Author: Eldon Kramer

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Democrats fail in another major city

                “Deadly month sees 35 killings in Baltimore.”

                                                    – The Baltimore Sun, Crime Beat

 

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proves she’s in over her head. (nbcnews.com)

When I saw that headline I couldn’t help but remember the gratuitous statement made by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at the National Action Network gathering held just after the riots.

“If, with the nation watching, three black women at three different levels can’t get justice and healing for this community, you tell me where we’re going to get it in our country,” said the mayor, referring to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, and herself.

On May 26, with the news of 35 homicides in Baltimore- the city’s deadliest month since 1999 – she sent her spokesman to say that she is “disheartened and frustrated by this continuing violence, particularly when you think about the progress that the city has made.”

Progress? Continue reading →

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Questions I would ask Hillary

When you think of all of the unanswered questions about Hillary Clinton’s past, it’s mind-boggling to muse what you would ask her if you had the opportunity, as improbable as one could imagine such an occasion.

Forget the unanswered questions of her years as first lady, including the missing Rose law firm papers, the travel office firings, the cattle futures, and the mysterious death of Vince Foster.  And don’t bother inquiring about her decision to stand by her man with all of his dalliances, because that’s clear now.

Hillary (allenwestrepublic.com)

This is how I imagine Hillary Clinton when being questioned. (allenwestrepublic.com)

You might be interested in getting answers to these questions, but they’re meaningless to younger voters who were just infants when the Clinton’s soiled the White House.  And forget die hard Democrats.  They don’t care.

I believe Independents and women (including some Republicans), who want to see a woman become president, are still persuadable. Continue reading →

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Obama warns Coast Guard grads that ignoring climate change would be considered dereliction of duty

Can you believe it?  ISIS now holds nearly half the territory of Syria and has a major hold on Fallujah and Ramadi, two Iraqi cities our warriors fought and died for, and what do we hear from our president?  It’s merely a setback.

And what does he tell graduates at the recent commencement ceremonies of the United States Coast Guard Academy? … read more

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They can’t name a single Hillary accomplishment, but they like her as their president

I don’t know how Bloomberg’s Mark Halperin thought a group of low-information people could name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. You may recall that former State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki couldn’t answer that question either.

But try he did.  Halperin sat down with a focus group interview of Hillary Clinton supporters in Iowa recently and the response was silence when he asked a man, a woman who passed and a second woman, who couldn’t respond to that question.… read more

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Progressives pushing for more handouts

There he stood – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio – on the steps of the nation’s Capitol, flanked by the most liberal of liberals, including Al Sharpton and Representatives Raul Grijalva, John Conyers, Barbara Lee and Keith Ellison, all purveyors of the “taker” culture.

By now you have most likely heard about his 13-point Progressive Agenda, his attack on income inequality, recommending what he calls bold steps to make a difference for ”every day Americans.”  He jumps from increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, national paid sick leave and paid family leave, universal pre-K and after school programs and childcare, to closing tax loopholes that allow CEOs and hedge fund managers and billionaires to avoid – are you ready for it – “paying their fair share in taxes.”

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Flanked by Washington’s purveyors of the “taker” culture, NY City Mayor Bill de Blasio outlines his 13-point Progressive Agenda. (usatoday.com)

He promises there’s more in his agenda, including the expansion of Social Security, debt-free college and investments in schools, not jails.

Ironically, President Obama was speaking at Georgetown University that day saying, “I think the effort to suggest that the poor are sponges, leaches, don’t want to work, are lazy, undeserving, got traction.” Continue reading →

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First Lady plays the race card

Did you hear about the First Lady playing the race card at the dedication of the Whitney Museum in New York?

In 2008, I wonder many voters thought the election of black president would put an end to the racial divide they imagined in this country.  Actually, he’s made matters worse as he sends in his Department of Justice; first Eric Holder and now Loretta Lynch, to interfere in state and local matters.

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First Lady Michele Obama told an audience at the Whitney Museum that museums and other cultural centers are welcoming only to whites. (twitchy.com)

Enter the First Lady, Michele Obama.  Speaking at the dedication of the $429 million Whitney museum, she told the assembled audience that museums and other cultural centers are really only welcoming to white people.

“You see, there are so many kids in this country who look at places like museums and concert halls and other cultural centers and they think to themselves, well, that’s not a place for me, for someone who looks like me, for someone who comes from my neighborhood,” she said.  “In fact, I guarantee you that right now, there are kids living less than a mile from here who would never in a million years dream that they would be welcome in this museum,” she added. Continue reading →

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Something to think about

No doubt you have heard the discussion taking place in the media about the contest to draw a cartoon likeness of the prophet Mohammed sponsored in Garland, Texas.  Two terrorists (calling them what they are) attempting to disrupt the gathering with AK-47s, were shot and killed by police.

While most people believe that drawing the Prophet is covered by the First Amendment, there are those, including Fox’s Bill O’Reilly, who agree, but say we shouldn’t taunt Muslims by defaming the Prophet.… read more

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Inequality not a voter hot button

In my April 24, post, “Hillary to continue dividing the nation,” I related her charges that the deck is stacked in favor of those at the top and that CEOs are making 300 times more than the typical worker. She wants to be the champion of the middle class.

It doesn’t matter to her that in recent polls, one by CBS and another by Gallup, that income disparity was named by only 4 per cent and 2 per cent, respectively, as the most important problem facing the country.… read more

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Hillary to continue dividing the nation

“ … the deck is still stacked in favor of those already at the top.  And there’s something wrong with that. There’s something wrong when CEOs make 300 times more than the typical worker.” – Hillary Clinton

While the latest news of corruption from the Clinton crime family is sorted out, and we are again told there’s no shred of evidence, let’s return to Hillary’s initial campaign charges in the above quote.… read more

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A crash course analogy

After hearing one more statement or action taken by President Obama, do you feel helpless, unable to do anything about it?  Your Congressman never responds and letters to the editor only allow you to get it off your chest.  Helpless and hopeless, you feel locked out.

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We’re at the intersection of Discouraged and Hopeless and all we can do is hang in there until 2016. (kitchentablenewsforkids.wordpress.com)

A friend recently sent me a copy of an analogy to this currently circulating on the Internet.

The writer* relates the harrowing 8-minute plunge of German Wings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, in which 150 innocent people met an immediate, unthinkable death.

The co-pilot Andreas Lubitz couldn’t be stopped because he had locked the pilot out of the cockpit. “It’s hard to imagine the growing feelings of fear and helplessness that the passengers felt as the unforgiving landscape rushed to meet them,“ the writer stated.

He wrote of the feeling in the pits of the stomach and hearing the shake and rattle of structures stressed beyond their limits.  And it was only near the end of the 8-minute plunge that everyone finally understood what was really happening and began to scream. Continue reading →