Problem solved Mr. President elect, problem solved.

 

I know there is much on your mind nowadays so let’s brush all that under the rug since you have won the election. No need to fret about anything, just gather together the troops, VP elect Vance, a few top Congressional leaders and head out and golf your way through America.

You can tour all the major golf courses, then once you have done that hit the best country club course for each major city. And maybe for the really big cities hit the top two or three.

Oh you might have to sign a bill or two each year to fund the budget, but hey no worries. The Senate and House can continue to produce continuing resolutions, leaving the budget as it is now. No worries about how much to give each agency, no listening to squabbles from Congress about all their pet projects, just keep the budget as it is for the next four years then let the next administration deal with the headaches.

As you say everyone loves you abroad so need to get tangled up in any new wars, let NATO and everyone else deal with Russia and Iran, just stay out of it all. The next administration can pick up where Biden left off and deal with Russia. Israel will take care of Iran and I know you won’t fret about what really happens to Israel as long as Saudi Arabia keeps funding all your most crazy business adventures.

So pack up, get new sets of clubs to try out and hit the links for the next four years. You won so nothing left to prove. Happy trails.

Well I stand corrected.

 

I said many moons ago back when it was Biden v Trump, that if either party choose someone else the new candidate would win. I forgot how clueless are the elitists in the Democrat party. That was stupid. And apparently there is some discussion about “mainstream” media being completely wrong about what was going to happen and we need to re-evaluate the “mainstream” media. The problem is they are part of the elitist thinking of the Democrat party. They just need to become more unbiased going forward, but that topic is for another day.

And another point which I made in an offhand manner somewhere else was that the Democrats were relying way too much on one issue, which was the abortion issue. I wish I had said it here, but I didn’t.

I still do not trust Trump. I still am worried. One thing that really burns my chops is that people will say you are not conservative if you do not support Trump. That is just wrong and it goes along with the massive pandering the Republican Party does for Trump. I am conservative and a populist with some of my policy ideas. Trump is neither and never has been. He gives lip service to what people want to hear and everyone is right including the mainstream media that he better understood what the people want to hear than anyone else. To me though he still won’t accomplish anything from his verbiage except what his allies in Congress will produce. And what they want is just as bad as what he wants, which is complete power. They will feed off each other for the next few years. And when the deal goes down, and it will do down, Trump will find a way to blame someone else and unfortunately he may get away with that too.

Two things this Trump victory shows to me. First is the educational decline I rant and rave about all the time is real.

Second is the moral decline this country has succumbed to allow Trump to have won. I have said before in multiple places that bad policy is easier to overcome than bad government. We are about to see what is bad government. Let’s hope we can find away out of it down the road. And the irony is the people who scream the most about how our country is in moral decline right now are the biggest reason we are in moral decline. You cannot accept someone as morally corrupt as Trump as your leader and say you have the moral high ground. That just doesn’t fly, but we are so far down the twentieth level of hell, no one sees it right now.

Also when the deal does go down, all the people that voted for Trump are going to be sitting there thinking what just happened. Again the education decline is obvious and will allow Trump to walk away without any consequences for what is doing to this country. Some of it by omission since it will let his allies do what they want as long as it doesn’t affect him personally.

Well there is one chance at an out and I wonder, does Trump have a desire to think about a legacy. Who knows, yet if he does maybe some of the madness that could  go down Trump may put a hold. I doubt it,  but let’s hold out hope.

Otherwise if much of Trump’s verbal rants that he calls policy comes to fruition, the vast majority of people who voted for Trump are about to get screwed.

And to reiterate a point, the Democrats are clueless and this is at all levels. The State Party was sending out an excessive amounts of literature that was horrible political strategy. Two things, it hammered to hard on their one issue campaign and they sent so many mailers that never said the name of the candidate they were supporting and plastered the name of the Republican candidate all over their mailers. They need help badly, but since I do not like their public policies they just won’t get it from me except for the occasional critique here in my blog of what they are doing.

Well I am deciding either to go hide somewhere or become even more of a vocal critic of Trump’s administration. I do not know right now. I am a bit worried, but I am also concerned what his policies could do to this country. My first hope is he just doesn’t care and just wants to end his days playing golf and the Trump Republicans in Congress screw up because they cannot make up their minds how they want to screw everyone over so they can maintain power. Hopefully enough goes down that in two years we see saw back to the clueless Democrats and slow some of the madness down.

Which leads me to what I keep telling y’all, WE NEED NEW PARTIES.

An open letter to the President of Mexico, the leaders of the Cartels and the Administration of the United States

 

Greetings,

In a letter such as this it may be hard to find an opening, how do we get everyone’s attention. I think it can be much simpler.

