Thursday, April 3, 2025

Loyal Opposition

 

The key to a functional democracy.

Per the Mirriam-Webster dictionary; a minority party especially in a legislative body whose opposition to the party in power is constructive, responsible, and bounded by loyalty to fundamental interests and principles. A well-fortified minority will tend to improve legislative debate and can become a genuine loyal opposition.

·         Minority Party

Even though they seem to have failed to grasp this fact, democrats are the minority party and as such, they need work with the majority in order to legitimately govern in the United States Congress. The minority cannot pass any legislative bills without votes from the majority party. They do not hold leadership positions in either the House or Senate. They do not chair any committees. Any legislation desired by democrats must first be approved and moved to the floor for debate by the majority leader. Although the legacy media amplifies democrat denunciations, they do so with the realization that democrats are powerless to impose their will due to their minority standing. This is how a Constitutional Republic is supposed to function. As Barack Obama famously declared, “Elections have consequences.”

·         Opposition Party

Democrats certainly do check the opposition box, as they obstruct the majority party, and vehemently oppose any policy actions brought forward by the administration. With lawsuits filed before hand-picked radical leftist judges they attempt to derail the administration’s agenda. Under the umbrella of the democrat party, their allies organize protests, disrupt Congressional member’s town halls, and foment violence against their “enemies.” Democrat leaders, not only fail to denounce the violence, but they also attempt to justify these unlawful actions. Democrats have become the bitter clingers as Obama accused conservatives. They cling to their strawman arguments, condemning the 1%, accusing others of being existential threats to democracy that they themselves have become, and worshiping at the altar of government largesse.

·         Constructive

They refuse to engage in any meaningful, bipartisan, or constructive debate to conduct the people’s business, instead, consistently with explicit rancor, condemn their counterparts, accusing them of the very behavior they themselves engage in. Democrats erect a virtual wall between themselves and any semblance of bipartisanship, chastising their own if they dare to challenge their chosen narrative. Denouncing policies that a vast majority of the populace supports leaves the democrats on an island. They continue to support leftist ideology that is soundly rejected by their constituency. Democrats criticize DOGE and Elon Musk when waste, fraud, and inefficiencies are exposed, choosing to protect their public sector union benefactors rather than the taxpayers they are charged to represent. As always, the people are on the short end of this bargain.

·         Responsible

Democrats have exchanged responsible actions with reprehensible behavior. They shout blatant lies from the mountaintops, from declaring MAGA an existential threat to democracy to Elon Musk is stealing Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from you. Pushing a false narrative has never hampered democrats if those lies further their quest for money and power. We have witnessed the weak-minded individuals that have lashed out in violence in response to democrat lies.

·         Loyal

Democrat loyalty remains with the leftist ideology that they still believe is the best option to remain in and regain power. They willfully ignore the Constitution by manipulating voting rules, immigration laws, and continue to engage in lawfare, using rogue, leftist judges to hamstring the duly elected President’s, and by virtue of his election, the people’s agenda.

·         Well-fortified minority

Democrats are fortified by money from left wing organizations and the usual suspects, George Soros, Reid Hoffman, and their ilk. ActBlue, NGO’s, and non-profits launder money and provide cover for democrat illegal campaign fund raising, while furthering illegal immigration schemes, voter fraud, and other leftist goals.

·         Fundamental interests and principals

Democrats are fundamentally opposed to whatever gets in the way of their own self-interests, including their constituency. Their principals have devolved into unconditional support for transgenderism, illegal immigration, and stopping Trump by any means necessary. Opposition to school choice, when public schools are failing miserably, is evidence that their teacher’s union benefactors are paramount in their decision making.

·         Improve legislative debate

Debate in Congress has devolved into shouting matches, derogatory accusations, and downright disruptive behavior by democrats.

