Privilege

 

Taking care of their own.

Don’t you know who I am? I have powerful friends! These and other phrases illustrate that there are those who believe themselves to be above the law. Unfortunately, that does appear to be the case, especially for our democrat “friends.” The deep state is profoundly corrupt, much more than we can possibly fathom. The Potomac two-step is a little dance mastered by those in elective office. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. There are many skeletons in many closets that act as a hedge against indictment. If I go down, so will others. Prosecution seldom occurs, except in the most extreme cases when someone must take the fall. There certainly does appear to be a separate tier of justice, reserved to “protect” our public servants.

Mainstream media, or what is often referred to as the “Fourth Estate,” has become a haven for leftist propagandists. Media ignore their responsibility to hold the powerful accountable as democrat corruption is ignored or minimized while even the slightest hint of impropriety by Republicans is amplified. President Trump is indicted and convicted of 34 felonies with a novel approach as a Manhattan DA prosecutes federal campaign finance violation. This same DA campaigned on a promise to “get” Trump, yet the media trumpets democrat talking points about the “convictions.” Biden administration bureaucrats are indicted after they lied under oath to Congress and the media accuses Trump of retribution and targeting his enemies. Evidently media orthodoxy requires ignoring democrat corruption and malfeasance. Holding the left accountable is antithetical to their standard operating procedure.

President Trump is convicted of mortgage fraud after he “overinflated” the value of his Palm Beach, Florida Mar a Lago property to receive more favorable loan rates. He is fined almost ½ Billion dollars. New York Attorney General Leticia (don’t throw rocks if you live in a glass house) James is indicted for mortgage fraud when she misrepresents her interests to receive a more favorable loan rate, and democrats and mainstream media calls foul again. James also campaigned with a promise to get Trump. Please disregard the man behind the curtain, nothing to see here. Without fear nor favor. Not so much! Lady Justice is far from blind when democrats are in charge of the scales.

Many representatives, particularly at the Federal level, use their positions to enrich themselves and their families with US taxpayer dollars. Public servants prioritize serving their own self-interests. For too long malfeasance has been swept under the rug by the DOJ. Private citizens that commit the same offenses are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.  Elected officials skate, with the media often either refusing to report or minimizing the wrongdoing. It is time that those who lie under oath, those who practice lawfare in targeting their opponents, and those who are found with their hand in the cookie jar are prosecuted. No one is above the law and everyone who breaks the law should face the same consequences for their actions, regardless of stature.

Those deep staters that believe that their position shields them from prosecution need to understand that they should be held to a higher standard. These self-important representatives and bureaucrats need to be made examples of. Future leaders will take heed and walk the straight and narrow, so that the trust granted to them will be honored and respected. Democrats lead the field by a wide margin in committing fraud against the very people they are charged to represent.

As the democrat party continues their foray into radical leftist ideology, more of their intentions are being exposed in the light of day. The unmitigated gall is on full display as democrat leaders brazenly conspire against law enforcement by encouraging people to actively resist lawful actions. This has led to doxing of ICE agents, armed citizens attacking police, and heated confrontations obstructing officers performing their duties. These democrat leaders are inciting violent insurrection against the very government they have sworn an oath to defend and to support. Yet, there are no consequences for their unlawful behavior. When and if prosecution is finally initiated, it will be long past due.

“Don't be corrupt when administering justice. Never give special favors to poor people, and never show preference to important people. Judge your neighbor fairly.” Leviticus 19:15

The time has come when justice shall be served. Those who have been trusted to work for the people and have abused their authority need to be held to account. It will not be revenge or retribution, rather it will be a reckoning. Those who have witnessed malfeasance need to come clean to the DOJ, to save their skins or risk substantial jail time as a co-conspirator.

“Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.” Proverbs 21:15

 

Timing is Everything

The plan is obvious

Often the truth is right there in plain sight. One only needs to open their eyes, filter out the noise and see it for what it really is. The determination of the left in their attempt to “bring Trump to justice,” begs the question as to why it is so all-important to bring this man down? This concerted effort has morphed into an exercise bordering on the ridiculous that becomes even more preposterous as November 5^th fast approaches. The democrats have lost their collective minds since that fateful day in 2016 when Hillary Clinton lost the election to Donald Trump. Their brain trust decided to tacitly support Trump because they assumed that there was no way he could ever be elected and if nominated, would be the easiest Republican to defeat. When that strategy went down in flames, democrats mobilized the Deep State to hamstring the Trump administration and to ultimately take Trump down. The following is a timeline of democrat failure after failure, with but a few successes along the way.

Russia, Russia, Russia… The Hillary Clinton campaign commissioned and paid for the Steele dossier, a lame effort to discredit her political opponent, Donald Trump. With an assist from the ever-compliant leftist media, this buffoonish attempt at an October surprise actually got some legs after the election, effectively impeding the new administration and torpedoing much of Trump’s agenda. Never-Trumpers in the Republican party aided and abetted the democrats, particularly the jilted, wannabe Secretary of State, Senator Mitt Romney, and former (Thank God) Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, who continues to undermine his party’s Presidential nominee.

Hillary’s illegal server and destroying subpoenaed evidence… Clinton kept classified and top-secret government documents on a non-secure server at her home, in violation of Federal law. She also used several personal Blackberry devices to conduct both personal and government business. When those devices were subpoenaed by Congress, she deleted and destroyed those devices. When referred for prosecution, FBI Director James Comey made the decision, that he did not have the authority to make, to not charge her with a crime.

