On Friday President Trump endorsed John Cox to be   the next governor of California.  Click on the April 22 post entitled   
John Cox, California Governor   Candidate, Provides Key To Reversing Sanctuary State Ruinous   Policies to review not only the   qualifications of Mr. Cox to be the next California governor but also the high   stakes of this election for California & ultimately America.  The   California primary (jungle primary as it is known) is on June 5 & the top   two candidates, regardless of party, proceed to the gubernatorial election on   November 6.Click here to see the list of primaries scheduled across America before   the congressional midterm elections on November 6.  There are 17 primaries   scheduled in June with primaries in Arkansas, Georgia, & Kentucky scheduled   for May 22.
  This post documents the anti-American actions, behaviors,   & voting records of several incumbent politicians regarding five disturbing   accounts that should be considered before casting ballots in the primaries or   the November elections.  The accounts will clearly show the members of the   one Big Government Party that has Democrat & Republican wings that are not @   all interested in the citizenry's best interest but rather whose every move,   word, & syllable is calculated & planned to retain their own salaries   & perquisites until they are physically unable to function in elected   office.  
  Between now & November 6 is the time for concerned   citizens to become involved in the   electoral process to the point that they determine for themselves which   politicians are really against them, regardless of what they say,   & then vote the bums   out.    
  If your incumbent   representative is identified below, in one negative way or another, it behooves   you to consider a primary opponent the next time he runs for office so that you   have the opportunity to effect real change.
  This post provides useful information in that   regard.
  1.  Gina Haspel Hearing Before The Senate Select   Committee On Intelligence
  If six months ago you never heard of Gina Haspel   you are not alone.  Ms. Haspel has spent 33 years with the Central   Intelligence Agency (CIA) with most of her career being undercover meaning only   her superiors knew what she worked on.  Ms. Haspel worked her way up to   Deputy CIA Director in 2017 & then to Acting Director in April when Mike   Pompeo left the director's position to become Secretary Of State.  Ms.   Haspel is President Trump's nominee to be the new Director of the   CIA.
  Last week I watched Ms. Haspel's hearing live on   C-Span & it was a combination of brutal & embarrassing as senators with   no real lasting accomplishment in service to America, compared to Ms. Haspel,   asked one question after another that wreaked of hypocrisy about her possible   involvement of waterboarding Islamic Fascist terrorists who had knowledge of the   airplanes flown into the twin towers & Pentagon on September 11, 2001   killing 3,000 innocent people.  You would have thought Ms. Haspel decided   what to do herself with these terrorists instead of relying on the procedures   approved & directed by her superiors – which @ the time there were   plenty.  
Completely forgotten, & certainly not   mentioned, by the holier than thou Democrat senators on the interrogating   committee was the fact that selected members of Congress had been fully &   repeatedly briefed, without a word of objection, on all of the procedures used   by the CIA after 9/11.  Two of those members are still in Congress today –   Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader (D, CA) & Senator Richard Shelby (R,   AL).  Neither Pelosi, Shelby, or any other member of Congress, who were   informed of CIA procedures in the early 2000s, including the use of   waterboarding, voiced or registered any disapproval.  These members of   Congress, who raised no objections to waterboarding when it counted, should be   every bit as subject to the wrath of the interrogating senators as Ms. Haspel –   or else the matter should not be brought up @ all.
Particularly obnoxious during the above mentioned   hearing was Kamala Harris (D, CA), Diane Feinstein (D, CA), & Ron Wyden (D,   OR).  Now we don't know whether or not Ms. Haspel was really thinking the   thought expressed in the photo above during the hearing – but I know I   was.
Ms. Haspel was confirmed by the full Senate by a   vote of 54 to 45 with John McCain not voting.  Rand Paul & Jeff Flake   were the two Republicans who voted against her.  The six Democrats who   voted for her were Mark Warner, Jeanne Shaheen, Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp,   Bill Nelson, & Joe Donnelly.  The disingenuous part is that Manchin,   Heitkamp, Nelson, & Donnelly all face tough reelection races in their states   that were won by Trump by large margins – these people have been no help moving   a positive agenda for America forward under President Trump until now except for   a very rare occasions – when it suited their political   purposes.
If the outrage expressed during the hearing by   Kamala Harris & the other moralistic senators was real & both the CIA   & Gina Haspel were as rotten as they portrayed them to be the CIA would have   been disbanded years ago & Ms. Haspel would not have advanced from a case   officer to Director of the agency. 
Following the attacks of 9/11 I don't remember one   person who was not for fighting the Islamic Fascist terrorists with whatever   means proved effective in keeping the homeland safe & bringing those   responsible for the deaths & destruction incurred on 9/11 to justice.    This included waterboarding which had been part of the U.S. military training   since WW II under the SERE (Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape) program under   which thousands of our own military personnel have been subjected to enhanced   interrogation – including waterboarding.
Politicians who say they don't distinctly remember   this are playing us for fools using some pretend standard of moralistic values   that we clearly didn't apply when our very existence was thought to be @ stake   in the early 2000s - like the unrestrained & widespread profiling that   resulted in many Pakistanis self deporting from NY to Canada.  Source:   Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute.
2.  Transfer Of U.S. Embassy   In Israel To Jerusalem
Ever since 1995, in response to the Jerusalem   Embassy Act of 1995, American presidents (Bill Clinton, Dubya, & BO) &   politicians (e,g,. Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer of NY) have promised to move   the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.  All three of   these previous presidents delayed the move indefinitely by one six-month   interval after another in accordance with a provision of the act.  Last   week President Trump made the move to an elated Israeli response to coincide   with the 70th anniversary of the Israeli Declaration Of Independence.  See   photo below that shows the banners that lined streets before the U.S. embassy   move.
