License

 

Democrat leaders embolden lawlessness.

What we experience today often mirrors a world that has been imagined in works of fiction. Authors invent circumstances that would appear to be far from reality, but in today’s upside-down world fiction replaces reality as the left embraces the absurd. Democrats focus much of their energy emulating dogma taken from a number of well-known novels that envision dystopian societies.

George Orwell’s novel 1984 portends of a totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother that seeks to control all aspects of the people’s lives. “Who controls the past controls the future.” “Ignorance is strength.” Fact becomes fiction as the unhinged left works feverishly to destroy democracy, replace it with socialism, and with that, create a dystopian society where the Constitution is torn up and freedoms curtailed. Leftists are more than content to rule over the ashes.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, some of the animals were deemed, “more equal” than others. “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” DEI, ESG, and other “woke” ideology seeks to elevate individuals solely based upon the color of one’s skin, not the content of one’s character or merit. So much for working towards a color-blind society.

In Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451, books were banned and if any were discovered, firemen were tasked to burn them. “A book is a loaded gun in the house next door…Who knows who might be the target of the well-read man?” During Joe Biden’s administration, his Department of Justice colluded with social media companies to control their chosen narrative and censor speech in which they disagreed. Dissenters were cancelled and shadow banned, including the nation’s longest operating newspaper, the New York Post.

Sean Connery’s role as James Bond 007 came with the caveat, “license to kill.” Democrats unhinged, capricious, and incessant ranting against our President and Republicans have incited weak-minded individuals to commit numerous acts of violence. In some cases, democrats have attempted to justify that violence. Well, Senator Schumer, you certainly have unleashed a whirlwind of mayhem and lawlessness.

An encounter with a transvestite is the subject of the 1970 Kinks song, Lola, “Boys will be girls and girls will be boys, it’s a mixed up muddled up shook up world.” Today the democrat party, leftist ideologues, and useful idiot liberals promote transgender medical intervention for children too young to understand the concept of gender and sexuality. In a society that prohibits minors from obtaining a tattoo, requires attaining the age of 21 in order to legally drink alcoholic beverages, and demands parental approval for school field trip attendance, attempting to encourage gender dysphoria in children certainly fits the bill as a mixed up, muddled, and shook-up world!

Mainstream or moderate democrats have become a scarce commodity as leftist ideology has been mainstreamed into the ethos of this misguided political party. Democrats take the low road as their rhetoric devolves from constructive dialogue into name calling and foul language. Democrats utter lack of respect for any opinions that differ from their chosen narrative cause them to revile and reject those in which they disagree. There is no compromise. There is no common ground. Democrats decide to die on the hill advocating for ideology that only a tiny minority truly support. Evil has come out into the light and the democrats are exposed for what they really are.

All bets are off while absurdity reigns. Hate your neighbors if they are conservative. Unfriend anyone who had the audacity to vote for Trump. Shun your family at Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners if they are conservative. Justify violence in the name of saving democracy from the false narrative of an “existential” threat. Fight Trump and Republicans by all means necessary, even if it is at a great cost to this nation.

Democrats have been overwhelmed by the mass hysteria that is Trump Derangement Syndrome. Many others are also inflicted with this disease, as they blindly follow in lockstep with the narrative parroted by a left leaning media. “Whoever is filled with hate disguises it with his speech, but inside he holds on to deceit. When he talks charmingly, do not trust him because of the seven disgusting things in his heart. His hatred is deceitfully hidden, but his wickedness will be revealed to the community.” Proverbs 26:24-26. Adam Schiff, Leticia James, Nancy Pelosi, and of all those that use their political office to enrich themselves, democrats dominate the list. Democrats’ wickedness and deceit is being revealed daily. This verse seems to fit today’s democrat party to a tee.

“Regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin. The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.” Psalm 36:1-4

The evil that has overwhelmed the democrat party must be rejected. If democrats refuse to moderate and return to some semblance of normalcy, they must be soundly rejected at the ballot box.

 

 

Don’t Let the Door….

 

Biden’s lasting legacy.

