Elizabeth II -- Always Dignified

 Queen Elizabeth has passed away.  The news of the Queen's demise was announced in London in typical fashion:  dignified and reserved.  I'm in my seventies, but I cannot remember any British sovereign other than Elizabeth.  During her long reign, there were all sorts of events, but her basic character always came through.  She personified dignity.

I mention all this because it pains me to compare Elizabeth to the clowns that occupy the oval office in the White House.  In the years I remember, the personal qualities of our presidents have gone downhill (if such a thing is possible.)  Sure, the first president I remember was John Kennedy who apparently spent the majority of his time in office looking for new conquests in the bedroom.  He was followed by Lyndon Johnson who in his own dignified way used to show displeasure with staff or other people by meeting with them while he was on the toilet in the bathroom.  After a short term recovery of the dignity of the presidency from Nixon to Bush, we got Bill Clinton who used the Oval Office to bed interns, etc.  George W. Bush put some dignity back into the office as did Obama.  Then came Trump who seemed like the least dignified president ever.  Of course, Joe Biden is even worse than Trump.  He's blatantly dishonest, seems to lust after young girls and is just generally disgusting.

By the end of World War II, the USA had clearly become much more powerful than the UK.  Will our leaders ever manage to pass the British monarchy when it comes to acting in an appropriate manner.  It sure doen't seem like it.

It's Funny But very Sad

 Did you see Joe Biden's big speech in Philadelphia tonight?  I doubt it.  The main networks didn't carry it.  That basically means that only true believers watched it on cable news.  And did Biden address the main issues facing the country:  the failing economy being hit by inflation of the sort not seen in four decades, soaring energy prices that are squeezing those with lower incomes, the huge wealth transfer that occurred when Biden forgave student loans for wealthy college graduates (which will have to be made up for by taxing the poor and working class Americans), the Russian, Chinese and Iranian threats to our county, etc.  OF COURSE NOT!!!!!  Biden can't talk about how he's managed these crises because he hasn't done anything to overcome these problems.  Instead, Biden spoke about saving Democracy from the threat of Republicans.  Seriously, while the Democrats' toadies in the media spend 24/7 discussing a manufactured crisis about documents that Trump had in his office guarded by the Secret Service, Biden is talking about the terrible threat to Democracy posed by Republicans who have no power to speak of in Washington.  Biden is in the White House while both the Senate and House are controlled by the Dems.  What a  joke.

I certainly hope that no one fell for this malarkey (to use one of Joey's favorite words)

The speech was so ridiculous and dishonest that all I can say in response is "Let's go Brandon"!!!!!!!!

A Republican Recession or a Democrat Economic Surge?

 The GDP for the second quarter was announced today.  It showed the second consecutive decline in output.  This time it was a decline of 0.9%.  Under the traditional definition of a recession (two consecutive quarters of declining output), the US economy is now in recession.  If you read the news articles, however, the media is saying that we aren't yet in a recession.  Huh?  That's like telling a patient that his temperature is 102 degrees but he doesn't have a fever.

The real difference is that a Democrat is president.  If we had a Republican president, all we would be hearing today is about the terrible recession facing the country.  With Biden in office, we have a recession and high inflation at the same time, and it's no problem according to the media.

It's really sad because even the financial media is reporting this as a political matter.  In the past, the financial media was mostly unbiased.  Not anymore.

Protecting Big Oil

 Here's a quick question.  Don't think about it just say whatever comes to mind first.

Which party protects the big oil companies and guarantees them huge profits?

a.  Democrats

b.  Republicans

c.  Both

d. Neither

If you've been conditioned by years of phony media stories, you likely said b. Republicans.  The truth though is that it is the Dems who are the principal protector of big oil and its profits.

Think about it.  When Trump and the Republicans were in power, federal limitations on drilling and pipelines were removed.  That brought much more oil and gas to market and the increased supply brought the price down and kept it there.  As soon as Biden and the Dems took office, the blocked a series of pipelines (which cut oil supplies by about a million barrels per day) and limited drilling locations and methods (which also cut supplies by about another million barrels per day.)  That two million barrels lost each day is about 10% of the US consumption rate.  The major reduction in oil and gas supplies created a shortage and resulted in higher and higher prices.  It's a big part of the current inflation we all suffer from.  Not everyone suffers though.  The big oil companies are selling less oil each day, but they are getting at least twice as much for the oil they are still selling.  Their profits are going through the roof thanks to the Dems and their misguided policies that hurt the average American and favor the big oil companies.

Remember this truth the next time some Dem rails against big oil.  They're lying.

New American China Policy Enunciated By Biden -- Incomprehensible

 In the past the USA has had certain policies that were strategically vague.  Our adversaries were not supposed to know what the USA would do in certain important circumstances.

President Biden has modified this.  Now American foreign policy operates under a strategic incomprehensibility.  Not only do our adversaries not know what we would do in certain situations; now we ourselves don't know what we would do in most situations.

