I’m an admirer of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Yes, he is deeply religious. That doesn’t bother me. Yes, he looks like Clark Kent, and I think that’s funny as hell. The Speaker previously served as chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress, known as “the intellectual arsenal of conservatism in the House.” Not bad for a guy with funny glasses.
Johnson recently made a tour of the Biden-Harris border disaster zone. He spoke with senior members of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and learned firsthand something Kamala Harris has refused to admit—that the situation at America’s southern border is an ongoing catastrophe. The Biden Administration’s recent executive order merely shifted the deck chairs on the Titanic with hundreds of thousands of illegals pouring into America every month. The goal? Millions of new Democratic voters, ensuring a permanent Democratic majority in Congress and throughout the land. Guatemalans belong in Guatemala, not on our school boards. Local and national policies must be governed by American citizens, not those who evaded deportation.
Thick Skin: The Only Thing I Have in Common with a Piece of Political Trash
I’ve grown a thick skin during the many years of my career. I’ve had people hang up on me, refuse to follow my advice, call me names, tell untrue stories about me, and even fire me. But that’s par for the course in any career where you seek to rise above the average and do work that is highly rewarding.
I began my career on Wall Street in 1980. Back-of-the-envelope math tells me that’s about 44 years ago. The thick skin part began on May 5, 1980, my first day at E.F. Hutton & Co. My new boss—the first one that was not my dad—was a short, pear-shaped fellow who reminded me of the Penguin, Batman’s archnemesis. He walked liked actor Burgess Meridith and even talked like him, but his encyclopedic knowledge of the securities and brokerage industry was astounding. When he wasn’t yelling at me, he was schooling me in the many aspects of my new job as an internal auditor in Hutton’s legal and compliance department. My job was to review, monitor, research, and test the thousands of stockbrokers who comprised Hutton’ sales force.
I crisscrossed the country for several years as part of a team that audited scores of branch offices and thousands of stockbrokers from Boise, Idaho to Honolulu, Hawaii, to Rock Island, Illinois, to somewhere in Wisconsin, to Malibu, to Fort Lauderdale and everywhere in between. I had big producers yell at me and tell me I was wrong until I presented proof to their branch managers that they were lying and sometimes stealing from their clients. I enjoyed being THE POLICE, and the power was at times intoxicating. I ended more than a few careers during those years. My time as an internal auditor helped fashion my sense of right and wrong and how individuals who are entrusted with others’ capital should behave. I developed a strong sense of doing the right thing, something our elected representatives appear to be struggling with.
I’m grateful that a bill before Congress that would prohibit stock trading by members of
Congress and their spouses is actively being debated, essentially putting an end to Nancy
Pelosi’s stock trading business. It’s a pity the Congresswoman was never a colleague of mine at Hutton. Perhaps she would have learned some ethics and how good it feels to tell the truth and not spew lies. But I’ll give Nancy Pelosi credit. She does have thick skin, and hopefully that is the only thing I have in common with that piece of political trash.
Thought of the Day
Do ya think Oscar Wilde was a relative of Senator Elizabeth Warren? After all, one of his more insane ideas was that “rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It’s not fair that some men should be happier than others.”
Some of the “Smart” People Running This Country Are Complete Morons
Examples:
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ): Over $100,000 in gold bars and almost $500,000 in cash were found in his closets. Mind you, they were found stuffed in coat pockets, socks, and shoes. And this guy is “helping” run the country? He was recently found guilty of bribery and is resigning from the Senate. Yay Dems! Go team!
AOC (D-NY): This financial illiterate’s goal is to bankrupt the nation and install a socialist form of government. Here is some of the language—word for word—from her 2019 bill, H.R. 5071:
To provide access to Federal public benefits for aliens, without regard to the immigration status of that alien, and for other purposes. . . . For purposes of this section, the term “Federal public benefit” means . . . (2) any retirement, welfare, health, disability, public or assisted housing, postsecondary education, food assistance, unemployment benefit, or any other similar benefit for which payments or assistance are provided to an individual, household, or family eligibility unit by an agency of the United States or by appropriated funds of the United States.
Unless I am mistaken, AOC wants to provide benefits to everyone who manages to sneak into the county and is guilty of a felony. How many millions would qualify? How is this to be paid for? Oh yeah, have the rich pay their fair share.
Maxine Waters (D-CA): This idiot Congresswoman has declared that Trump supporters need to be investigated, claiming they are domestic terrorists. Well, I claim that this member of Congress is an idiot. Remember, she is the one who urged everyone to harass members of the Trump Administration in churches, restaurants, and everywhere they could be found with their families. Waters is a poisonous person who should have never been reelected by the morons who elected her to Congress.
