Seriously, Not Literally

I have mentioned before that President Trump's critics take him literally but not seriously. His supporters take him seriously but not literally.

The President's penchant for exaggeration and sloppy speech is well known. We are ok with it. He is, despite his habits, almost always right with respect to the heart of the matter.

Time after time his critics beclown themselves trying to "prove" that something Trump said was wrong. Either a completely clueless statement or just the opposite of the truth. Otherwise known as a lie.

The latest entry in this never ending sweepstakes comes courtesy of the Washington Post, a former "newspaper".

Our President, they claim, said that all of America's most dangerous cities are run by Democrats. They stutter in righteous indignation and go to great lengths to prove that Trump was wrong. Trump said "all". He was wrong. Indeed they go on to supply indisputable evidence of Trump's wrongness by taking him literally.

They use two metrics to make their point. In one metric only 95% of the most dangerous cities are run by Democrats. In the other, only 85% of the most dangerous cities are run by Democrats.

Literally, not seriously, no matter the absolute seriousness of the situation.





As is almost always the case, Donald Trump is correct by any reasonable accounting. He has driven these people far beyond reason and we should all thank him for that.

In this case they have done Trump's work for him and supplied all the ammunition he could ever require to keep making the point that Democrat run cities are the worst places in America to live and work. Only now he gets to Trump(et) that the Washington Post has confirmed his observation to an extent that all reasonable people will accept.

Keep up the good work!

Obama's Legacy

Biden held an online fundraiser yesterday featuring an appearance by President Obama.

Perhaps you saw the video clip of Biden, apparently forgetting the questions were prerecorded and apparently unable to assimilate that info, which was on the screen in front of all of us, attempting to engage the questioner in conversation. I can't find it now but will keep looking. Hilarious.

This one is also a hoot. Another Biden word salad. Obama's face is interesting as he tries to unpack the salad.

But that is not the point of this post.

I mentioned in my previous post the concept of "failing upward". Other than John Kerry and Hillary Clinton there is, in my opinion, no better example of this malign trend than Barack Hussein Obama.

After doing nothing notable, as far as I know, as an Illinois State Senator he managed to get himself elected to the U.S. Senate where, as far as I know, he did...nothing notable other than run for President.

He won. That is the one apparent exception to my "failing upward" indictment. It is a huge one.

One would not be unreasonable to assume that given such an enormous accomplishment good or great things would follow. One would be wrong, unfortunately. That one success was an aberration.

He had 8 years to work towards improving race relations in this country. Eight long and squandered years.

All he did was make them worse, as all polls during his tenure showed.

His legacy is Antifa, BLM, riots, arson, looting and shooting.

If he had a conscience he would be begging our forgiveness for the absolutely awful legacy that he owns.

This and That #13

Do not ever, ever, believe a word of mainstream reporting about President Trump or the state of the Right in American politics.

The goal of every article on either subject is to persuade us that we will lose every election always so why bother being active in politics or voting. They are determined to demoralize us.

They are desperate for us to stand down. Do not believe a word they say. Not Ever.

Follow this link and scroll down a bit for a fabulous clip of highlights from last Saturday's Tulsa event.

Three more thoughts on this subject.

You have read, no doubt, about the less than predicted turn out for that rally. You may not have read that it was viewed by 11.77 million people on three cable networks.

A lot of us have been complaining about the "dirty trick" played on the campaign by lefties reserving tickets with no intention of showing up. We shouldn't be. It was during either the 2008 or 2016 Presidential campaign that Rush Limbaugh urged us to vote in the Dem primaries to prolong their agony. We thought it hilarious. We ought not to be hypocrites. That is what they do.

I am sure you have seen stories about the President, Ivanka and Jared Kushner being furious about the event. The reason is that these people, unlike so many of us in and out of government, strive for success. Failure is met with fury, denunciation and often, replacement. That is how success is built.

Failing upward has become all too common. The Trumps will have none of it. Thank Goodness.