Mexico is a beautiful country. Her people are wonderous, hard working, enjoy life, enjoy each other and this is always demonstrated in her music, her art, her cuisine and so much of a vibrant beauty in what the people bring to their lives. I know this because I have crossed the border, la frontera, so many times either from the Rio Grande Valley as a child, travel down the Baja or in El Paso as an adult. It was always a joy to go to the markets, go eat or even visit family and friends. The conversations were always passionate and fun devoid of antagonism towards others. Could we have drank a shot or two too much of tequila? A couple of times maybe, yet in the end all was well.

And like any country Mexico is not perfect.

Maybe it is time to find a solution that allows the people of Mexico to flourish because currently no one is winning and the people of Mexico are losing. People no matter where they are in the world need to be able to enjoy life without fear. Too much of the world is under fear right now, yet in this moment let us try to find one solution to one challenge to allow so many a new life.

And to find this answer we need to look beyond the current mindset of crime and punishment.

I do not want to get into a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of new policy, rather outline a different mentality to rid this weight on Mexico’s people of oppression, death, corruption that the American drug trade has put on this country. I do have some ideas for a way forward, yet for now, I just want to offer a philosophical solution to get started.

And responsibly we do need to prosecute some form of responsibility for the lost lives of many innocent people, so I am not suggesting any type of blanket amnesty, yet a unique version of an amnesty proposal is part of the deal.

Many of the people involved have invested time and money in entrepreneurial enterprises, albeit illegal and dangerous ones. So the proposal includes the concept that sins of the fathersf will not affect what the children can do moving forward. This includes the resources the sins produced are reinvested into legitimate businesses that grow Mexico’s economy. And the possibilities are endless here.

If there is a way to allow a new generation to move into areas where investment is needed, they could use the resources productively as both part of the prosecution and change the country needs.

 Will this make everyone happy? Probably no one, yet right now, the current situation is doing harm at so many levels there is no good in it for Mexico.

The possible benefits are economic growth, lives gained, families reunited, more responsible jobs, using resources for infrastructure needs instead of law enforcement and I could go on. Some indirect benefits are resources by both the Mexico and the United States could be redirected to a stronger border policy for both countries that is productive not antagonistic, innocent lives on both sides of the border are spared, trade is more productive and again this list is not comprehensive.

As a Christian and I know not all are Christians, I see certain aspects of Christianity helping though and that is forgiveness and repentance. The people of Mexico could forgive if the crimes against them stop and going forward resources are used to better their lives. The repentance is some will need to account for their actions and yet this can be viewed with reason if the direct individuals accept a new fate and allow themselves to isolate themselves from the rest of society all the while their children and descendants can go forward with their own lives free of retribution. It is a trade off for certain people to free themselves of a life constantly on the run and in violence where even they do not have any freedoms now anyway. They may have a certain “power” over some areas or groups, but they are not truly free. They could agree together to allow a new life for their families and even have some say in what businesses their children invest to begin. Yet overall though they would need to accept a new role of quiet solitude to allow their later years to be lived in repentance and reflection.

The possibility of criticism for an idea like this is immeasurable since it is wrought with the concept of what some people call underserving individuals a way to avoid consequences these same people prefer for their illlicit actions. And I fall under that camp somedays. Yet all I see is the problem is getting worse not better no matter how much money is given to law enforcement on both sides of the border. People die daily in both countries, many are totally innocent of the events this idea hopes to overcome. So if you want to criticize come with a better idea.

There is so much more to implement a proposal such as this and there will need to be buy in that will have to come with a word no one likes in this situation and that is trust. All sides will have to take that infamous leap of faith to make an idea like this even come close to working. Yet standing pat on the current situation gives us nothing. Trust is difficult to achieve sometimes on a one to one basis and to build it with so many moving pieces may seem impossible. Rather I say create steps, take them one at a time to give every player some confidence they can move to the next step. And one day hopefully soon, people can wake up in their town or village, go to work, spend the holidays with their families out in the open, visit and tour the country, have faith in the people around them and enjoy what all of us should be able to enjoy and that is this wonderful life we have been given.

Cheers

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They lie, they lie, they lie and they don’t care about you

 

It is not healthy to be as mad as I am before breakfast. It is not emotionally, physically, mentally and what ever else it shouldn’t be with too much coffee and no food. I finally did get something to eat, but still not good.

And I am talking about both the corporate and political world. Actually with the corporate world it is pretty straightforward, but with the political world it is much more encompassing.  And yes it is the political party machines, they are worthless to the average American citizen even though the citizens do not realize it yet, and worse they treat you like pieces of fecal matter with impunity.

Anyway I am so mad I cannot think. I have a blinding headache and I mean blinding like I need to shut my eyes to control the pain and blinding like rage against the machine with apologies to the band.

I am going to do a podcast and write something on this because it is beyond the pale well the political aspect is beyond the pale, the corporate anger is pretty straight forward. A bit of a nuisance, but still just too much expectation that I want to make them happy instead of them making me happy as the customer. And on a side note, I did something different this morning way out of my comfort zone, but in speaking with people involved they were just as ticked off as I was about the corporate intrusion.

