Jim Henson was psychic!!!

In the  midst of all the angst of the political season, you’ve got to keep a sense of humor too!   This made me smile when I got it in an email….. So, I'm sharing it with you.

 Keep smilin'!

George Orwell predicted it....

The headlines read “FBI recommends no charges against Hillary Clinton [for her use of a secret email server to conduct government business].”

In that same announcement, FBI Directory James Comey acknowledged that:

·        She was “extremely careless” in her use of that secret email server while serving as United States Secretary of State.

·        “More than 100 email chains Mrs. Clinton was part of contained information that was classified at the time she sent or received it, and thousands of other messages have since been ‘up-classified.’ 

·        “Her lawyers didn’t even read every message when deciding which ones they deemed work-related.

·        “He and his investigators found no evidence Mrs. Clinton intentionally tried to mishandle classified information, and he said they could find no other situations where a successful case had been made against someone in a similar situation.”

Are they serious? Sadly, yeah; they are. This is just more of the decay and corruption that has infested the United States government of the past 24 years – since her “husband” first occupied the Oval Orifice.

“[Comey] said those who behave like Mrs. Clinton often face administrative sanctions from their employers, or lose security privileges. But since she’s ”out of office now, neither of those alternatives is available in her case.” Sooooooo, do ya think that her conduct should render her ineligible to serve as….oh, I don’t know; President of the United States? An office she is currently the Democrat Party’s candidate for ? A position in which, if she wins, she most definitely WILL have to have a security clearance for!

As for not finding any evidence that Hillary Clinton intentionally mishandled classified documents, whatever happened to “Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse?” And you’re telling me that in the Uniform Code of Military Justice or U.S. Federal Law, there are “no other situations” where a serviceperson was not dishonorably discharged and/or sent to Leavenworth for sloppy handling of classified materials?

In his announcement this morning, Director Comey said, “Although there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case. …. To be clear, this is not to suggest that in similar circumstances, a person who engaged in this activity would face no consequences.” Really, then why doesn’t Hillary Clinton have to face consequences for her actions then? This is fair and equal justice for all?

Oh, but I forgot; we’re talking about the Clintons and where the Clintons – both Bill and Hill – are concerned, George Orwell said it best in his book Animal Farm; “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL,
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.”

SOURCES:

Dinan, Stephen. "FBI Recommends No Charges against Hillary Clinton."Washington Times. The Washington Times, 5 July 2016. Web. 05 July 2016.

Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Print.

“Up the rebels and down the British!” Independence Day blog, July 4, 2016

In the 1972 movie, “1776,” and the musical that was its inspiration, there is an dispute in the Continental Congress about referring to Britain’s King George III as a “tyrant.”

Delaware’s John Dickinson moved that any reference of George III as a "tyrant" removed from the Declaration.

Thomas Jefferson: Just a moment, Mr. Thomson. I do not consent. The king is a tyrant whether we say so or not. We might as well say so.

Charles Thomson: But I already scratched it out.

Thomas Jefferson: Then scratch it back in!

John Hancock: Put it back, Mr. Thomson. The King will remain a tyrant.

Today we celebrate the American Revolution's declaring the American Colonies’ independence from Great Britain. Our forefathers rejected the following imposed on them by Britain:

• The Stamp Act which imposed on the American Colonists “Taxation without representation.”
• The Coercive Acts, among other things, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America.
•  The Tea Act in 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade. 

Well, let’s see where we stand now on these items 240 years downstream of declaring independence:

•       America is taxed to hell and back with what has deteriorated into all but a sham of representation of the common man in Congress it has gotten so corrupt and self-serving.
•       It seems that certain American officials are now immune to criminal prosecution in America –

o   Barry Obama was accused by Senator Ted Cruz, the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, of 76 illegal acts in his presidency to date.

o   Bill & Hillary Clinton (abuses of power – using the IRS and FBI as weapons against political opponents, lying under oath – hell; lying like rugs about anything & everything, attempts to loot taxpayer-funded items from the White House, Travelgate, Chinagate, Filegate and Pardongate and who could forget Hillary’s 9,987% profit in just nine months on cattle futures because of a highly placed connection at Tyson Foods, which – “coincidentally” was the largest employer in Arkansas and a BIG Clinton donor.  To say nothing of her alleged illegalities regarding accepting inappropriate contributions from foreign nations and her sloppy email security when she was Secretary of State.)

o   And let’s not forget Al Sharpton’s and former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s  unresolved tax troubles.