The reign of President Joseph R. Biden is, thankfully, coming to a fitting conclusion. This useful idiot has signed any and all manner of leftist policies that his handlers placed in front of him. Climate change, stimulus, transgender rights, and on and on. Even so, when his cognitive decline was apparent for all to see during the June debate with President-elect Trump and polling showed there was no possibility for him to be re-elected, he was shoved to the side like so much dirty laundry. He has been an empty suit for his entire four-year term, easily manipulated by the deep state. He was so deluded that after the 2024 election, he proclaimed himself to be the only person capable of defeating Trump in 2024. If that is not evidence of a lack of self-awareness, I don’t know what is.

In his farewell address to the nation, he lifted a defiant middle finger of disdain to anyone who cared to listen to him slurring his speech while attempting to read a teleprompter. This 16-minute screed, littered with predictable leftist talking points, petulant grievances leveled at the incoming President, and disingenuous praises for his myriads of failures, demonstrated his utter disdain for the people he was put into office to serve. Joe Biden, who for over fifty years suckled from the teat of government largesse, used his positions of authority to enrich himself and his family. He is the poster child for all that is wrong about “lifelong civil servants” stuck in the silo of Washington DC with little or no clue how the real world works. Joe Biden is a proud card-carrying member of the “Deep State.”

Not unlike the character Ron Burgandy, portrayed by Will Farrell in the film Anchorman, Biden will read anything set before him. Unfortunately, as his cognitive ability wanes, so does his performance. It has been readily apparent that Biden did not possess the mental acuity to perform the duties of the office of the Presidency even before he took office, but at least he was not Donald Trump. Liberals should be careful in what they wish for. In four short years the incompetency of his administration has decimated our economy, brought us “lawfare,” and degraded our nation’s standing in the world. One of his first executive orders began the onslaught on meritocracy, ordering ESG and DEI to replace excellence and ability with preferred race, gender identity, and equality of outcomes. Promoting transgenderism and sexualizing children is ludicrous at best and likely criminally insane. Allowing unfettered immigration has led to increased criminality and the re-introduction of infectious diseases long eradicated in the nation.

Biden, as he spoke to the nation, began with the customary platitudes and tired cliches of feigned patriotism before he launched into the meat of his criticisms and accusations. He spoke of the resilience of essential workers during the Covid scare, that government arbitrarily determined to be essential, heroism of health care workers, soldiers, and first responders, who were summarily discharged from their positions for refusing an experimental “vaccine” that proved ineffective, and the determination of advocates standing up for our rights and freedoms, that his administration dutifully manipulated social media outlets to censor and censure anyone who did not advocate their chosen narrative. Touting a lie that he inherited an “economic crisis,” his administration used that lie to fuel 19% inflation and increase government spending, aka “stimulus,” that created over $8 trillion in new national debt. Last I checked, gasoline was under $2 per gallon and a dozen eggs could be had for under a dollar on sale under President Trump.

Biden’s total disconnect from reality continued with claims about bringing affordable high-speed internet for every American that to date has connected 2.4 million at a cost of $65 billion, or $2.7 million per hook-up. Affordable for them, not for the taxpayer. Even wilder was his claim of creating 17 million new jobs. Fact check; of those jobs created, over 9 million were recouped from jobs lost during the pandemic, so under Biden, 6 million “new” jobs were created, with more than 25% being government jobs, far less than his claim. But, then again, Biden has never shirked from misrepresenting or flat out engaging in lies. Biden claimed that we have pulled ahead of China. This is classic misinformation. China’s military has already eclipsed the United States. China’s economy is poised to overtake the US economy in the next decade. The US depends upon China for much of our pharmaceutical ingredients, rare earth minerals, telecom equipment, and Chinese companies routinely steal intellectual property by reverse engineering patented products to sell at discount prices.

Biden audaciously claimed to uphold his duty to ensure an orderly transfer of power as he institutes executive orders that limit off-shore oil drilling, extend temporary visas, mandate prison reform, including thousands of pardons for “non-violent” drug offenders, sabotage future international relations, fast tracking $millions to Ukraine, claiming credit for the return of hostages taken by Hamas, even though his own administration’s spokesperson and Israel credited Trump! All this to hamstring the incoming administration’s agenda. Liar, liar, pants on fire!

Perhaps his biggest lie is his strawman argument calling the threat of oligarchy as a danger to our nation as he awards the congressional medal of freedom to George Soros who has worked tirelessly to elect progressive DA’s in democrat cities that refuse to enforce the law. Additionally, his administration’s work to censor Americans in concert with media platforms during the pandemic was tantamount to conspiring with “oligarchs” Jeff Bezos of the Washington Post, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey of Twitter, and more.

