Commentary

A day doesn’t go by that I am not embarrassed, disgusted, appalled, angry, outraged, or just plain pissed off with President Biden.

Before he was elected, it was all about his gaffes, but many of us tired of hearing ‘that’s just Ole Joe.’  In office now for less than a year, his gaffes are insignificant compared to his lack of judgement.

Energy and Climate Control

Obsessed with being recognized as the savior over global climate change, Biden initially took from us our pride in being energy independent when he cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline.  Since then, we have seen gas prices rise and predictions of heating oil hikes this winter.

Meanwhile, as his administration considers shutting down the pipeline that travels across Michigan from Canada to refinery in Ohio, where 600 plus jobs are at stake, Biden unbelievably directed his National Economic Council to focus on reducing energy costs.

Interviewed recently by Bloomberg News, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughed when asked what the administration was going to do about fuel costs, and placed blame on OPEC, the cartel that determines output.  Exactly what the Trump administration had enough of.

Consider also the words of Saule Omarova, who Biden has nominated to be his comptroller of the currency, who recently said, “We want them (fossil fuel industries) to go bankrupt if we want to tackle climate change, right?”

The Soviet-born, Moscow State University graduate has suggested there be a national investment authority, with members overseen by an advisory board of academics to finance a “big and bold” climate agenda.

In addition, Omarova wants to eliminate the banking system, which she would be in position to regulate if confirmed, preferring the system of Gosbank, the State-Owned bank of Russia. A Bernie Sanders idea.

While I believe she will not be confirmed, Biden will likely find a place for her in his administration as he did with Neera Tanden.

Then there’s this from the Pentagon. “Climate change is a national security threat,” said John Kirby, spokesperson for the Pentagon this week.  “China is the number one pacing challenge,” he said, but added “both (climate and China) are equally important,” when pressed by Fox’s Lucas Tomlinson.

Our Defense Department is so concerned about the threat of climate change, yet sent nobody to the Glasgow climate summit.

As Biden played the big man on campus at Glasgow climate summit, offering to  provide funds to help other nations fight climate change, we learn that many countries have been found guilty of underreporting their emissions by as much as 13.2 billion tons.

When questioned by the Washington Post, the UN said, “discrepancies perceived in its report were a result of the application of different reporting formats and inconsistency in the scope and timeliness of reporting (such as between developed and developing countries, or across developing countries).”  Ohhhhh … I understand.

On Veterans Day

As a veteran, personally, I was appalled by Biden’s audacity to state, “I must say to you that the single greatest honor I’ve been afforded as president is to stand before so many of you …” when it was his poor judgement that resulted in the deaths of 13 service members and many injuries during the botched Afghanistan withdrawal.

Then, during remarks at that National Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery, while recognizing the birthday of Secretary of State Tony Blinken’s father, Donald, a World War II veteran, the president mumbled off on a memory of Satchel Paige, a former black pitcher, referring him as a “great Negro.”

It drew the ire of a number of blacks.  Of course, “Ole Joe” wouldn’t remember that his former boss, Barack Obama, signed legislation in 2016 stating that the designation “Negro” (and “Oriental) would no longer be used in federal laws, describing them as antiquated language to describe racial or ethnic groups.

There’s more.  He used his Veterans Day Proclamation to disrespectfully tout his Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, his Build Back Better agenda and the White House Gender Policy Council.

It wasn’t until paragraph 10 of the 11-paragraph proclamation that he states: “Therefore, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim November 11, 2021, as Veterans Day ….”

The polls are against Biden, but those pulling his strings ignore them.  Fifty-six percent of registered voters in the latest Harvard-Harris poll say the country is on the wrong track.  In the Rasmussen poll, 57 percent of the respondents say it is accurate to call inflation a tax on the poor.

Meanwhile, the USA Today/Suffolk University poll found that just 28 percent of voters approve of Biden’s first black woman vice president, Kamala Harris.

Incidentally, did you notice that French President Emmanuel Macron did not give Kamala Harris the customary kiss on each cheek upon greeting her in Paris?

Finally, get this … the New York Post reports “multiple high-level sources familiar with White House thinking” believe White House officials are looking for a job for Virginia loser Terry McAuliffe.

“Joe Biden is not all there,” writes Stephen Kruiser of PJ Media. “Anyone who says he is is either a pathological liar or a participant in a mass delusion that will soon destroy the United States of America.”

Now, more than ever … may God continue to bless the United States of America.