I am The Equal Opportunity Critic and am decidedly conservative. I am anti-RINO— Republican in name only. I take offense at liberal Democrats telling me America should have open borders, universal income for all, free university education, rent control for all, free bus rides, and free healthcare for all. As I discuss later in this update, ultimately somebody has to pay for free—it does not magically occur. What one group consumes, another group must produce.
Corporate media, both on the right and the left, has failed to provide unbiased news to Americans. I do not turn on the evening news for an opinion from CBS, NBC, Fox, or ABC. I do not need the New York Times or The Washington Post telling what they think of President Trump’s policies. Stick that in an editorial. If someone cares for your position on something, they can flip to the editorial page and get your point of view. I do not want their opinion of current events; I want information—unbiased, stripped of the prejudices of their production staff, the director, the producer and the talking head behind the microphone. I am intelligent and fully capable of forming my own opinion based on the facts. I don’t require nor do I want someone else’s opinion—especially when someone is paying them.
Unfortunately, social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and all their cousins, have joined the cesspool of biased media and parade opinion and fake news instead of facts and information. It has become increasingly difficult to obtain untainted, unpolluted information.
I understand that you read these updates because my point of view dovetails with yours. But make no mistake, I do have my biases, and above all, I want what is good for our country. And as I witness the tenor of speech from liberal Democrats, I am convinced that they hate our country.
Madness Is No Achievement – Perhaps New York Should Learn This
I admit it. I pay attention to New York politics. Some may call it a sickness; I liken it to being compelled to rubberneck a car wreck on the highway. You just can’t help yourself; you must look! Still, I am grateful to the universe for that fall day in 1983 when I loaded up my U-Haul with all my belonging and left Flushing Queens for the armpit of America—Washington, DC. The thing about armpits is that they all smell differently, so it feels like you’re making progress when in fact you are substituting one hell hole for another. So when I read about the current mayoral election madness occurring in New York City, I slap myself silly—glad I am no longer a New York citizen—and take to writing about the socialist sickness that has infected the city of my birth.
We have all read that the leading candidate in the New York City mayoral race is Zohran Mamdani, a socialist who is intent on providing free shit to everyone, increasing taxes for the ablest, defunding the police, and expanding rent control so no sane real estate investor will ever consider renting apartments in New York City. What socialists fail to understand is that someone must pay for free. Free does not fall from the sky. A public school in the Bronx is not magically cleaned and maintained. Custodians need to earn a living in return for holding a mop, cleaning toilets, and ensuring that light bulbs are changed. A city bus offering free rides to all must necessarily have its oil changed, tires rotated, gas tank filled, and a weekly paycheck given to a driver. All these things cost money, and socialists fill their coffers with other people’s money in the form of excise taxes, sales taxes, regulatory taxes, income taxes, fees, permits, licenses, tolls, assessments, and business taxes. Everything is taxed in an attempt to have the funds to pay for all the free giveaways.
For every giveaway announced by Mamdani, there must be an equal and opposite takeaway from someone. This is the essence of socialism—government control of damn near everything and free stuff for the masses, paid for by those with money. Problem is that all these young’ns in New York have no idea what socialism is. It sounds good—free stuff. Leftists work very hard to explain why socialism has failed everywhere but will work in New York City.
New York’s educational institutions have not taught the truth about socialism. They have not created balanced curricula with lessons of the failed Soviet state, the Cuban state, and the Venezuelan state. They make it sound glamorous—free healthcare for all if you can get it, and free education for all that doesn’t teach self-reliance but reliance on the state. Educational institutions glorify the bright and shiny—free buses, free education, free healthcare, free cell phones, and universal basic income.
New York City has been unaffordable since I graduated from college—the major reason I lived in a crap-hole called Flushing in Queens with a roommate. If you don’t want to subject yourself to New York City’s insane prices, move to Indiana, Iowa, Tennessee, or Kentucky. To the best
of my knowledge, those places—like New York City—need ambulance drivers, construction workers, teachers, IT managers, nurses, and retail store clerks. Odds are the cost of living is significantly lower there.
And as for slashing the police budget and reallocating those funds to community groups, good luck when armed thugs break into your home and hold your kids at knife point. I don’t think unarmed social workers will be much help. Police are there to maintain law and order, to help keep citizens safe. Do you know any gun-toting social workers?