So, now that our time together is coming to an end, we wish Joe Biden a fond farewell, bon voyage, and don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. You will be forever remembered as the most corrupt, least competent, and the possessor of the least intellect of any US President. This nation’s nightmare will finally come to an end January 20^th, 2025!

Fight the Good Fight

 

Surrender is not an option in the battle against evil.

Satan and his minions are relentless in their quest to prevent humanity from attaining a personal relationship with God. The evil one uses a variety of techniques to accomplish his goal to separate us from God. By exploiting our personal weaknesses, he will gain a foothold and use those vulnerabilities to his advantage. Much of our current culture embodies those strategies that drive that wedge between humanity and our God. Leftist and woke ideology advocates for many of the things that displease our Lord but most certainly please Satan. Humans have a survival instinct that allows us to fall prey to our innate selfishness. Most of our sin derives from that selfishness. That is how the evil one preys upon those who are weak in faith. He deceives humankind in the same way that he tempted Jesus in the wilderness. Those things of this world that each of us has the proclivity to desire are used to tempt and mislead us.

That is where the left and their unrelenting push for wokeness step in. The things of this world are used as a means to distract us from a right relationship with God. We are called to love our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our minds, and with all our strength. Secondly, we need to love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus said, “No other commandments are greater than these.” There are enough things of this world that distract us and get in the way of our relationship with God. We don’t need the left to add to those distractions as they act as agents of evil.  Wokeness has been adopted by the democrat party and their embrace of that evil is tearing apart this nation. And what exactly are the tenets of leftist ideology and why are they so dangerous to our spiritual life? In order to ascertain what is pleasing to God and what is not we are to turn to Scripture. The following is a comparison of the principles supported by leftism to God’s word.

·         Transgenderism – You shall have no other gods before me. The new religion for the left, having overtaken climate “science.” Embracing transgenderism accomplishes a variety of objectives of the left; sowing division amongst families, placing the children as wards of the state, removing numerous individuals from the gene pool, as they will no longer be able to procreate, and rolling back protections for women.

·         Abortion – You shall not murder. Just as children were sacrificed to the Phoenician/Canaanite god “Moloch” in ancient times, 50 million children have been sacrificed to the god of abortion since Roe v Wade was established. You shall make no idols. A statue commemorating Justice Ruth Bader-Ginsberg, but overtly symbolizing abortion, was placed over the Appellate Division Courthouse in New York.  

 

·         “Anti”-racism, class, and political warfare – Love your neighbor as yourself. The left promotes reverse racism to attack the white majority, in particular white males, falsely calling out white supremacy, white privilege, and the “patriarchy.” They rail at the “1%” and disparage anything conservative.

·         Weaponization of law against political enemies, the “Deep State.” – Again, you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. False claims against, not only Donald Trump, but Christians, conservatives, and anyone with the temerity to counter the lefts’ chosen narrative were in the crosshairs of the Department of Justice. Little old ladies praying in front of Planned Parenthood were sentenced to years in prison. Pre-dawn armed raids by the DOJ to terrorize dissenters, including a raiding a former President’s residence, were unconscionable and likely unlawful. Anarchists are often not charged with any crimes and no investigations to identify those who committed violence during riots while tirelessly searching for any persons that participated in the events at the Capitol on January 6^th, 2021.

·         Open borders – The same law applies both to the native-born and the foreigner residing among you. As in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the Biden Administration reveals that they believe some of us are more equal than others. The US border is crossed illegally by millions of foreigners and the Biden administration rewards those who break our immigration laws with financial benefits and placement within the US borders, while over 300,000 immigrant children have been “lost”, likely being sexually trafficked.

·         CRT, DEI, AND ESG – You shall not covet. Love your neighbor. Critical Race Theory breeds hatred and unduly influences the teaching of our children. Racism is a learned behavior and CRT justifies racism against those deemed “privileged” to our most vulnerable. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies disproportionately elevates race, gender identity, and political ideology above merit and ability, diluting the competency of society’s workforce. Environmental, Social, and Governance policies place undue and burdensome regulations upon the business sector, increasing costs and undermining efficiencies.

·         Disregard of the rule of law – Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly. Democrat District Attorneys pervert the law, willfully ignoring the transgressions of those they deem to be marginalized by society. Along with the lack of enforcement comes anarchy and wanton crime, creating chaos for the law abiding in those cities.