Joe Biden Is NO George Washington
It is evident that no journalist at CNN or MSNBC ever studied history when they majored in journalism at Woke U. Remarks comparing Biden to George Washington as one of the greatest presidents in US history are unjustified and false platitudes that news station bosses directed journalists to say on the air. I find the comparison reprehensible. Do you?
America Is Clueless – AOC and Kamala Harris Are Cut from the Same UltraLiberal Cloth
- Free universal public healthcare to undocumented illegals
- Voting rights for murderers, rapists, and felons of all stripes
- Prohibit offshore drilling
- Prohibit fracking
- Total elimination of all fossil fuels
- Elimination of red meat from American tables
- Get rid of the filibuster
- Decriminalize illegal border crossing
- Abolish ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
- Defund police nationwide
- Mandatory buyback of all assault weapons
Is this who you want to lead the nation, be the next commander-in-chief, and be a role model for your kids?
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Why We Need More Conservative Judges
Liberal judges interpret the Constitution the same way sixth graders would do in social studies class. Those students would be in favor of adding a Constitutional amendment to ban teachers from banning their cell phones in class. We do not have an elastic Constitution, and there is a reason that sixth graders are not given the right to vote.
Way to Go, Kamala!
I ran across a somewhat cryptic paragraph about a Democratic staffer who recently joined the Kamala Harris campaign as Deputy Press Secretary. The snippet made mention of the fact that “they” work as a drag queen on weekends, according to his social media bio. WOW! DEI forever! Inclusive! Way to go, Kamala!
Random Truth
No one has the right to march across our border uninvited, unannounced, or unvetted and expect to receive benefits reserved only for citizens of the United States of America.
Random Drivel
Sometimes I’m stunned by what I read, and unfortunately, it happens more often than it used to. Case in point: an article published in the New York Post on July 27, 2024. Seems I was totally unaware that there is a notorious astrologer loose on the Internet. Apparently, Amy Tripp called the exact date of Biden’s announcement that he would remove himself from the Presidential race. So because she made this correct prediction—and my sincere apologies to all the Las Vegas bookies who had placed bets on this—Ms. Tripp is now crowned the most notorious astrologer
on the Internet. Who else but the New York Post could come up with such drivel to keep city commuters entertained while they sit sweltering on buses and subways?
Not a Surprise
According to a story I saw in Newsmax on July 17, 2024, a new Reuters poll suggests that a full 80 percent of Americans feel the United States is spiraling out of control. Well, they are preaching to the choir. I don’t know anyone who is happy about the path that America is on. So, who ya gonna vote for come November?
For the Record
I really don’t care what George Clooney thinks—or Pink, Barbara Streisand, Tom Hanks, and others. Should Donald Trump win the Presidency, I expect all these nice liberal folks to stay true to their word and leave the United States permanently.
Progressive Democrats Refuse to See Their Reflections in the Mirror
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was recently quoted as saying, “Donald Trump and the MAGA right will plunge our country into an abyss of extremism the vast majority of Americans oppose, and which America has really never seen.”
Hmm. Extremism, Mr. Majority Leader? If you want to point the finger at extremists, how about Democrats’ strategies to:
- Erase America’s borders
- Defund the police nationwide
- Require taxpayers to subsidize illegal aliens’ healthcare
- Marginalize women’s sports by allowing biological men to compete nationwide
- Refuse to implement stringent voter ID laws
President Trump will try his best to reverse all these misdirected progressive policies.
The Democratic Wish List That Scares the Hell Out of Me
- Restrict what people can post and see on social media (censorship)
- Put Donald Trump in jail
- Pass a federal ban on voter ID
- Decriminalize illegal border crossings
- Stack the Supreme Court
- Abolish the Electoral College
- Allow non-citizens to vote
Deceitful Celebrities Lied to the American People
I expect asshat liberal celebs to keep their word. When they said, “I’m leaving if Trump is elected,” I fully expected them to pack their Gucci bags and get the hell out of America. But that’s not what happened. They just wanted to get up on their soapbox, yell, and attract attention.
Time: 2016
Place: Hollywood and all media sources
What: Pledged to leave the United States if Donald Trump was elected President Update: They are still here!
Who:
Rosie O’Donnell
Barbara Streisand
Cher
Jon Stewart
Amy Schumer
Whoopi Goldberg
Miley Cyrus
Raven-Symoné
Samuel L. Jackson
Neve Campbell
Chelsea Handler
Note: As near as I can tell, they are all still here. And yes, I fully expect them to repeat their pledge in the coming weeks.
