September, a Month of Fond Memories

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Allow me to depart from my usual political commentary to share with you a few memories of this month of September.

A Birthday

September 18, 1947, is the 75th Anniversary of the U. S. Air Force.  It is special to me because of the eight years of communications and public affairs experience I received in my service career.… read more

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Inflation and the Economy as Key Election Issues, but the Threat to Democracy, No

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For months now, Biden and Democrats, with the aid of the leftist media, have repeatedly voiced the threat to democracy posed by Republicans.  It was in their talking points and repeated in every speech.

In all my years of following the political scene, I do not recall democracy or the threat of democracy, listed as an issue of voter concern in surveys leading up to an election.… read more

Our Country Loses When Biden Tries to Pick a Winner

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This is the story of gullible low information voters and weak-kneed automobile manufacturers who have allowed our fossil fuel energy independence to be abandoned to make a transition to renewable fuels with the fantasy of altering climate change.

During Joe Biden’s campaign, there were a number of opportunities for voters to see how he had been convinced by the radical progressives on the left that global warming and climate change needed to be priority number one.… read more

Biden’s Twisted View of the Constitution, Rule of Law and Will of the People

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During the 2020 presidential campaign, then candidate Joe Biden told voters that the choice between him and Donald Trump was between the lawful and the lawless.  He called for voters to “support the rule of law, our Constitution.”

Six months into his presidency, Biden openly flouted the Constitution with a knowingly invalid extension of the eviction moratorium, written to keep border crossers out of the U.S.… read more

Another Look at Responsibility and Accountability

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Just as I respond to opposing opinions, I like to occasionally call your attention to other writers who agree with me.

Checking my archives in each of the first three months of this year, I devoted space to the subject of responsibility and accountability, usually in disgust of leaders, military and civilian, who failed to accept either.… read more

Biden’s Misguided Attempt to Save his Party from a Midterm Disaster

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In my August 28, 2022 post, I took you through a timeline from President Biden’s inaugural day “unifier” speech, in which he called for “stopping the shouting and lowering the temperature” of the rhetoric, and his current attack on supporters of former President Trump as extremists and semi-fascists.

That’s just one of several reversals we’ve seen in Biden since he campaigned and won the presidency, watching him move from a moderate to the radical progressive left in just eight months.… read more

Draining the Swamp Still Necessary, Though Seemingly a Fruitless Endeavor

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 Donald Trump came to Washington as an outsider with the pledge to drain the swamp, and in many respects, he was successful, but he obviously didn’t really understand the depth of the deep state, nor the audacity of its bureaucrats to block attempts to harness their power.

As president, Trump worked tirelessly to make Washington accountable to the American people. … read more

Politics and Climate Change News Provides Fodder for the Ill-informed

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When former football star Herschel Walker, a Republican candidate for Senate in Georgia, began attacking his opponent, Raphael Warnock, as one “who only cares about making a better life for himself, not the people of Georgia,” I decided to look into it. 

People talk about wanting fresh talent and term limits on those who have made millions in Congress, yet Walker is one of those GOP candidates being rapped as unelectable due to his inexperience.… read more

Democrats Chose Insults Over Unity

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Joe Biden was elected to be the great unifier and his inaugural address was billed as his “Unity Speech.”  Let’s go back to that day.

“On this January day, my whole soul is in this: Bringing America together, uniting our people, uniting our nation.  And I ask every American to join me in this cause. read more