·         Antisemitism and anti-Christianity – For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness. Anyone then who rejects this command does not reject man, but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.” Democrats have consistently rejected God’s word and have supported LGBTQ+, drag queens, gay marriage, and the like, while they champion antisemitism and disparage Christianity.

·         Free speech - We will no longer be influenced by people who use cunning and clever strategies to lead us astray.  Instead, as we lovingly speak the truth, we will grow up completely in our relationship to Christ, who is the head. Government propaganda and censorship is embraced by the legacy media and the democrat party falsely claiming it is imperative that mis and disinformation be controlled. They believe the people are too stupid to be able to ascertain right from wrong, fact from fiction.

To resist evil, it must first be identified and targeted. The democrat party has decided to embrace the evil that is leftist ideology. Until such a time as democrats choose to moderate their positions, return to serve the Lord, return to become actual public servants, and reject the immorality that they embrace, we must resist them with all our strength.

Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:13

 

The Father of Lies

 

  Persuading the masses that good is evil and evil is good.

The difference between reality and fantasy has been skewed.  The left has accelerated the devolution of society, championing the murder of the unborn, recklessly flooding the nation with illegal aliens, encouraging the mutilation of children, promoting racial bias, and endorsing hatred towards those that do not support their unhinged lunacy.  It is becoming progressively difficult to determine what is “normal” and navigating these new things leads one to carefully parse any speech, lest one becomes labeled as phobic and subject to cancel culture. Satan is most certainly winning the battle for the soul of America.

The ever-leaning leftward democrat party hyperventilates that Trump is a threat to democracy, but democrats are destroying this nation that relies upon the rule of law by weaponizing government using censorship and lawfare. The ripple effect of DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) instituted via President Biden’s executive order, has had an adverse effect on society. This insidious order, that sounds so appealing, is nothing of the sort. Just as the evil one uses appealing language to tempt humankind to accept what is sinful as good, this order perverts language to fool the masses and assuage the purveyors of evil in our nation. No longer are the best and brightest promoted, promotions are now based on skin color, sexual orientation, and gender. This will end the meritocracy that has served this nation well and lead to the under-qualified ascending to vital positions.

ESG (environment, social, and governance) is another program designed to bring us closer to socialism. By requiring businesses to adhere to the standards of ESG, profitability suffers and, as with DEI, forces companies doing business with the government or any business connected in any way with the government, to base production methods, hiring, firing, HR and purchasing based upon environmental sustainability, race, and gender identity. This will effectively destroy those companies that cannot remain profitable while following these insane policies. These deceptive policies, that sound so reasonable, are meant to integrate government control into all aspects of life in this nation. In fact, the government is incrementally eroding the rights of the citizens to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Satan must be so proud of his democrat party underlings that are accomplishing his purposes.

For far too long, mainstream America has sat back and acquiesced to the wokeness infiltrating society, satisfied with being ever tolerant, accepting, and welcoming to this pestilence. When schools began using remote learning during the COVID scare, parents saw first-hand that their children were being indoctrinated by teachers that were antithetical to the morals and values the parents held. The unrest we have witnessed on college campuses is a direct result of the kindergarten to university indoctrination with leftist ideology. The trust we have afforded our educators has been misplaced. Distracted by the busyness of daily life or shirking parental responsibility to be involved in our children’s education, we have given Marxist educators license to mold our children into their image. Finally, there is pushback.

In the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy a charge to parents is given, “These words I am commanding you today are to be upon your hearts.  And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.” The Holy Spirit inspired author of these verses highlights just how important a parent’s role is instilling faith, morals, and values in their children. As lives become more complex, the parental role has been ceded to our educational system. When that system has been perverted, we fail in our responsibility to properly raise our children.

When children are indoctrinated away from the tenets of faith, when values and morals contrary to parental desires are instilled, the evil one wins. Traditional mores have been written on our hearts by our Lord and Creator. The abandonment of our Judeo-Christian value system is a recipe to our own destruction. Leftists want nothing less than to destroy this nation and the democrats are firmly in bed with them. Leftists want to sow the seeds of discontent and move us away from our God. Leftists pursue the goals of the evil one, dividing us by race, creed, and gender. If we fail to wake up and understand what the democrat party is attempting to achieve, we will have no one to blame but ourselves. The party that propped up a cognitively impaired Joe Biden, for democrats and the deep state to control, is evidence enough of their disdain for we the people. Democrats must be swept out of office, up and down the ballot. The leadership of the democrat party are willing tools of the evil one. Keep them in power and we will get what we deserve.