Impeachment 1.0… President Trump called Ukraine President Vlodomyr Zelenskyy and requested that he look into potential corruption by Hunter Biden. After “patriot” (partisan) Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman reported his concerns about the call as a whistleblower, all hell broke loose. The democrat led House investigated and sent articles of impeachment to the Senate for trial. Trump was acquitted.

The laptop from Hell and governmental censorship… The FBI maintained a direct channel to social media giants, Facebook and Twitter during the 2020 campaign, to request (demand) that posts they deemed “misinformation” be removed, effectively your government violating the 1^st Amendment right to free speech. When the New York Post published an article divulging the deviant and illegal behavior of Hunter Biden, found on his abandoned laptop computer, the Post was banned from social media. When 51 former intelligence officials, mobilized by none other than current Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, decried the laptop as Russian disinformation, the leftist media ran with it. If that is not election interference, nothing is.

Impeachment 2.0… In another first, Donald Trump was impeached again, this time as a private citizen. And you thought it couldn’t get any wilder? Articles of impeachment were filed by the democrat led House one week after a Trump rally in Washington DC where he implored his supporters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Unfortunately, things got out of hand, due to a number of factors. Trump was again acquitted.

The January 6^th committee… In July of 2021, after failing to convict Trump, House democrats formed the “select” committee on the January 6^th attack. A television producer was hired to choreograph the proceedings that were televised in prime time. Exculpatory witnesses were not called to testify, and the committee withheld much of the video from that day. Additionally, when the committee completed their “findings,” evidence was destroyed in violation of Federal law. Trump was referred to the Department of Justice for charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to make a false statement, and attempt to incite an insurrection.

All is quiet on the western front… Until Trump makes it official, he is running for President again. This drives the democrats crazy, and they will stop at nothing to disqualify him from running for office. Maine, Colorado and Illinois disqualified Trump from being on the ballot, but the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that those actions were unconstitutional. Lawfare is ongoing as the DOJ and democrat DA’s twist the law in an attempt to convict and jail Trump.

Democrats rant and rave that Trump is a threat to democracy, but democrat actions prove otherwise. Every unconstitutional action by democrats against President Trump is a direct assault against “We the people.” The democrat party has embraced leftism and denounced our Constitution. The democrat party wants to rule by fiat, as if they were royalty. On November 5^th “We the people” have it within our power to rebuke those who would rule over us, rather than represent us. It is time to vote democrats out of office, wholesale. It is time that they finally pay for their recklessness. It is time to take back our nation.

“But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.” George Washington

 

Blinded by Darkness

 

Bruce Springsteen originally wrote and recorded the song, “Blinded by the Light” in 1973. In a guest opinion piece published in the West Bend Daily News on January 9th, it would appear that Waring Fincke, and his all too apparent burning hatred of President Donald Trump and all things conservative, has fallen victim to a blinding darkness. Now that the special election in Georgia has consolidated the government power into the hands of the democrat party, Fincke revels in expectations of his vision of a return to the normalcy he so desires. In other words, ousting President Trump and delegitimizing conservatism by any means necessary.

First of all, I want to express condemnation for the ugly scene at the Capitol on January 6^th. Each and every rioter must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Anyone who breached and entered the Capitol must turn themselves in to the authorities. Conservatives are to respect authority and abide by the rule of law. Those who do not are not conservatives at all. They are no better than Antifa thugs.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. led a march to Washington DC, where he gave his, “I have a dream” speech. In it he said, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.” Dr. King emphasized non-violent means to protest injustices.

On January 6^th, 2020, President Trump held a rally in Washington DC where he spoke to a crowd of supporters prior to the certification of Joe Biden’s election as President. He spoke of his belief that pervasive fraud affected the outcome of the election. He is accused of provoking the assault on the Capitol by inciting an insurrection. From the text of his speech, “We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.” Is there convincing evidence that this rhetoric falls under the definition of incitement of insurrection? It does not. Unfortunately, Fincke devolves into broad accusations without citing any specifics, simply uttering general and vague claims. One wonders if Fincke even took the time to read the transcript of the speech.

I will refrain from describing the riots and attacks on Federal buildings by BLM and Antifa, that some have cited to somehow lessen the severity of the criminal actions that took place at the Capitol. Two wrongs do not make a right. The hyper-partisanship Fincke displays is exactly what is wrong with our society. If we disagree, we need not hate each other. But that has become the norm. The second most important commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. (no matter their politics) There is no skin color in the eyes of our God. We are all his children. That makes us all brothers and sisters. To God, everyone matters, everyone is loved, no matter what we have done or failed to do. Instead of promoting hatred and revenge, we should be trying to heal our nation.

Instead of another exercise in unfounded impeachment theatre, cooler heads should prevail. Hatred and divisiveness will eventually lead to the fall of our Republic, especially if we allow them to continue to grow and fester. President Biden has the opportunity to take the moral high ground and put an end to this witch hunt. He said that he ran to heal our nation and put an end to the divisiveness he attributed to President Trump. He said that he will represent all Americans, even those who did not vote for him. Now is the opportunity. Will he choose to lead, or will he decide to punish his perceived enemies, that might just happen to include roughly one-half of our nation. I for one pray that he chooses wisely.