INDEPENDENCE DAY 2023

I am writing this on Independence Day. Of course we all know how special this day is. 247 years ago we the people, through our representatives, sent King George a simple message. That being that we were tired of being taxed and ruled by a foreign government 3000 miles away and we decided to be our own country with self-rule. We also sent along a list of grievances and demands. Sending that message to King George took an inordinate amount of courage. The signers all put their lives on the line. Sadly our declaration was apparently ignored and even laughed at. That turned out to be a big mistake on the part of King George. He declared war on us and we kicked his tail back to England, twice. 

 

It certainly wasn't easy but we prevailed and began an experiment that continues today. That experiment was America. We formed a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. Our government derives its authority only from the consent of the people. No kings, no emperors, and no rulers. 

 

Today is an especially good day to point these things out because it seems that some have forgotten what we're all about. We don't allow a president to enact laws, for example. A president isn't allowed to spend the taxpayer's money. Presidents have very important jobs, but they are limited in their scope. We also have built into our Constitution remedies for when our freely elected individuals overstep their authority. We may well be nearing the time when those remedies come into play. 

 

As free citizens of America we also have the right of free speech. We are able to criticize our elected leaders. I have the right to share my thoughts with you. Some in this country have come to believe that any speech with which they disagree should be called hate speech and thereby regulated or even outlawed. Nonsense. If you don't like what I say, you have every right to ignore it, but you do not have the right to regulate it. 

 

America was born out of revolution. The same blood that flowed through our forefathers flows through us. The same courage that made possible our declaration of independence continues today. Those who choose to forget our constitution and our rule of law would be wise to remember how we came to be this greatest free country. Americans will not tolerate elected leaders, regardless of their position, overstepping their authority and violating the law. 

 

The main point of this column is Biden's attempt to skirt around the Supreme Court's recent ruling rejecting his student loan relief plan. He recently announced that he will try again. The court has warned him not to try to outflank them. 

 

You nor I would not tolerate Biden or anyone walking into our house and stealing our possessions. That is exactly what Biden is trying to do. As I wrote earlier, it may be time to seek those remedies that will stop his continued violations of law. I believe he is a crook and needs to be fired from his job.

 

Ron Scarbro July 5, 2023 

 

SOMEBODY'S LYING

I am so confused. I'm trying to determine who is lying. Trump has been indicted again. It seems clear to me that the individuals who are after Trump are not going to stop until he is completely neutered. They know they can't beat him in a legitimate election, so they will try anything to defame him. It is obvious to any thinking person that the Justice Dept. and the FBI are working together as a political weapon for the left in this country. It should also be obvious to anyone that Americans have lost confidence in those two once great institutions.

 

In looking at the situation one would have to conclude, somebody's lying. But who? 

 

If you look back to Trump’s presidency, it is easy for anyone with an ounce of brains to see the conspiracy that was lodged against him. What offends me, and I believe most thinking Americans, is that Hillary got away with much worse. And even with the effort to stop him, he still accomplished more than most Presidents. 

 

The big question now is can he survive these latest attacks and still garner enough votes to win the job again. I don’t doubt that he would do a great job if he did, but??? I have heard from some very close to him who say that if just half of what the government is charging is true, Trump is toast. 

 

So, if Trump is toast and we put basement Joe back in, America is toast. That I believe sincerely. Some are saying that Trump will withdraw before it gets much worse. Looking at all this realistically, that would probably be a good idea. Some of my readers are going to scream at that statement, but I think it may be best to go to the primaries without so much drama. Today the Republicans have a great list of candidates to choose from and I like most of them. 

 

The salvation for us lies with the Congress. We need to increase the Republican majority in the House and we desperately need to have a Republican majority in the Senate. We absolutely must rein in the lefties and the greenies. Did you hear that they are now trying to outlaw gas stoves in your home? Somebody needs to remind them that this isn't Russia or Cuba. It's America. We don’t do that kind of crap here. This is more than just outlawing gas stoves. This is more of the war on fossil fuels to promote the so-called green movement. These lefties are only going to stop when we stop them. It seems like anything and everything is on the table as long as it furthers the green movement. That includes your rights and the Constitution. Oh and by the way, the Democrats seem to be their biggest allies.

 

Lying is also on the table. The lefties believe lying, as long as it furthers the cause, is okay. 

 

Our job is to separate the liars from the truth. I never imagined that in my senior years I would be inundated with so many liars. Especially our elected leaders. America is a blessed country and deserves so much better than we have now. God help us.

 

Ron Scarbro, June 14, 2023

 

 

ELECTION 2024

Okay, now we can really get ready for the election. DeSantis has decided to give it a go. Most experts will say that Trump has the nomination sewed up. What do you think?

 

 I think the left in this country will do anything to keep Trump out of the White House. Look at what they already have tried. Criminal charges, unlawful searches, embarrassing revelations of past affairs, true or not, and more on the way. They doubtless will try the same for DeSantis. These dirty tricks have less to do with truth and more to do with slander for political reasons. Why do they work so hard to defame Republican candidates? I think one reason is their lack of confidence in Democrat candidates. Let's face it, Biden is a zero and they know it. 