Finally, as we approach New York City’s mayoral election, you will witness the madness of the masses voting for an avowed socialist. Then watch over the next 24 to 26 months how many folks with high incomes and high net worth abandon New York City for saner places with less taxes and a better quality of life.
This ’n’ That
What’s the point? Fox News reports that Kamala Harris mentioned Michelle Obama only three times in her 300-page book. And here I mention that Kamala Harris is an incompetent, inauthentic, ill-informed and disingenuous politician. I said everything I had to say about her in one sentence. Now let’s move on.
Truth be told, I never much cared for BMWs, and I am ready to double down on that with their latest announcement of a 200,000 car recall. They are advising owners of certain models “to park outside due to fire risk. Owners should park outside and away from buildings and other vehicles until they either confirm their vehicle is not subject to the recall or have their vehicle
remedied.” Folks should abide by those cautionary words lest their garage and home burn to the ground. Talk about spontaneous combustion whether the car is being driven or not! The engine starter relay may corrode, leading to overheating and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire, according to the National Highway and Safety Administration.
Great quote (origin unknown): “I was minding my own business, and all of sudden 1975 was 50 years ago.”
When singer Don McLean was asked what his song “American Pie” meant to him, he thought for a moment and replied, “It means I’ll never have to work another day in my life.”
I’m told that beef prices are soaring—obviously, President Trump is to blame. I’m not sure how, but I am confident that progressive liberals will find a way to blame it on him.
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny.” —Thomas Jefferson
“Progressive Democrats don’t kiss babies on the campaign trail; they hug them, steal their college funds and spit in their sippy cups.” —Anonymous
“If it weren’t for double standards, Democrats would have no standards at all.” —Unknown
You might recall that during the Biden Administration, members of Congress such as Senator Chuck Schumer, the economically and intellectually challenged AOC, the incompetent Hakeem Jeffries, and other Democratic lemmings toed the party line that the government must remain open despite budgetary battles with Republicans.
If you have a hankering for ultra-left rhetoric, try reading the front page of the Chicago Sun Times. Evidently, the term “balanced reporting” has not been embraced by their newsroom. On the day I looked at it, all I saw was pro-Governor Pritzker, pro-Mayor Johnson, anti-ICE, and anti-Trump.
The United Nations (UN) has now blamed President Trump for their broken escalator and broken teleprompter. What else can I say?
I often read of boatloads of refugees leaving Haiti in search of a better life in America. It seems they believe that America is a much better destination than Cuba, Turks and Caicos Islands, Cayman Islands, Cancun, or Jamaica, which are all much shorter boat rides. So if America is the hell hole that progressive liberal Democrats insist it is, why are swarms of folks still traveling here despite all the risks and danger?
Attention parents: Should you ever see your child protesting at college, holding signs like “Down with America” or “Kill Capitalism,” I suggest you immediately stop paying their tuition, cell phone bills, insurance, and every other damn thing you are paying for, and allow them to learn hard facts that their college refuses to teach them.
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
Facebook employs a strange and downright disturbing habit of showing gruesome pictures such as head-on collisions with dead people strewn about the road, and directly below are likes. I fail to understand why anyone would “like” a scene of death and destruction.
I recently read that Senator Schumer (D-NY) and Congressman Jeffries (D-NY) were demanding a meeting with President Trump. Hmm. Two members from the minority party making a demand to see the President. I learned in school that in America, there is respect for the Office of the President, regardless of who is occupying the office. I would like to see how their demands are met. Stay tuned.
It was a snowy winter, and I was nine years old. My mom bundled me in warm winter clothes, galoshes, and mittens to trek the four blocks to third grade at P.S. 40 in lower Manhattan.
Obviously, I survived and thrived despite the Siberia-like hike to school. Yet today, I read that kids are suing President Trump over climate change. My recommendation is that someone smack their woke-ass parents in the head with a bag of quarters.
Former Veep Kamala Harris’s first choice for running mate was not Tampon Tim Waltz of Minnesota. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, perhaps the worst woke Cabinet member in
recent history, was her first choice, yet she passed on him, thinking that a Black woman and a gay white guy was a bridge too far for Americans to embrace. Little did Harris suspect that her incompetence at her job was the bridge too far, regardless of who else shared the ticket.
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, is set to release her new book that characterizes conservatives as fascists and compares Republicans to Nazis. That this foul, despicable excuse for a human is in a position of power in America’s educational system is an afront to everything decent. In her book, she compares Nazi book-burning to the removal of pornographic books from school libraries. Weingarten has led the AFT since 2008, and it is time she was put out to pasture and removed from her profane soapbox.
