Is The Thrill Gone?

Once again WSF goes off on a murky political rant. You may want to read the bloggers on the sidebar instead.

Some of my relatives are liberals, especially on social issues like health care, Aids, human trafficking, mental health, domestic violence, and gays. I respect their opinions, even share some, because they walk the walk. Most definitely are not Starbuck revolutionaries. They loath President Trump, and are thrilled by any news that puts him in a bad light. They revel in the thought he is hurting. The mainstream media caters, in my opinion, to the Trump haters. That is because the corrupt, lying, smug mainstream media (h/t Larry Lambert) shares in that hatred.

Look at Google News. Compilation of the brightest and best MSM (New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, CNN). All, and I do mean 100%, of the stories about President Trump, his family, and his associates are full of words  like failure, scandal, disorganization, weakness and irrational behavior.  The liberals eat it up and high five. The deep state inhabitants, and the lampreys that feed off them, applaud.

The rest of the country? About as upset as when Billy Carter pissed in public. They aren’t thrilled by the MSM manufactured drama. They are too busy raising families and making a living.

President Trump won the nomination in spite of the MSM and the Jeb! RINOs. He won the presidency in spite of the MSM and Jeb! RINOs. He is the first president in my lifetime that is (1) not tainted with graft and corruption, and (2) making a determined effort to keep his campaign promises.

I will always vote for the honest person, even if I disagree with most of their positions, before I will vote for a tainted candidate I mainly agree with. Prime example would be the late Ken Gordon, Colorado Democrat.

So what is up with all this Russian bullshit? IMO, that is all they’ve got, and it mighty thin. Not an original though by me to be sure. My fondest hope is that it will come back to bite them in the ass.

Consider this. The FBI has suffered an enormous drop in prestige. Mueller, the former director, is now an Independent investigator. Who knows what direction that investigation will take. Like, the Obama administration’s misdeeds? The Shillary State Department? No DOJ running interference there, not with Sessions running it. Maybe the FBI can recover some of their mojo (and enjoy a little payback for years of humiliation?)

Consider the case of Candace Claiborne, State Department employee who may face treason charges. The first of many so the flacks say.

 https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state-department-employee-arrested-and-charged-concealing-extensive-contacts-foreign-agents

Back in the news is Lois Lerner, the retired IRS management poster child, who may still face criminal charges.

Who knows how many more will be exposed and prosecuted? Who will start singing to save their own hides now that the Obama thugs can’t protect them? Probably too many to be Seth Richarded/Vince Fostered. We can only hope.

Idle Thoughts From An Undisciplined Mind

Dick Morris reports and videos I find interesting and informative. Don’t always agree with him, and, as we followers know, he can be spectacularly wrong.

He has recently been talking about Russia and Putin. His point is Russia’s financial health depends on energy exports; that it has little else going for it. He likens their economy to that of Saudi Arabia. He thinks Putin encourages international instability (keeps the pot boiling) to manipulate oil prices; to keep them high. That benefits Russia and him personally.

If we’ve learned anything from the history of the 20^th Century, it is that Russians, or Communists, are masters of espionage and recruitment to their causes. Doubt these skills, the dossiers, and people running them, just evaporated when the Soviet era collapsed.

Am I the only one who hears and sees similarities with the whole Progressive “climate change” shtick with the ferment encouraged by the old USSR?  The organized opposition to pipelines seems eerily similar to the 60’s anti war movement. SDS Weathermen become ELF? The current uproar about fracking seems to smell of ulterior motives. It is not in Russia’s interest for the USA to have strong energy independence, or, for that matter, a strong economy. 

The smart ass question, “How do you eat an elephant?” has the smart ass answer, “One bite at a time.” Seems as long as I can remember this country has been under attack, internally and externally. Some attacks are ideological. Many are venal. As an example, removal of the firewall between commercial and investment banks, and banks using “Stimulus” funds to by up whole industries. Still, the elephant keeps moving forward despite the rampant bites. By golly, this is still one hell of a country!

The easy part is pointing fingers and screaming, “Someone should do something.” The hardest part is coming up with, “Do what”?

My answer, in part, is using whatever miniscule impact my wallet has. As an example, I’ve used TurboTax for years. I like it, find it easy to use, and have never had any IRS problems. Now I’ve learned the parent company is Intuit, a company whose management has used their stockholders money to fund various Progressive causes. So, no more TurboTax. Likewise, for the same reason, I won’t buy insurance from Progressive or GIECO.

In addition, I do the usual; letters to Congresscritters and others, donations to organizations I believe in, voting, etc.

Does it have any impact on “the world”? Damned if I know. It does have a positive impact on my outlook. I won’t shut up, and I won’t be a passive sheeple. That makes me feel good.