 

If this election is between Biden and Trump, who will you pick? I believe Trump was one of our more effective presidents in modern time, but he was under the gun from every left wing dingbat in Washington. If he is elected again it will only be worse. Why would the lefties leave him alone?

 

Many believe the last election was stolen from Trump. If that is so, why wouldn't it happen again?

 

I’m going to change the subject of this rant to another rant. As of this writing our extremely overrated Congress are playing dangerous and silly games with our economy, and the world’s economy for that matter. They are trying to make political brownie points with our debt limit ceiling vote. Here’s the problem, the money has already been spent. You didn’t spend it, I didn’t spend it, the Congress spent it. Now they are holding America and the rest of the world hostage while they try to get their faces on TV. It is all so totally unnecessary. You and I know they are not going to let this country go into default. Because if they did, they would be chased out of Washington with sticks. Let your congressman know that we have had enough of their silly games. They made the mess, now they need to clean it up without making it worse. The bill that is pending is a two-year reprieve. Then, of course, we have to go through this crap again. 

 

Back to the original subject. I just heard former Governor Christie of New Jersey is also running for the Republican presidential nomination. That only leaves me as the last Republican who hasn’t declared, and I am not a candidate. 

 

Election 2024 promises to be a very messy affair. Hopefully, and with God’s help, we can put a sane, patriotic Republican in the White House. 

 

Ron Scarbro, May 31, 2023

 

UNFORCED ERRORS

The term "unforced error" is used a lot in sports, especially tennis. Loosely defined it is a mistake made by someone who should know better. Often those mistakes are left to others to fix.

 

What's this got to do with what is happening in the world today, you ask? Well I'll tell you. On Biden's first official day in office, he committed his first of many unforced errors. With a stroke of his pen he set in motion one of the worst inflation periods this country has ever experienced. He basically declared war on the fossil fuel industry. Anybody with half a brain knows this country cannot exist without a liberal supply of fossil fuel. Biden, apparently bowing to the so-called progressive wing of his party, made this first unforced error.  Now the Federal Reserve is busily trying to unscrew Biden’s screw-up. I heard the chairman of the Federal Reserve say that the only way to get inflation under control is to raise interest rates. Trump was asked at a recent town hall what he would do to bring down inflation. His answer was clear, "Drill, baby, drill." Now there are a lot of people who are smarter than me, but I believe that is the answer. I don't see how raising the cost of everything with interest rate hikes, brings prices down. Maybe I needed a few more years of economics training.

 

Ever since Biden has been in office he seems determined to destroy everything Trump established. With his war on fossil fuel we are no longer energy independent. Obviously we need the fossil fuel. This then makes us beholding to countries who are not friendly to us. So now we are energy dependent.

 

Everything we have, whether it be food, clothing, or materials, is delivered to us using fossil fuels. Without doubt, if we survive as a human race, alternative fuels will be in our future but they’re not here now. 

 

Another unforced error is Biden’s handling of our southern border. There are more people trespassing across our border than we can imagine. They are bringing their poverty, their diseases, and their illegal drugs with them. Most of our southwest border cities are overwhelmed. Our hospital emergency rooms, our schools, our food kitchens, are inundated with non-citizens. We have to get a handle on this. This country can’t sustain the ongoing invasion of people from all over the world. We also cannot go into foreign countries trying to improve their standard of living so that their people will want to stay home.

 

I want to close this with this thought. Attention Democrats, everything that Trump did was not bad. In fact, most of it was very good. You decided to inflict Joe Biden on us and now we all see what that has caused. We have to end these errors, unforced or otherwise. We need competence in government and we need to get rid of Biden and his gang.

 

Ron Scarbro, May 15, 2023

 

THE BIGOTRY OF LOW EXPECTATIONS

Having been born in East Tennessee, I have a southern accent. It is not as bad as it used to be, but it is still there. When I was a young adult, I moved to California. It became quickly apparent to me that I had to clean up my redneck accent. I felt it would hold me back in any job or business I tried. I watched the anchors on TV and tried to speak like them. It worked to a degree. 

 

Recently, on a road trip across Georgia, I saw a sign on a cattle ranch. It said, "You don't need teef to eat our beef." Cute, but probably offensive to many in the south who have southern accents. Many people associate the southern accent with ignorance. Nothing could be further from the truth. The first people that settled our country spoke with the same southern accent. I know of many people with northern accents who are morons. Remember when LBJ first became President? He sounded like he just fell off a turnip truck. I am truly surprised that the country accepted it as long as they did.

 

The reason I’m bringing all this up is that a high-ranking education official in California wants to change that state’s grading system. He doesn’t believe any student should fail regardless of their test answers. They should be graded on effort rather than results. Another part of this idiotic philosophy is he does not believe certain students should be required to learn or speak standard English. The obvious victims of this nonsense are minority kids. He seems to believe that ebonics is the legitimate language of black people.

