Politcs... and Acorns On The Driveway

Walking our dog regularly in the neighborhood is sometimes boring and sometimes funny. Like when our dog suddenly Molly stops and is scared of a new branch that had fallen on the neighbors yard since the last time we went by. And sometime the walk puts you deep in thought. One of those times happened to me recently.

About 2 months ago, we walked by a house close by that had many cars from out of town in the  driveway and parked in the street. These cars were there for what seemed like about a week. I wondered what the family had going on. Not in a nosy way just thoughts of family and what happens to cause them to gather.

Then about a month ago I noticed the same kind of thing at another house around another corner where I would often see the owner out blowing leaves and acorns off his driveway. Lots of cars and people were gathering for several days at the house where the man kept it beautiful. Cars, house, lawn and even the driveway. I would see him out there regularly blowing off the driveway of leaves and acorns from the large oak tree in their front yard. 

I often wondered if he blew the driveway off several times a day with that leaf blower. The home was beautiful and that driveway and lawn were always spotless! On previous walks the man was active. Keeping the cars shiny and the yard clean and was probably mid 70's and always gave back a smile and a wave. 

Then one day I noticed a larger than normal number of cars in that same driveway and parked along the street. Seeing all the cars I was again wondering about the family and the folks gathering. Later after walking Molly I searched the newspaper for obituaries but none seemed to connect. So I just assumed it was a birthday or anniversary or something for a family get together.

Then yesterday a few days later, Molly and I walked by the home again on her afternoon walk and I noticed something. The cars were mostly gone bit I did see something. Acorns on the driveway. Suddenly I was saddened and hoped it was a fluke and perhaps he just had not been out there yet today. Molly and I continued and all the way home I could not stop thinking about the neighbor. Later I searched the obituaries again and found one with a photo of a local man that had passed away. I did some research and confirmed my thoughts. He had passed away about a week previous.

We never know when our time is up on earth and the acorns on the driveway made me reflect and think of my life. It made me think about the political firestorm our elections cause these days. I didn't know him but it didn't matter, his political beliefs didn't matter. But I bet he was a good man and a good American. I did wonder if he ever thought about what happens to the acorns in the driveway after he is gone? Will our family members remember the family differences in politics after we are gone? I often wonder why am I here. And I wonder if anyone notices the things I do or don't do. 

I do wonder what happens to my acorns on the driveway.

BREAKING - Deadly Incident at U.S. Capital

Sadly there was a Capital Police officer killed today. We pray for his family and friends. The state of our national politics is so dangerous. And the media may be the most guilty party. Here are some of my observations.

CNN put up a map of the grounds with a pointer to the site that they labeled "DEADLY INCIDENT". Of course this was AFTER they learned the identity of the deceased attacker. Would this have been labeled a DEADLY INCIDENT if the attacker would have been white? Or just imagine the headline if the guy had been wearing a RED hat. The label would have read WHITE SUPREMIST ATTACK. Why not label it truthfully as a NATION OF ISLAM attack? By the way the attacker was black and according to his facebook page a supporter of Louis Farrakhan. No white supremist here. Nothing to see here. From THE BLAZE Breaking: Authorities identify man who rammed car into Capitol Police as Nation of Islam follower.

Immediately the Blue Check Twitter yahoos called it a White Nationalist MAGA supporter attack. Here is the evidence. In case they get removed... I have included the tweets below.

    

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— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) April 2,

 

This is RACISM or NOT?

"I’ve said, here and elsewhere, that one of the principal benefits of the pandemic is how I’ve been able to exclude racism and blackness generally from my day-to-day life. Over the past year, I have, of course, still had to interact with black people on Zoom or watch them on television or worry about whether they would succeed in preventing a white-supremacist president. But black people aren’t in my face all of the time. I can, more or less, only deal with blackness when I want to. The cops aren’t hunting me when I drive through their neighborhood; their hang-ups aren’t bothering me (or threatening me) when I’m just trying to do some shopping.

That’s because I haven’t been driving or shopping in person. Black people haven’t improved; I’ve just been able to limit my exposure to them. I’ve turned my house into Wakanda: a technically advanced, globally isolated home base from which I can pick and choose when and how often to interact with black people." 

