In The Meantime...

In the meantime, am I the only person to notice that most state legislatures appear to be growing exponentially stronger with the passing of each month? Washington politburo political bureaucracies are cratering under their own atrophy and enormity. Now we’re paying attention. Haven’t we had enough of DC discontinuing our liberty? Our rights of self-determination, of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? One might conclude that Mr. Trump contributed to Washington finally becoming functional, because of law maker’s dysfunction. You ask, how so? Did not Donald Trump make fun of Washington’s friendship, and collusion up and down K Street?

Populism is that … populism. Sure, it lacks intellectual underpinnings. The last thing that this country needs, however, is another probing debate on policy. We need our people to win. We need them to take the reins of power and corral our country to its fundamental principles. Now, can Donald Trump really do that? We can hope. I do know that he is a better alternative to Hillary Clinton, a political hack whom even the most ardent of thinking Democrats cannot stand, along with the awakening public. Do we really want another Clinton in the Clinton White House?

Misplacing Blame for The Orlando Carnage

An American-born Islamic terrorist, Omar Mateen, slaughtered 49 human lives in a gay club in Orlando, Florida. My heart goes out to the families of those killed and to those left behind trying to make sense of such a vile act. The President blamed the horrific violence on “hate.” Exactly which terrorist acts could ever be blamed on love? Barack Obama, in his official statement on the massacre, never mentioned the word Islam. Like Democrat presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, Obama wants to pretend that this was just about being gay.
Islamic terrorism doesn’t give a rat’s rear end about who they kill—Christian, Jewish, Agnostic, Pantheistic, gay, straight, white, black, brown, etc. These barbarians will kill fellow Muslims to advance their brand of evil.

Of course, the Left doesn’t like changing its narrative that Western Christianity is the real oppressor of the LGBT community in this country. With all of the Christian churches in the Orlando area, peculiar is it not that I’ve yet to hear of a single mass shooting in the name of Christ. Maybe because Christianity doesn’t teach killing those with whom we disagree. Leftist news outlets, in desperate attempts to create a dichotomy between “moderate” Muslims and the murderous thugs who pledge allegiance to ISIS trot out PR remarks from the prominent mosque in the Orlando area. On its webpage, the center declares: “Members of Husseini Islamic Center, stand united with our fellow Americans in categorically condemning this attack. We share the grief and sorrow of the nation and stand united with the Central Florida community and City of Orlando. Our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the families and loved ones who are victims of this tragedy.” Is this for real? Or is it double speak?

Was it not just months earlier, however, this same mosque featured a keynote speaker who called for the killing of homosexuals as “the compassionate thing to do”? Yes, it was but a few months ago. The same man referring to homosexuals in a 2013 speech, said: “Death is the sentence…Let’s get rid of them.” Somehow, now, this center is seen as the voice of reason among the Orlando Muslim community? Don’t believe me? Check out the webpage and do some elementary research as I did. Never one for reason in this War on Terrorism, Obama has passionately maintained his denial of Islamic terrorism throughout his presidency. He prefers the phrase “violent extremists”. He has promoted the radical LGBT agenda like no other president in history. What, exactly, explains the fervor in which he so desperately avoids the truth and so quickly accuses Americans of being homophobic and Islamophobic? Good question certainly. Should we expect an answer soon? Don’t hold your breath.

Long and Short of It...Gone, Departed, Dead

Think about this. Is not Sharia the gravitational force of the entire global Islamic community? It’s like the sun in the solar system. Every planet revolves around the sun. Distinctions between the different planets are secondary to how they all orbit the sun. In the global Islamic movement, Sharia is the thing they all agree on. There is no controversy between any of the groups anywhere in the world on their one stated strategy, which is the implementation of Sharia law. The disconnections, and the conflicts and arguments are simply tactical.

Only the most Islamic leaning ideologue would view ISIS as anything other than King Kong or Godzilla. It stomps on buildings and eats planes, trains and automobiles for what ails him. Some within the intelligence field say, “Muslim Brotherhood front groups are the snake under the door. They slither in and bite you under the foot.” The long and short of it: In all cases, you’re gone, departed, dead. But then it turns out they’re working for the same team. The global Islamic movement, the global Islamic network, is not just ISIS. There are other components to the network. All of them interact and have an effect on each other.

Does not Sharia call for homosexuals to be given the death penalty? I argue the culture clash between Muslims who want Sharia law and Westerners who favor individual rights will not be easily solved and more terrorist attacks appear imminent. Is not the Quran very explicit about homosexuality and very plain spoken? Same goes for the Hadith, the sayings and actions of Muhammad. It is equally explicit. Then comes all of that being put together into Sharia law, also, very clear against you. Then you have tradition, the cultural traditions that are woven into these three main sources. They’re woven altogether with various changes depending on what part of the world you are in. Nonetheless, it is well established in the global Islamic movement that homosexuality is prohibited. Violently so, in many cases. As we see when gays are thrown off buildings or the various other forms of persecution we see throughout the Islamic world. 

What happened in America is a unique event considering its location and time and the number of people that were killed. But in a macro sense, it is not unique. As they long as they feel they have the arena to operate in, they will keep pushing. They will not stop, because their religion does not allow them to.

Why cannot America’s leadership, the progressive left and the gay community itself not see the obvious? Some might say, they fail to see the forest because of the trees. Maybe it’s time for all those just mentioned to defoliate some of the vegetation that obstructs one’s view. From this writer's conservative view, it begins with identifying the enemy, developing Courses of Action (COA), choose the most effective COA, execute the plan and eliminate the threat. Note: political correctness is not part of the battle plan.

Donald Trump, A Gift to America

It was said early in the election process by Charles Krauthammer: “this is the strongest field of GOP candidates in 35 years. You could pick a dozen of them at random, and have the strongest cabinet America has had in a life-time. And instead, all our time is spent discussing this … rodeo clown.”  

One must admit Donald Trump has soared and crashed all over the news. Has he not dominated the airwaves like a drunken sailor on a 3-day shore pass? Has he not taken over the polls like an “Eveready Energized” bunny beating drums? Can he not say about anything and get away with it? Did Trump not take down one opponent after another, and spend more time wowing crowds instead of crowing about his victories? Did he not play the media game better than Obama and most certainly Queen Hillary? This old, white New England liberal turned conservative carried the Winner Take All states like a winner. Albeit, $2 billion in free advertising did not hurt his election efforts. How right the talking heads were. They kept talking about Donald Trump. And now everyone will be voting for or against him in the months to come. He said anything he wanted to, including what many of us were thinking, myself included. And yet, so many people did not consider him a thinking man, or even worth thinking about. The Washington Post’s own and Fox contributor Charles Krauthammer dismissed him as a “rodeo clown.” And now he’s got his name on the show’s marquee.

And … In a sense, Donald Trump has been a gift to America.  He has exploited the media-hyped hypocrisy of objectivity. They can’t pretend to be integrated or principled. They just want ratings, money, and they chose, willingly or otherwise to chase the hottest item rather than the most politically adroit. He has also proven the power of right-wing as well as left-wing media to create a candidate. Look at all the news site from conservative think tanks as well as the liberal mainstream media.  So, the GOP has a rodeo clown at the top of the ticket. Is that such a bad title role for him to play? This being the case, who's laughing now? Certainly not the DC political establishment.