Anyone want to place any bets that any one of these individuals will prosecuted on any of these things? Anyone want to place any bets that if any one of us commoners were to do any one of these things we’d get the same treatment in the law that these individuals have received?

And while we’re not being forced to quarter troops in our own homes (3^rd Amendment of Bill of Rights) or rescinded the right of trial by jury, we certainly have seen:

• assaults on religious freedom and free speech (1^st Amendment of Bill of Rights),
• assaults on the citizenry’s right to keep and bear arms (2^nd Amendment, which states literally states “shall not be infringed.” Apparently somebody forgot to tell the Democrat Party about this).
• Every man, woman and child traveling as a paying passenger on an airliner these days continue to have their rights under the 4^th Amendment of the Bill of Rights constantly pummeled by being forced to take off their shoes and subject themselves to being x-rayed and illegally molested by TSA officials at the airport
• The citizenry is not to be deprived … liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. Yet we’ve seen all kinds of violations of due process – the latest being the liberals’ latest idea to deny anyone who finds themselves on the “no fly” list with the ability to “keep and bear arms.” And should that be enacted, just what protection does one have from being declared a “security risk” merely for disagreeing with the liberal agenda? And Lord knows the EPA and “imminent domain” have done more than their share of denying property without truly “just” compensation. (5^th Amendment)
• And, just exactly how much did Nakoula Basseley Nakoula “enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense” as provided by the 6^th Amendment of the Bill of Rights for his alleged crime of producing a supposedly anti-Islam video that Hillary Clinton et al tried to blame for her tragic and fatal fiasco in Benghazi, Libya in 2012?
• And how does the infatuation with applying Sharia Law in US Courts – like the city council of Dearborn, Michigan which voted 4-3 to become the first US city to officially implement all aspects of Sharia Law – square with the 7th Amendment of the Bill of Rights which states that civil trials in any court of the United States, shall be decided according to the rules of the common law? Furthermore, how does it square with Bill’s 8th Amendment which prohibits cruel and unusual punishments – you know, like stoning, beheading, hands cut off and the like? Answer: It doesn’t.
• And, let’s take a look at how the Federal courts – the Courts of Appeals and the Supreme Court being the most glaring examples – abuse the living hell out of the 10th Amendment to the Bill of Rights which states “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Has the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court declarations that properly state legislated and/or voted on laws against illegal immigration, healthcare and gay marriage (just to mention three examples) been properly reserved to the States or the people therein? Answer: Not no, but hell no. If a state passes a law the liberal tyrants don’t agree with, the federal courts just rule it unconstitutional.

In light of such abuses to the Bill of Rights, it’s sadly obvious that we’re living in the midst of a tyranny just as devious and oppressive as that of King George III just by different means.

So what do you think? Personally, I can’t help but think General William Tecumseh Sherman said it best when he said, “You politicians have gotten us in a hell of a fix….”*** 

SOURCES:

"Quotes." IMDb. IMDb.com, n.d. Web. 03 July 2016.

*"U.S. Declares Independence." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 4 July 2009. Web. 01 July 2016.

**"Here They Are: Hillary’s 22 Biggest Scandals Ever." WND. N.p., 18 May 2015. Web. 01 July 2016.

***Klingaman, William K. Abraham Lincoln and the Road to Emancipation, 1861-1865. New York: Viking, 2001. Print.

**** Hodges, D. "Sharia Law Is Attempting to Replace the U.S. Constitution - Freedom Outpost." Freedom Outpost. N.p., 09 Sept. 2015. Web. 02 July 2016.

*****White, T. "The Five Worst Grievances of King George III." Prezi.com. N.p., 09 Oct. 2013. Web. 03 July 2016.

Another step towards Sharia Law in London?

The Muslim mayor of London, England – yeah, that’s right; the capital city of Merry Old England now has a Muslim chief executive - called for a ban on ads showing women in bikinis in the city’s subway stations and trains (aka “The Tube”).

Hizzoner Da Mayor claims that he’s doing it to reduce pressure on people – particularly women – who may feel stressed because they have less than perfect bodies compared to those shown in the ads. “No one's confidence or body image should be undermined by ads on our transport system,” tweeted London Mayor Sadiq Khan. “Adverts which put Londoners under pressure over body image are to be banned from the Tube and bus networks.”*

However, his critics wonder if this isn’t a subtle but major first step towards further installing Sharia Law in the United Kingdom as recently, advertisements featuring bikini-clad models were spray painted over in England’s city of Birmingham. Birmingham has a high Muslim population - 21.85% in 2011.**

What is equally amazing – and possibly alarming - is how little coverage the politically-correct United States media has given this “interesting” development. They’re much too busy trying to blame the 2^nd Amendment for the recent domestic terror attack committed by a Muslim wherein he slaughtered 49 unarmed people inside a nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

SOURCES:

*"London’s Muslim Mayor Bans Sexy Women In Advertisements." The Daily Caller. N.p., 13 June 2016. Web. 14 June 2016.