The above example IF published in a major American Magazine, would have been immediately been banned, the magazine put out of business, the writer fired and shamed in to oblivion. But below is how it was ACTUALLY published in The NATION magazine. A piece written by Elie Mystal. Now you tell me please how this is NOT racist? It is both enlightening and frightening that there is not outrage from every American on this. But it's a Liberal magazine so I guess they are WOKE enough to escape criticism?

Here is the excerpt from the actual post and the link....  https://www.thenation.com

"I’ve said, here and elsewhere, that one of the principal benefits of the pandemic is how I’ve been able to exclude racism and whiteness generally from my day-to-day life. Over the past year, I have, of course, still had to interact with white people on Zoom or watch them on television or worry about whether they would succeed in reelecting a white-supremacist president. But white people aren’t in my face all of the time. I can, more or less, only deal with whiteness when I want to. Their cops aren’t hunting me when I drive through my neighborhood; their hang-ups aren’t bothering me (or threatening me) when I’m just trying to do some shopping.

That’s because I haven’t been driving or shopping in person. White people haven’t improved; I’ve just been able to limit my exposure to them. I’ve turned my house into Wakanda: a technically advanced, globally isolated home base from which I can pick and choose when and how often to interact with white people." 

Great Interview - Richard Grenell

What a GREAT interview.... with Richard Grenell. Former acting National Intelligence Director. Many topics covered from the beginning light hearted question about UFO's to the BILLIONS we are spending for our State Department in CONGO? 

Richard was the first openly gay appointed cabinet member, sadly he was not ever formerly nominated and it sounded like it was HIS choice. He is incredibly smart, funny and easy to understand like you are talking to a friend of yours. Regardless of your political views, please listen to this interview.

 

HOUSE REPUBLICANS STAND TOGETHER - WOW!

Why did House Republicans all vote NO on the 2021 Covid Relief Bill? For one... it would have passed regardless of their votes since the Democrats have a slight majority. And two... Republicans have always objected to large wide ranging relief bills that cost taxpayers TRILLIONS of dollars. Instead the Conservatives have always been in favor of targeting the bill to be ONLY for Covid relief. 

As Representative Kevin McCarthy states...... “The Democrats' “COVID” bill is too expansive and too expensive. Only 9% of the $1.9 trillion will be spent to actually fight the pandemic. “

Below are SOME of the examples that were included in this bill that are NOT direct Covid relief items.

"SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED" FARMERS AND RANCHERS

Addressing farm loans, the bill states that the Agriculture Department "shall provide a payment in an amount equal to 120% of the outstanding indebtedness of each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021, to pay off the loan directly or to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher." 

The purpose of the debt payments is to "alleviate discriminatory barriers preventing socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers from fully participating in the American farm economy." 

The bill also provides another $1 billion to the same group for "outreach, mediation, financial training, capacity building training, cooperative development training and support, and other technical assistance to socially disadvantaged groups." 

FINE ARTS AND MUSEUMS

The bill allocates $135 million to the National Endowment for the Arts and another $135 million to the National Endowment of the Humanities. 

Meanwhile, the bill also allocates $200 million to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

PRESERVING NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES

The bill also gives $10 million for the "preservation and maintenance of Native American languages."

 

PERK for FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ONLY

A paid leave perk buried deep in President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package offers to pay federal government employees to stay home if at least one of their children is in attendance at a school that has not returned to full-time in-person operation.

The provision, exclusive to federal workers, is sure to draw ire from conservatives as the albatross 591-page document known as the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" advances through Congress. The bill has been roundly criticized by Republicans as wasteful and filled with "bailouts, pork, and unrelated policy changes" since its introduction in the House last Friday.

The measure is supported by the "Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund," which is outlined on page 305 of the House version of the bill. Under the new legislation, $570 million set to be deposited into the fund 

STATE FUNDING BAILOUTS ( NY and California mostly)

350 Billion to poorly ran states as a bailout. The majority of the money goes to California and New York. At the expense of ALL tax payers. You and me.