Securing Our Reserves
I’ve started reading articles about the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. I’m not entirely certain of the need and where this reserve might actually be established. It seems that not much is secure these days, and I would be mindful of North Korean hackers gaining access to the booty. They might consider placing it on a small laptop and burying it in the salt caverns that hold our Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Just sayin’ . . .
A Little More on Voter ID
I’ve told this story before, but it bears repeating. I went to a BIG marketing conference in a Dallas hotel about six years ago. As I lined up to check in and register in front of a massive ballroom filled with a thousand chairs, I looked to my right and noticed a similarly huge conference for the Texas State Teachers Association. Nothing was strange there. All sorts of associations and organizations hold conferences with noted speakers and exhibits. What caught my eye was that the folks at the registration table were inspecting IDs to ensure that those who entered were Texas state educators. I made a mental note that there in Dallas, you had to prove you were a teacher to get into a teachers’ conference, but no ID was required to vote in an election. If progressives had their way, even teachers would not have to show ID to get into a teachers’ conference. And oh, by the way, we still need to show ID at airport security. I guess they want to do away with that too?
Tell Lies Enough Times, and Folks Begin to Believe It
- Bidenomics is working
- We have a secure border
Kamala Harris uttered those two outright lies on video! Is that who you want to be President of the United States? Individuals should be elected to high office based not on their sex or the color of their skin but on their knowledge, experience, and ability to do the job. Liking someone has nothing to do with it.
Young Americans Would Do Well to Learn from Failed Socialist Venezuelan State
As head of the Socialist Party since 2013, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has reigned over a collapsing Socialist society. He has managed to keep an iron grip on the country through strongman tactics and inviting Cuban military advisors to prop up his illegal regime. Massive election fraud has allowed Maduro to stay in power all these years. In fact, in July 2024, he won yet another contested election. It is estimated that the
Venezuelan economy has contracted about 80 percent in the last decade, despite the fact that they are sitting on literally a sea of oil. Reports indicate that nearly 8 million Venezuelans have fled the country, including much-needed doctors, dentists, engineers, and other highly skilled people.
Yet even with the Socialist spotlight on the real-time failures of this political philosophy, young Americans remain in favor of Socialist policies such as guaranteed universal income, free education, and free medical care, with the government as employer of all and owning all means of production. These young Americans do not understand that all this precedes the death of a society.
Repeat after Me – Democrats Plan to Destroy Democracy (in Case It Has Not Sunk in Yet)
Here’s a reminder of how they plan to do that:
- Abolish the Electoral College
- Jail Donald Trump
- Eradicate MAGA
- Outlaw voter ID
- Put an end to free speech
- Pack the Supreme Court
- Toss the U.S. Constitution in the trash
The Intangible War
I read that a tweet from a major sports figure ignited a social media war. When will media morons understand that we don’t appreciate their hyperbole or nonsense headlines? Who cares what happens in the Twitterverse? Best folks put down their phones and do something productive.
Sometimes You Just Have to Scratch Your Head
A recent Fox headline read, “Google AI Chatbot Refuses to Answer Questions about Trump Assassination Attempt, Relating to Previous Policy.” Now I’m not a chatbot expert, and I would know if I were in an elevator with one, but . . . how can a chatbot refuse anything?
Content Moderation My Ass
I’m a great believer that words have specific meanings. Why else would we choose one word over another? For example, that movie sucked versus that movie was okay. I get hot under the collar when folks call for content moderation—a thinly veiled synonym for censorship—especially on social media platforms, in the workplace, and at poison ivy universities and many liberal Northeast colleges. Individuals get de-platformed (is that even a word?), fired from their jobs, not promoted, denied tenure, and more. It seems these folks forget about something called the First Amendment that states we can say what we want in America without fear of retribution. Yet there is a whole swath of progressive liberals who want to deny that right to everyone who doesn’t sing their song or hold to their warped opinions. Content moderation is NOT moderation. It is a denial of free speech, and it is censorship. Lest you forget, that word is not spoken here in America.
I Was Annoyed by Something I Read – No Surprise There!
At the very end of July 2024, I spied an article that said that the Biden Administration will email everyone who has student loans about possible potential debt relief. Forget for a moment that the Biden Administration—in its last dying breath—is attempting to flout the will of both Congress and the Supreme Court by continuing to release student loan borrowers from their legal obligations in return for Democratic votes this November. This smacks of ILLEGAL in so many ways. I am hoping for an immediate judicial injunction. By the way, since when does the United States government email you?
Achieving Financial Autonomy
What can I say? I’ve been working with money for over 40 years and thought this would be of interest. Please enjoy this YouTube video I recorded with the CEO of Greek University, the largest organization serving college fraternities and sororities in the nation.
Living Testimony
I am an American with inherited sovereignty.
I was born on American soil.
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