the politics of this issue. Here is some truth that seems to have been conveniently forgotten. When this disease first raised its ugly head, Trump not Biden put pressure on the scientific community to come up with a workable vaccine. Both Biden and Harris said that if Trump had anything to do with the vaccine, they would refuse it. How stupid can you be?

 

The vaccine was produced and in record time. Millions of lives have been saved by this accomplishment. Again, it was Trump's accomplishment, not Biden's. 

 

Because of stupid pronouncements coming from stupid politicians, millions of people are still not vaccinated. The longer the virus travels around, the more variants will be spawned. Some people very close to me have not been vaccinated. That, of course, is their choice. For some reason I cannot understand, many black Americans have decided against the vaccine. It probably goes back to screwed up messaging. Following the science is very difficult because the science keeps changing. Fauchi has lost all his credibility with me. He appears to have traded his medical license for a politician's license. 

 

The near future is going to get weird. One would think that anyone wanting the shot would have gotten the shot. Yet, the big push is on. I have heard that some cities are paying people to get this free shot. Some government agencies are now requiring proof of vaccination to enter and even with that proof still require a mask. There is a real possibility some businesses are going to shut down again due to this new variant. 

 

If the American people allow this, it will happen. If the American people refuse to allow it, it won't happen. The choice is ours.

 

Ron Scarbro August 3, 2021