Right now I am too angry to think, much less put together anything that makes sense. I had to drive around this morning and my brain went off on so many tangents I cannot begin to function at the moment.

Also I have functional things to do today that are on a time deadline so need to complete those tasks first anyway. It is for something that helps people out in the long run especially kiddos so maybe doing something positive will alleviate my anger a tad.

There will be at least a podcast and maybe I will write something productive because the reason for my anger needs to be addressed. I cannot believe more people are not screaming to high heaven today, but maybe I just haven’t run across anything yet. I will keep my eyes open and hopefully I can find some solace in others discussing the same topic.

And as you know I am radically independent, a conservative, and a populist, but I think anyone and everyone should be as upset as am I. The abuse of seniors or taking advantage of them is just wrong.

Vote Independent or third party, why?

 

From MSN article by Andrew Lisa: “Even so, the rich get richer with every presidential cycle while the middle class continues shrinking.”

This may seem like it could be taken out of context. It wasn’t, this is from an article talking about what Trump will do for the middle class, by the way, the article goes on to say:

“A second Trump presidency could affect middle-class finances through potential tax policy changes,” Pace said. “During Trump’s first term, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 offered limited benefits to middle-income earners and more extensive benefits to the wealthy and corporations. Similar future policies could result in minimal tax relief for the middle class and possibly larger budget deficits, raising concerns about future tax increases or cuts in essential services.”

In assessing the impact of the TCJA, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Brookings Institute wrote, “The 2017 tax law doesn’t help the middle class. The benefits of the law tilt toward the well-off both now and in the future, according to the distributional analysis of the Tax Policy Center. By 2027, benefits of the tax law flow entirely to the rich.”

Yet don’t think I am supporting Harris. Go back to the opening sentence… the rich get richer in every presidential cycle…  the author may tend towards Harris, but the reality is for the last forty years or more the wealth gap has been shrinking, yet the stock market has gone up. So why does the gap shrink;  because no one in either party actually fights for the middle class. Sure every now and then a bill gets passed that sounds good, but overall the working and middle class have absolutely no representation in Congress.

Why? Because the Democrat and Republican party has only one goal, getting elected and re-elected. So you hear quite a bit of talk every election cycle, but by the next cycle you need to hear the same promises again because nothing was done for you.

Tired of it yet? Obviously I have been for quite some time which is one reason I keep beating the same ole horse all the time, but hopefully one day people’s eyes and ears will open.

And Trump will raise your taxes indirectly with tariffs and Harris will do what all Democrats do raise your taxes to pay for benefits our government can no longer afford.

To me our government could afford the benefits by making the distribution more efficient, but don’t expect a Democrat to figure that out. Oh by the way, Musk’s efficiency idea though is not what I am talking about. He will just shut down the government and shift all benefits to a few billionaires and you will be holding one giant bag of nothing costing you a fortune.

People will say you are wasting your vote if you vote third party or independent. Ask them when wasn’t my vote wasted. Everything is getting worse, wealth gap, quality of education, social security needs work (fixable, but nobody in Congress wants to do what is best for you) and so on.

A republican or democrat will tell you some inkling of an idea or fact that sounds like they did something, but again the slow deterioration is still happening. If either was actually doing something, then things would change. And then they will say, it is not us, it is the other side. That should tell you right away, that the blame game is part of the problem. If people really wanted to do something they would overcome the other side and do better.

So be bold, be strong and vote for your interests. Find a third party or independent candidate and vote for them. Sure they probably won’t win, but once you make the first step it is easier to start looking for something better. And once we get out of the mindset we must vote for the duopoly or the lesser of two evils others will see it can be done. Just think if third parties receive larger numbers then other people will notice and eventually people with viable ideas will feel that might have a chance to make changes.

I will be writing in a name for President and the Senate race in Texas. And both are approved write in candidates so my votes should be counted. I am going to go over my precinct results to make sure at least one for each and possibly two since the better half has come over to the force and no longer votes for the dark side. Research all your available options in your area and see which of those come closest to your values. No one may be perfect, but seriously if you are holding your nose and voting for someone you don’t like because you feel you have to, start researching.

And don’t let people say the other side is so bad you have to vote for my side, stop right there, wish them well and go back to researching. The hyperbole is insane and not real and this election is going to be close so voting outside the duopoly will make a bigger impact because both parties will realize you have learned they don’t care a damn about you, but themselves.

VOTE!  And check your precinct results, because you would have a very real and serious case if you know who you voted for and nothing shows.

Cheers

Finally someone gets it

 

I saw this cartoon and I wanted to share:

Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller (msn.com)

 

Basically it says why we need new parties better than me or hopefully it gets through to people better than me.

 

Cheers