 

So what could this lead to? Young black people will apply for jobs unable to speak or write proper English. The disadvantage is obvious. President George W Bush often talked about the soft bigotry of low expectations. It’s still bigotry, it’s still bias, and it still has the same result as hard core, overt prejudice.

 

I have often wondered how people like this California educator get into positions that allow them to affect policies of a state. He obviously hasn’t thought this through.

 

More and more every day we are seeing the need of parental involvement in schools. As parents, we are responsible for raising our children, not some school board sitting in an ivory tower somewhere. The future of our country is in the hands of our offspring. If and what that future holds will depend entirely on the preparation of our children to take over. Right now, I don’t feel so good about it.

 

Ron Scarbro, May 2, 2023

 

THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION JUST DOESN'T GET IT

Not a lot amazes me anymore but a 21-year-old National Guardsman with a top secret clearance issued by our government amazes me. When I was in the Army I had a secret clearance but top secret was reserved for top Pentagon brass and high ranking government officials. The highest clearance for low ranking individuals like me was a secret clearance.  My job was radio/teletype operator and in that capacity I dealt with sensitive messages on troop movement and other logistics. To qualify for secret clearance required a total vetting by the government. They went to my hometown and interviewed former teachers, neighbors, church people, and anyone they felt necessary to know everything about me. It was very serious business. How this kid in the National Guard got a top secret clearance is a mystery to me. The resulting mess he caused will probably fix the problem. 

 

The Biden Administration is promoting a bill that would guarantee transexual women the right to compete in regular women's sporting activities. I've said before and I'll say it again, they must be tone deaf. Many states have already passed laws against this unfair nonsense. 

 

Speaking of Joe Biden, he is soon to announce whether he is running for reelection in 2024. The whole world is holding its collective breath waiting for this historic announcement. Wait a minute, I lied. Most of us could care less. The people who are really nervous and should be, are the Democrats. They know he can’t win. The next thing they know is that they don’t have anybody else. Regardless of who is our next President, they are going to have a tremendous mess to clean up. Inflation is still rampant, crime is everywhere, and while the Biden Administration should be dealing with that, they are instead publicly worrying about climate change. But I’m not worried about the Democrats’ problem. The Republicans have issues of their own.

 

In spite of every dirty trick the Democrats have tried to pull, Donald Trump remains at the top of the polls for most Republicans. Personally, I loved what Trump did as President. If he were still President, I believe Putin would have never attacked Ukraine. China would be dealing with their own mess instead of trying to take over the world. Our military would be stronger. Our economy would be greater and we would be energy independent. And so you ask, what’s wrong with electing Trump again? The problem comes in the fact of the chaos his presence in the White House causes. The liberal media and the so-called progressives are scared to death of him and will do anything and everything to disrupt his Presidency. That being said, if he gets the nomination, I will vote for him. He will need a landslide to not only win but also to send a message to his detractors to back off and to stop trying to interfere with his work. The media needs to think more about what's good for the country and less about their personal prejudices.

 

There is no doubt that our country is in a mess. It’s easy to see why. Why this country chose Joe Biden over Donald Trump is not only weird but it has made us the laughing stock of the world. We have a chance to fix it but it’s not going to be fixed by putting another Democrat in office. They just don’t get it.

 

Ron Scarbro April 19, 2023

A THIRD GENERATION???

For the most part I try to stay away from religious matters on this blog. Once in a while I can’t help myself. Your religion or lack of it is your business. But since this is my blog, I intend to express some of my religion.

 

I believe that God created Adam and Eve, two different genders. He told them to be fruitful and multiply. That means go make babies. The design of human male and female bodies is ideally suited for that purpose. Nowhere in any of my research can I find another gender. There can be hermaphrodites but they are accidents of nature and very rare. A hermaphrodite is an animal born with male and female genitalia. For many years I was in the hog business and have seen thousands of hogs. I encountered maybe two or three hermaphrodite pigs.

 

So now, woke individuals want me to believe that there are more than two genders, and that third gender is “trans.” 

 

State Legislatures are trying to deal with this issue. There are many issues to consider. Female transexuals want to compete in female sport activities which is obviously unfair. Several international sports governing bodies have ruled to keep transexual females out of the games. Schools and public buildings are having difficulty in deciding what bathrooms to use. Sport teams have to decide who showers where. And this is all because some individuals are unhappy with their birth gender and want to live the life of the opposite gender. 

 

Solving this is really quite simple. Quit pandering to special interests. If a guy wants to use the bathroom marked for women and my wife or daughter are in there, it could get really quite ugly for him. He would be happy to use a proper bathroom in the future.

 

If you are unhappy with your birth gender, too bad. Suck it up and be who you are, not what you wished you were. Oh, and if you find any other transexuals in the animal kingdom, let me know. 

 

Ron Scarbro April 4, 2023