** "Demography of Birmingham." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 Apr. 2016. Web. 14 June 2016.

If you outlaw guns, only the outlaws and an oppressive government will have the guns.

Ronnie Dunn is right.

The illogic and stupidity of the anti-gun narrative is as obvious as daylight – except to the likes of Barry Obama and Hillary Clinton and their ilk.

But of course, gun control isn’t REALLY about guns at all. It's all about more governmental control over the masses. And THAT is the breeding ground of despotism, tyranny and oppression.

CONTENT SOURCE: Reynolds, B. "Brooks & Dunn Singer Ronnie Dunn Blasts President Obama's Comments on Orlando Massacre." Houston Chronicle. N.p., 13 June 2016. Web. 13 June 2016.

GRAPHIC SOURCE: Facebook (13 June, 2016) Ronnie Dunn. Retrieved 13 June, 2016 from https://www.facebook.com/RonnieDunnMusic/

The soft tyranny dictatorship tightens its stranglehold.

Today, in a 7-4 vote, the absolutely out-of-control 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the Hopeless State of Californication upheld a California law that says applicants must supply a "good cause" (aka “just cause”) to obtain a concealed-carry firearms permit.* This ruling overturned a previous decision by that very same court that allowed carry-concealed permits to be granted to applicants who only wanted to have them for personal safety.

This ruling, while binding in nine Western states, sets some terrible precedent that can be used against law-abiding gun owners who currently possess carry-concealed permits granted in the other 41 states – especially if this issue makes it into other Circuits’ appeals courts or the Supreme Court of the United States. This ruling will require even law-abiding citizens to show that they routinely carry large amounts of cash or valuables or are being stalked or threatened or – remember it’s California - are celebrities who fear for their safety.

Realize this appeal attempts to deny the:

1. very wording of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution (item # 2 of the Bill of RIGHTS) that states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed," and
2. The lawful right of a law-abiding citizen who is legally licensed by a state NOT requiring such a "good cause" (also called "just cause") to have such a carry concealed permit:

Sadly, the soft tyranny dictatorship that our federal government has become is slowly but surely tightening its stranglehold on its subjects. Today was just one more nail in the coffin lid for the once-great nation of the United States.

*FoxNews (9 June, 2016) FoxNews.com. Appeals court rules no constitutional right to carry concealed guns. Retrieved 9 June, 2016 from http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/09/appeals-court-rules-no-constitutional-right-to-carry-concealed-guns.html

You can surely tell what's coming....

As the presidential election year swings into full gear – or what some might call “the silly season” – it’s just hit the news wires this week that Hillary Clinton has secured a historic nomination as the first female presidential nominee ever in the United States. Whatever.

Considering how corrupt the Democrat party’s primary process has become what with all their “super delegate” primary/caucus states and the stranglehold the Clintons have had over the Democrat Party since 1990, it’s really not surprising that she’s their nominee this election cycle.

But what is surprising is how anyone could vote for Hillary Clinton and NOT expect another presidency full of lies, scandals and deterioration of the credibility of the office of President of the United States. To vote for her and expect anything other than 4 more years of the corruption, abuse and deceit that America’s first black president gave us with his “most transparent presidential administration in history,” well, that’s just beyond my comprehension.

Why? Because all one would have to do is take an objective, analytical look at the eight years her husband and the eight years Barry Hussein Obama occupied the Oval Office to see in absolutely crystal clear detail the deceit, corruption, scandals and the abuses of power that are coming with a Hillary presidency. It will be tantamount to four more years (at least) of the havoc wreaked upon us by both Slick Willy and most recently Obama.

To expect anything more virtuous would be tantamount to absolute insane fantasy.

All I can say is, if you cast your vote for her and that lot she comes from, then you better not complain or claim to be shocked when the swirling cesspool that is the rotten to the core presidency (maybe dictatorship) that you should well be able to see coming by now becomes a reality. You’ll only have your own stupidity in how you voted to thank for it. And the rest of us will be able to thank you for proving the old axiom that “a fool with a cool tool (in this case your vote) is still a fool.”