A House Divided

 

A nation overcome by partisanship will destroy itself.

It has come to this. While we should be uniting as a people against a common enemy, we demonize and fight each other, allowing our foe to take advantage. Leftist media spews propaganda and lies, yet people accept these deceptions as truth, supporting narratives counter to their own self-interests. This nation is crumbling from within as we point our accusatory fingers at one another, ignoring the danger that threatens the very existence of this Constitutional Republic. As we quarrel amongst ourselves, evil laughs while it thrives in our midst. Good citizens, it is time to unite and stand up to the evil that has become so pervasive in our society. We have much more in common with each other despite the differences that have been emphasized by the media and the left.

This evil is obscured by the amenable provisos of acceptance and tolerance. Unfortunately, these terms are abused to validate behavior that is not only wrong but legitimizes that which is abhorrent. Failure to comply with this evil and you are called out as “phobic.” Evil is also concealed within DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion), CRT (critical race theory), and ESG (environmental, social, and governance). These federally supported and mandated programs emphasize our differences, rewards are made based on race and, just as the leftist icon Saul Alinsky promoted, foments distrust and anger toward those identified as “oppressors,” or more practically, anyone in opposition to leftist ideology. It is long past due that mainstream America push back against this insanity, brought to you by the anti-American left and their allies in the democrat party. Yet, there are those too obtuse to see through the lies spewed by the leftist mainstream media, overwhelmed by a contrived hatred of traditional America.

Death and taxes are a certainty in this world. You can also take it to the bank that the left will consistently accuse their opposition of the very tactics they themselves employ. The democrat party has incorporated Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals as their tactical playbook. If mainstream democrats were aware that the political party that they support advocated against their constituency, they would not continue to cast their votes for them. Unfortunately, many have been persuaded by the cacophony of lies emanating from the leftist dominated mainstream media. We are engaged in a battle for the soul of America. This nation’s laws and freedoms are being used by the enemy to erode, and ultimately destroy the tenets of a civil society and we are the only ones who have the power to stop it.

The framers of the Constitution concluded that for a Constitutional Republic to endure, it was necessary that the citizens be informed, moral, and faithful. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams. Political infighting coupled with the vilification of opposing viewpoints will lead to the destruction of this nation. No foreign army needs to invade if we destroy ourselves. “If our nation is ever taken over, it will be taken over from within.” James Madison.

It is imperative that, we the people, are an informed electorate. It matters who we elect to represent our interests at the local, State and Federal level. Too many of our elected representatives shirk their responsibility as public servants. Too many of our elected representatives harbor an agenda that conflicts with the will of the people. Too many of our elected representatives have enriched themselves and their families at the expense of the taxpayer. “But Jesus called them aside and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them. It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:25-28. During His ministry Jesus turned the world upside down with His teaching, healing, forgiveness, and servant leadership. We cannot expect our government to meet the expectations that Jesus delivered, but our elected leaders should strive to serve their constituents, first and foremost.

As we slip into the abyss, we need public servants to lift us up, not kick us down. We need public servants that value the sanctity of life, not diminish it. We need public servants that stand up to protect our children, not advocate to mutilate them. We need public servants that are principled, not morally corrupt. We need public servants that uphold the rule of law, not use it to further their party’s political ambitions. We need public servants that serve God, not the woke mob. Those who fail their constituents should be voted out of office.

As Americans, we are in this together. There is strength in numbers and your vote holds power. Don’t just blindly vote. Inform yourself. Know the issues and where each candidate stands and vote accordingly. This is your country. Don’t stand by idly and allow a few to ruin it.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.”

H. L. Mencken

 

In Plain Sight

 Woke policies DEI (Diversity, equity, and inclusion) and ESG (Environmental, social, and governance) are driving our society, economy, and nation over a cliff.