Democrats have proven that they have totally disregarded their duty as the loyal opposition and have become merely a conduit for leftist ideology. Democrats will burn the country down if it means they can regain power and rule over the ashes. The democrat party has lost support, exponentially as they are viewed as an obstructive body. In a recent poll, less than 50% of democrats support their own party. Democrats need to be marginalized until such a time as they choose to moderate their extreme positions. If they fail to do so, they need to be voted out of office, wholesale.

 

 

Friday, March 21, 2025

Simon Says..

 

Legacy media pushes the narrative.

Today, with simply a touch on a plethora of devices, one can access so much media content that no one can complain that they are out of touch. “X,” Truth Social, Rumble, podcasts, Instagram, TikTok, and the list goes on and on, affording the consumer various points of view, from conspiracy theory to local issues. One thing that is obvious is that the legacy media has become an echo chamber for the democrat party and leftist ideology. Coverage from one network to the next are nearly identical, utilizing the same talking points. Yet, the legacy media continues to entrap the gullible into blindly accepting their chosen narrative. Perhaps we need to look to history and realize when we are being fed propaganda.

Trump Derangement Syndrome has morphed into an overriding paranoia for far too many. Those who suffer from this all-consuming hatred jeopardize their own sanity. Much like the “useful idiots” in the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, they will shun their family if they support MAGA and will “dox” friends and family that are Republican. Anything the Trump administration proposes are fought to the bitter end, even if American society benefits from the programs. This is absolute lunacy and any community leader with the unbridled audacity to support this type of hatred should be called out.

College students that follow their professor’s insane leftist-anti American screeds to support Hamas, Hezbollah, and their ilk, particularly the LGTBQI+ for Palestine are the poster children for all that is wrong with higher education. Students that rail against free speech, meritocracy, and capitalism, simply parrot talking points without any real understanding of their alleged “grievances.” Foreign guests, taking advantage of our educational system, rail against the very nation that affords them the opportunity.

For those that can rationally think, Donald Trump is President for every citizen of the United States, whether you support him or not. Rational thinkers accepted Joe Biden as the President and supported policies that benefited the people of this great nation. TDS sufferers cannot support anything that the Trump administration is doing, even if it benefits the nation. TDS sufferers are unhinged and lost in a fog of irrational hate. TDS sufferers need to take a step back, reassess their priorities, and get a grasp on reality.

Organized protests and criminal vandals are targeting Tesla owners, Tesla Dealerships, and Tesla charging stations, aimed at harming Elon Musk and deterring his efforts with DOGE. And the silence from democrat leaders whose rhetoric fomented this violence is deafening. The legacy media fail to condemn these criminal acts, instead equating this deranged violence with the January 6th rioting.  What sense does that make? Both should be roundly condemned. These “virtue preening” idiots are disturbed individuals that accept a false narrative.

Legacy media condemns Musk for financially supporting Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice candidate Brad Schimel while they ignore the fact that George Soros and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker have donated to the campaign of his opponent, Susan Crawford. And there are those who blindly accept this reporting as truth, condemning Musk for trying to buy a Supreme Court seat. Cherry picked news reports of a Danish man refusing to purchase American made products, “economists” claiming that tariffs will drive inflation, and emphasizing any other information that discredits Trump. What they fail to understand is that they are not only driving public opinion in the US, but they are also casting aspersions upon this nation, worldwide. When this nation thrives, so do its’ citizens. When this nation thrives, the economy roars. When this nation thrives, everyone is lifted upon the waves of prosperity. Democrat leadership and the legacy media’s constant denigrations of the Trump administration are detrimental to our nation. We are all damaged when world opinion turns against us.

Journalism requires that reporting be factual and unbiased. Legacy media does neither. Our God gave us minds to reason and the ability to ascertain right from wrong. It is time that we use our minds to determine what is truth and follow it. It is time to determine what is lies and reject it. It is time to call out those who use their positions of authority to feed us lie upon lie. It is time for our nation to engage in rational thought rather than falling prey to irrational emotional responses. It is time for our nation to understand how destructive unrestrained hatred can be to mental well-being. It is time we relearned as a nation to love our neighbor as ourselves.

“Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.” Romans 13:10