UPDATE

As if we needed more reason to believe that mainstream outlets are just lying sacks of crap, Yahoo's home page is now leading with this headline:

"Biden to Land Endorsement from Key GOP Group"

Really? It seemed an odd construction to me and I wondered what "Key Group" this might be. It is a "Key Group" that does not exist.

"Dozens of Republican former U.S. national security officials are forming a group that will back Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, people familiar with the effort said, in a further sign that President Donald Trump has alienated some members of his own party." (Emphasis added)

Do not believe a word, not a word they say. Volunteer, donate and vote!

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Who the racists really are.

 

"The district: Georgia's 3rd Congressional district stretches from Columbus to Atlanta and has a sizable Black population. According to FiveThirtyEight, the district has a 97.3 percent chance of being represented by a Republican."

Oh My Gawd!

So, Republicans can only represent white people. Who Knew. Tim Scott might have a different take on the matter.

 All On The Line is an organization created with the blessing and support of Obama and Eric Holder. Two disgraceful race baiting hustlers without an ounce of integrity between them (I know. I should tell you what I really think.). I have been on their mailing list for some time.

The organization is dedicated to the proposition that gerrymandering is an anti-democratic racist plague. They are correct. They should know. It has existed in this country since the early 1800's but became an epidemic in the attempt to create black majority congressional districts in the last 50 years.

Things didn't work out for the racists. They discovered gerrymandering worked in both directions, so now they lay it at our feet and pretend to have clean hands.

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 I have written before about Islam, The Religion of Pieces. That is, after all, how its victims end up.

There was another murderous stabbing spree by one of its adherents recently. Not news, not surprising.

Unfortunately another part of the story is also not news and not surprising.

"The suspect is also believed to have come to the attention of MI5 last year, after they suspected he was planning on travelling (sic) to Syria. However, an investigation revealed no risk or threat and he was not under surveillance at the time of yesterday's rampage."

Western cultural suicide abets another murder spree.

We should all be prepared to defend ourselves. The "authorities" are no longer willing to do so.

Looking For Answers In All The Wrong Places

Rogue cops, white or black or brown or yellow, are not an existential threat to Black Americans. They exist, but in numbers so tiny that while they are a threat to individuals of all colors they simply are not the reason in any part, large or small, that millions of Black Americans live in squalid conditions in big city Black communities. Nor do they contribute in any meaningful way to the carnage that occurs daily in big city Black communities across the America.

White Supremacists are not an existential threat to Black Americans. They also exist, but in numbers so small that while they can represent a threat to individual Black Americans and other Americans of color (and some of us who are considered "white"), they do not contribute in any meaningful way to the carnage that occurs daily in big city Black communities across America.

Racists exist in America, but a combination of laws and social ostracizing has rendered them toothless. They can hate all they want but are powerless to meaningfully affect the lives of  Black Americans or any of the other routinely hated groups of Americans. We have forced them to hate privately and quietly. A very welcome achievement.

The existential threat to Black Americans is actually Black Americans and the politicians for whom they vote.

Baltimore, Minneapolis, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Washington, D.C. are all run by Democrats and have been for decades. Black Americans vote, almost exclusively, for Democrats.

With the exception of Minneapolis, all have had Black run administrations, on and off, for years. What do the millions of Black Americans have to show for their fealty to Democrats and their own racist voting patterns? Addiction, black on black crime and murder by the 10's of thousands, cultural collapse and poverty.

What we are seeing in the streets is a massive attempt at legerdemain, gaslighting and yet another attempt to blame the problems on anyone and anything other than those responsible, themselves. An all too human failing.

I proposed a plan to rescue the Black community in 2015 .

That it was not acted upon is not surprising considering that I have not earned much of an audience for my policy prescriptions. Perhaps my suggestion was simply no good. Always a possibility. It is instructive to read though, considering we are, once again, being victimized by the same "victims" we were five years ago and for the same "reasons".

As I wrote in  another 2015 post,

" Ugly, racialist movements like "Black Lives Matter" only serve to make those of us who believed in the fight for equality cringe and stand down. Apparently nothing is enough so why bother."