On June 21^st, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive order on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce. The last sentence in the third paragraph states, “A growing body of evidence demonstrates that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces yield higher-performing organizations.” There were no citations to any study that confirmed this claim, and for good reason. Current studies simply “suggest” that companies that implement DEI policies have increased productivity. Additionally, these “studies” originate from the usual liberal think tanks and woke universities. As with many of the talking points of the Democrat party, there is no real conclusive data to confirm their claims, only empty rhetoric. This divisive policy, not unlike Critical Race Theory, intends to segregate federal employees and candidates by race, gender, and sexual orientation. This executive orders’ intent is to reinstate affirmative action and discriminate against the scariest boogeyman of the left, the straight, white male, or what is commonly referred to as “white privilege.”

Section 2.a. states, “The term “underserved communities” refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life.” If anyone in the United States, other than convicted criminals serving their sentences, have been denied a “full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social and civic life” please raise your hands. Here, in the land of opportunity, no one, yes no one is denied the opportunity to fully participate in society, should one have the drive and ambition to succeed. For the President of the United States to infer that certain “classes” of people cannot succeed, with the false presumption that their path is blocked by “systemic bias,” is disrespectful and disingenuous. Even Barack Obama stated that it did not matter where you began or what you look like, anyone can find success with hard work and determination. Unfortunately, President Biden and his cohorts in the Democrat party believe that “systematically disadvantaged persons,” or persons of color, are inherently inferior and require the government’s assistance just to survive. This executive order is a lie that panders a false narrative and as with most of the Democrat agenda, strives to achieve results that benefit the Democrat party and their benefactors, not the people they purport to represent.

ESG is another insidious attack on the fabric of Western society. These policies force companies to adhere to rules that place emphasis on making investments based upon a set of goals relating to climate, not strategically investing in profitable business, and meeting constantly changing social requirements in hiring and HR practices, which are all monitored and enforced by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This makes it difficult, if not impossible to maintain their fiduciary responsibilities to their clients and shareholders. These actions, which detract from the success of the businesses, will lead to less effective and profitable investments, hiring and retaining inferior and potentially ineffective staff, based on a set of standards that reflect diversity, not merit, and hiring of additional staff to ensure that these standards are met as they will be audited regularly by the Federal government. Our economy is being forced to evolve into a government-regulated business model at the cost of a free market, profit-driven, successful model. If you think this sounds like socialism, you would be correct. Businesses that are deemed insufficient to these rules or fail to properly submit to the authorities, even if the "offense" is a statement deemed "inappropriate" by the SEC, may be fined. These fines can be levied in the $millions. Banks are held to the same standards, and non-compliant businesses will be denied loans. Try to run a business without a line of credit. Not going to happen. Our once thriving economy based upon a “meritocracy” is ceasing to exist.

This apparent underclass which is disproportionally affected by everything ranging from HIV to menthol cigarettes, is the perpetually cited victim of the Democrats in their class warfare strategy. When President Lyndon B. Johnson initiated the “war on poverty,” even he could not have foreseen the unintended consequences that have actually disproportionally affected the African-American community. Like the drug pusher giving free heroin to potential users, the welfare state induced generations to abandon the traditional nuclear family and depend upon government programs. Even President Franklin Roosevelt said that government assistance could become like a narcotic. Sixty years later FDR has been proven prophetic. Now Democrats promote the lunacy of driving the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. This is nothing but socialism in a poorly designed disguise. Initiating their insane monetary policies has led to government overreach and soaring inflation. Is that really a fair tradeoff for ending the mean tweets and “unpresidential” behavior? Who really is the threat to democracy?

The wokeness that is overtaking sanity in our nation is primarily driven by the Democrat party, a complicit media, and the leftists hungry to fundamentally transform this great nation. The headlong rush to affirm preferred pronouns and boys wanting to be girls is in direct correlation with the left’s desire to tear down civil society. Edicts arising from executive actions, bureaucratic regulations promulgated by entrenched bureaucrats, and governmental enforcement of “wokeness” are hindering our economy at home and damaging the US brand worldwide. We have met the enemy and it is us. China need not bury us economically or militarily. We are doing it to ourselves and far too few of us are lifting a finger to show disapproval. Russia will not need to launch a single missile to defeat us. Patience is the key as they laugh at the lunacy that is destroying the greatest country in the history of the world from within. And we are too “busy” with our own problems to confront this enemy within. Surely someone else will get involved and fight back. If we fail to confront this insanity, then it’s on us. How will you explain to future generations why we failed to defeat or even expose the evil, happening in plain sight, that ultimately destroyed this great experiment called America?