Biden was speaking about China and Taiwan.  Long-standing American policy is to keep vague whether US troops would defend Taiwan were Beijing to invade.  Biden said that we would deploy troops, but within an hour or two explained that our policy remained unchanged. Huh?

Hey, it's only a small country, right.  Taiwan can't matter right?

Biden is an incompetent moron --- RIGHT

Steps By Biden and the Dems to Stop Inflation Do NOT Exist

 Ass i write this, the biggest problem facing the US economy is inflation.  It started zooming upward about six months after Biden took office.  America was told not to worry: inflation was transitory.  Meanwhile, since it was supposedly transitory, inflation did not give rise to any counter measures by Biden or the Democrats.

After six months of transitory inflation, it was undeniable that inflation was gathering force rather than disappearing as the Biden transitory meme predicted.  At that point, one would have expected Bid or the Democrats in Congress to do something to fight this economic scourge.  But they haven't done anything.  Biden's sole move to fight inflation came after oil and natural gas prices doubled.  Biden could have resumed the Trump policies that led to a major growth in production of American oil and gas; that alone would have undone nearly all the increase in energy prices.  But no, Biden instead chose to release oil from our emergency reserves of oil.  That stopped the increase for now, but in a  few months when the reserves run out, we will see a major jump in prices once again.  Instead of putting out the fire, Biden and the Dems just tamped it down a bit so that it can come back stronger later.

Other than releasing oil reserves, Biden has done nothing to fight inflation.  NOTHING!!!!! 

The Dems and Biden always have someone else to blame for anything that goes wrong.  It doesn't matter if their statements are true, they always blame someone else.  It's hard to imagine anyone accepting the excuses pouring from Biden when he hasn't done anything

I predict that inaction in confronting inflation will be the undoing of the Biden administ6ration and Dem control of Congress.

Lies And More Lies About Abortion

 A short time ago, I saw a story on Instagram posted by a woman who runs PR for a large company.  She reported that a new brief from Justice Alito and Barrett discloses that they want to stop abortion in order to solve the shortage of babies available for adoption in the USA.  This is idiotic nonsense.  First, the only document that has been leaked from the Supreme Court is a draft of an opinion written in February by Judge Alito.  I've read the entire document; it says nothing about adoption at all.  It's a legal opinion, not a political argument.  In other words, the Instagram story is reporting a complete lie.

Further, Justices don't write briefs.  They just write opinions.  That makes clear also that her Instagram story is a lie.

Lastly, the Justices are legal scholars.  Alito would never base a constitutional argument on a political position.

It's crazy that responsible people fall for these lies

The Abortion Battle

 Someone leaked a draft of a possible decision from the Supreme Court in which the decision in Roe v. Wade is overturned. It returns control of abortion to the states. The media is doing its usual hysterical rant this time how such a decision would end a woman’s right to choose. As usual, the media hysteria is nonsense. States will decide the matter. In other words, women in NY, California and other similar places will see no limitation on abortions. Some states will place limits on abortions which won’t mean much. Others may ban abortions but they won’t be many. Further, if one state bans the procedure, most women can just go to the next state that allows it. Instead of 9 Justices in DC d egg coding for everyone (with no valid legal basis) elected state legislators will decide. If voters are unhappy they can just vote in new legislators. It’s called Democracy 

I guess the operative phrase here should be CALM DOWN

Let's try something new. Predictions for 2022

 Since the year is just starting, I think it is worthwhile to predict how the elections will turn out in November of this year.  If you want to make a prediction as to the outcome, just do so in the comments.

Here are my predictions for the midterm elections.

Senate:  Republicans pick up four seats from the following states:  NH, NV, AZ, CO, MN and GA.  Democrats fail to pick up even a single GOP seat.  Net results GOP has a 54-46 majority. 

House:  Gop picks up a net of 56 seats and takes control of this chamber.

Governors - GOP picks up three states but loses one, net result is a pickup of 2.

Good luck -- but I'm right.

The Dems Actually Lose Their Minds

 I don't post much anymore.  I am too busy dealing with life and just don't have time to comment on the political scene.  Today, however, I read a column by Democrat Doug Schoen in the Wall Street Journal that cannot be ignored.  Schoen presents what he thinks are clear, rational and convincing arguments why Hillary Clinton is the best candidate for the Democrats in 2024.

Think about this for a minute.  "Hillary in 24" is about as sensible as "Catch COVID for weight loss".  Clinton is a loser.  She managed to lose in 2016 even though she had the support of a united party and media.  She managed to lose despite a spate of scandals that hit Donald Trump.  She managed to lose ungraciously, failing even to show up on election night to concede once her loss was clear.  She ran a nasty campaign, tagging her opponents as unAmerican or unpatriotic.  She was a lazy candidate who seemed to have more affinity for day drinking than she did for the American people.  As I said, Clinton is a loser.

The truth is that I would like to see America make a rational choice in 2024 between the chaotic vision of the Democrats and the reality of the GOP view.  Clinton may be the best person to bring that about, so maybe it will be good for the USA if she runs as the Dem candidate.