BRIDGE from NY to CANADA

1.5 million to build a bridge from New York to Canada. Why is this Covid related? It's not. It's "Schumer Shi*"

SILICONE VALLEY UNDERGROUND RAIL PROJECT

House Covid bill has 100 MILLION in funding for the Silicon Valley underground railway project in California. That's called "Pelosi Pork"

RIP Rush - Who Conservatives Are

RIP Rush Limbaugh. I have been a listener since the 1980's and you will be missed by me and millions of others. Here is text from a speech given by Rush in 2009.

Source: The Blaze - Remembering Rush

Rush..."Now, seriously, for those of you watching on C-SPAN as well, and on Fox, I want to tell you who we all are in this room. I want to tell you who conservatives are. We conservatives have not done a good enough job of just laying out basically who we are because we make the mistake of assuming people know. What they know is largely incorrect based on the way we are portrayed in pop culture, in the Drive-By Media, by the Democrat Party.

Let me tell you who we conservatives are: We love people. When we look out over the United States of America, when we are anywhere, when we see a group of people, such as this or anywhere, we see Americans. We see human beings. We don't see groups. We don't see victims. We don't see people we want to exploit. What we see -- what we see is potential. We do not look out across the country and see the average American, the person that makes this country work. We do not see that person with contempt. We don't think that person doesn't have what it takes. We believe that person can be the best he or she wants to be if certain things are just removed from their path like onerous taxes, regulations and too much government.

We want every American to be the best he or she chooses to be. We recognize that we are all individuals. We love and revere our founding documents, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. We believe that the preamble to the Constitution contains an inarguable truth that we are all endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life. Liberty, Freedom. And the pursuit of happiness. Those of you watching at home may wonder why this is being applauded. We conservatives think all three are under assault.

We don't want to tell anybody how to live. That's up to you. If you want to make the best of yourself, feel free. If you want to ruin your life, we'll try to stop it, but it's a waste. We look over the country as it is today, we see so much waste, human potential that's been destroyed by 50 years of a welfare state. By a failed war on poverty.

We love the people of this country. And we want this to be the greatest country it can be, but we do understand, as people created and endowed by our creator, we're all individuals. We resist the effort to group us. We resist the effort to make us feel that we're all the same, that we're no different than anybody else. We're all different. There are no two things or people in this world who are created in a way that they end up with equal outcomes. That's up to them. 

 

We don't hate anybody. We don't -- I mean, the racism in this country, if you ask me, I know many people in this audience -- let me deal with this head on. You know what the cliché is, a conservative: racist, sexist, bigot, homophobe. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen of America, if you were paying attention, I know you were, the racism in our culture was exclusively and fully on display in the Democrat primary last year.......We want everybody to succeed. You know why? We want the country to succeed, and for the country to succeed, its people -- its individuals -- must succeed. Everyone among us must be pursuing his ambition or her desire, whatever, with excellence. Trying to be the best they can be.

Conservatives are naturally happy. We seek happiness. We pursue it. It's part of who we are. So what can you do? Live your life. I swear, folks, you do not know in just the everyday life that you live in your homes, your neighborhoods, the favorite word of this administration, your "communities." Remember the root word there is "commune." Be happy, live your life according to your values and principles. Know you're going to fail, no human being is perfect, you're going to make mistakes, but live your life -- you'll be stunned at how many people you impress....

......So as you leave here, as you leave here optimism, confidence not guilt, it's not worth it. There's nothing to be guilty about. Don't treat people as children. Respect their intelligence. Realize that there's a way to persuade people. Sometimes the worst way is to get in their face and point a finger. Set up a set of circumstances where the conclusion is obvious. Let them think they came up with the idea themselves. They'll think they're smart that they figured it out. Who cares how you persuade them, the fact they can be persuaded is factually correct, it's possible. But the main thing to do here is stop thinking that we are a minority. Stop thinking that it is being in the minority that liberates you. It is your beliefs. It is your core principles, it is your confidence that liberates you. It's not being in the minority."

Political Violence From... the Left

I'm sure the media told you all about these incidents right? Sad thing is... those who do read this probably have seen and know about it. But those who do not, get their news from popular media sources like CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and shows like The View. And just in case YouTube removes the video... haha why would they do that? Here is a link to a clip from the video that I recorded.

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