Although there were contrived photo–ops in America   from Democrats regarding Israel's happy day, there was not a single elected   Democrat in attendance to celebrate the historic embassy dedication ceremony in   Jerusalem.  Democrats are so blinded by their hatred of Trump that they   could not attend or join in this happy Jewish occasion.
Democrats regularly receive 75% to 90% of the   Jewish vote in any election.  This embassy event should make Jews re-think   whether their religion really should be liberalism-statism or Judaism &   where their best interests lie. 
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3.  Omnibus Spending Bill Breaks Through   Previously Agreed To Budget Caps
On March 23 President Trump signed HR 1625 –   Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (also known as the Omnibus Spending Bill),   into law (Public Law No: 115-141) saying he would never do such a thing   again.  The bill, totaling $1.3-trillion, funded the federal government for   fiscal year 2018 that began on October 1, 2017 so it was almost six months late   for starters as to what was wrong with it. 
A deal had been made by members of Congress to break   previously agreed to budget caps by adding $80-billion to Defense outlays &   a similar amount to domestic discretionary programs favored by Democrats.    The agreement reopened the federal government which had been shut down briefly   overnight.
  The House vote was 256 to 167 – click here to see how your congressman   voted.  The Senate voted 65 to 32 – click here to see   how your two senators voted.  If the votes of your elected reps are   surprising you should check to see why they voted the way they did – for   instance, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders, & Elizabeth Warren –   four senators with presidential ambitions - all voted Nay as did Rand   Paul but for very different reasons.
  Those who voted for the Omnibus Spending Bill & those who   didn't for political reasons like they hate Trump & thought it would look   worse for him with the government shut down should have to prove to you that   they have an ounce of financial responsibility in them before you vote for   them.
  Rand Paul summed it up this way back in February –   "The dirty little secret is Republicans are clamoring for   military spending but they can't get it unless they give the Democrats welfare   spending so they raise all the spending, it's a compromise in the wrong   direction . . . when Democrats are in power Republicans appear to be the   conservative party, but when Republicans are in power it seems there is no   conservative party."  
  The next budget government funding tension filled episode   could occur @ the end of September when we will find out what will be different   this time that will let President Trump sign a more fiscally responsible bill –   the only type he says he will sign from now on.  My   guess is nothing will be different thereby setting up a dramatic clash a month   before the midterms that will provide very good information for   voters.
  4.  Repeal ObamaCare – The Height Of Hypocrisy &   Pretense
  There was plenty of outrage in the   aftermath of the Senate's miserable failure to fulfill a campaign promise to   repeal ObamaCare - made over seven years & four consecutive election cycles   (2010, 12, 14, & 16).  For the last seven years   of BO's presidency the Republican Congress voted to repeal ObamaCare in one form   or another sixty two times by one count.
  One of those sixty two times included a clean repeal only bill   that should have been put on President Trump's desk for signature on January 20,   2017 if there was really two opposing political parties.  Of course we know   it wasn't because all of the RINOs who had voted for the repeal only bill when   they knew BO would veto it would not vote for it when they knew President Trump   would sign it.
  These are the worst kind of politicians – people that voters   rely on to keep their word but in reality have no intention to do anything that   is not politically correct which in their minds will keep them in   office.
  Click here to see the House repeal-only vote in   2016 & here to see the Senate   repeal-only amendment vote.  Since a repeal only vote never came up when   it counted with Trump ready, willing, & just itching to sign it you will   have to call the congressional switchboard in Washington @   202-224-3121 to ask your elected representatives how they would have voted if   such a repeal only bill had come up – you can reach any senator after pushing 1   & any congressman after pushing 2 after reaching the number given.  Ask   how they intended to vote if a 2017 repeal-only bill was presented & see   what you learn.  It is not as good as seeing the actual vote when it   counted but the phone call is   the next best thing if you are interested - then you will know what they say but   will still have to guess what they believe.
  5.  Senator Tester Accuses Nominee To Head VA Of   Misconduct
  Navy Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson has been the personal physician   of the last three presidents & all have given him glowing praise.  But   after President Trump nominated Dr. Jackson to head the Veterans' Administration   (VA) allegations of misconduct started coming out of the woodwork.  The   Pentagon started investigations after Montana Democrat Senator Jon Tester led   the accusations against the Dr.
  Dr. Jackson removed his name from consideration, saying all of   the allegations were false, but the damage was done.  He is no longer the   president's personal physician & no longer heads the White House Medical   Unit where he still works.
  Now I don't know what is true or false regarding Dr. Jackson   but I do know that with all the investigations going on in Washington one should   be conducted to find out how someone could have the clearance to be the personal   physician for three presidents but was so reckless that he was disqualified from   an administrative job to head the VA.  The citizens of Montana should   nominate Senator Tester to head this investigation.  
  

 
 
 
Doug - thanks for all the great details. It is obvious that our Congressional reps are not serving us as intended by our Founding Fathers. Our Founders envisioned serving for a term or two and return to private life which lead to a strong growing economy. Those who serve long in Congress loose touch with the working world. Hence they legislate measures very harmful to our economy.
ReplyDeleteTherefore let’s propose
(1) again term limits - 2 terms for the House and only one term for Senate
(2) full pay only if GDP grows by 3% or more in a year, else 50% of pay. This will encourage all to cross ails and work together, maybe even learn what can drive the economy - like less government and less regulation. We would have to make sure the Gov GDP stat is accurate though. Very few people trust our Gov today and for good reason.
The Haspel article shows the hypocrisy of many Democrats.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Trump had the strength to move the capital of ���� to Jerusalem. With his outspoken support of Israel, I don’t understand why moreJews don’t support him. However, I’m just a goyim!
Obama Care has been a head ache since its inception and Jackson should have been appointed VA head!
Why are we usually in the minority?