Portland, Oregon, Will Use Any Excuse to Stop ICE from Doing Its Job
Portland, Oregon, is no stranger to riots and violent demonstrations over the removal of illegal criminal aliens. The politicians there will use every bit of taxpayer money to defend the rights of people who should not be in America. Witness the latest idiocy from their City Council— attempting to close down the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building over land use violations. ICE will detain illegals for as long as needed and then transfer them to other facilities to be processed and removed from this country. The fact that the City of Portland is attempting to sue ICE over city land use regulations is laughable. And I would wager that the case will first go to a local liberal judge, and ICE will need to appeal and escalate the fight to a higher court. Stay tuned.
Another Massachusetts Nut-Job – Why Am I Not Surprised?
Anti-ICE protesters would do well to observe basic automobile safety rules such as placing their car in park before they hop out of it to yell at ICE agents making an arrest—especially when they stop their car on a hill beside a lake. Yep, you guessed it. This idiot was so enraged at ICE agents arresting an illegal alien in Upton, Massachusetts, that her car rolled into the lake during her fit of rage. The screaming idiot—I mean, woman—was dumbfounded to see her car roll into the lake. So the tip of the day is this: Place your car in park before committing stupid acts.
Lovely Rita, Meter Maid – Paul McCartney Would Flip over This!
Britain has a problem. Well, to be truthful, it has countless problems, but today we will focus on two strange numbers. Breitbart News recently reported that the British Army is now smaller than the number of parking enforcement folks—or what the Beatles called meter maids. It seems the number of traffic wardens (that is their official title) stands at about 82,000—compared to 73,000 in the British Army. Thankfully, if you include Britain’s Air Force and Navy, their armed forces total approximately 180,000 servicemen and women. In a pinch, I’m certain that the meter maids can be used as a front line of defense, ticket books and all.
The Best Supreme Court Line of Questioning Ever!
Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, is at the center of a controversy due to her misrepresentations on mortgage applications. President Trump is seeking to have her removed from her position at the Fed due to her falsification of documents. Personally, I believe he is correct. We cannot have a deceitful member of the Fed who has broken federal laws. As the case is winding itself to the Supreme Court, I stopped and imagined a line of questioning between the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Ms. Cook. Here is how it went:
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, I will ask you some questions. The only permissible answer to each of the questions is a yes or a no. I will not tolerate you asking me to repeat the question nor to thank me for the question. Your only answer to each question is a yes or a no. If you fail to abide by these instructions, I will hold you in contempt, and you will promptly be removed from this chamber. Do you understand these instructions? Again, only a yes or no statement from you. Please respond.
Lisa Cook: Yes.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Please look at the screen in front of you displaying the mortgage documents in question for the purchase of your home. Am I correct that you checked the primary residence box? Again, simply answer, yes or no.
Lisa Cook: yes.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, is that your signature at the bottom of the document?
Lisa Cook: Well, it looks . . .
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, I remind you I will tolerate no narratives here today. Only a yes or a no, or you will be held in contempt and escorted from the chamber. Do that one more time and you will find yourself in the basement jail cell. So I ask the question again: Is that your signature at the bottom of the document?
Lisa Cook: Yes.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, were you under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or under duress when you signed this document?
Lisa Cook: No.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, did you indicate that the mortgage was for a primary residence in hopes of securing a lower mortgage interest rate?
Lisa Cook: Yes.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Are you aware that it is a felony to knowingly submit false answers on a federal mortgage document?
Lisa Cook: Yes.
Chief Justice John Roberts: Ms. Cook, by your own testimony, you acknowledge that you falsified a federal mortgage document for personal gain and committed mortgage fraud. The United States government will not tolerate deceitful and fraudulent behavior on the part of its agents. This court will adjourn and render an opinion as to whether the President of the United States was within his power to dismiss you from your position at the Federal Reserve Board.
Later that day . . .
Chief Justice John Roberts: The defendant Lisa Cook will now stand. Ms. Cook, it is the decision of this court that you are stripped of your position at the Federal Reserve Board and receive the maximum punishment permitted by law. You will be incarcerated for a period of ten years and are not eligible for parole or early release. You will be fined $1 million, to be paid within thirty days. The decision of this court is final.
Chief Justice John Roberts: We will now proceed with our next case, The United States of America vs. Senator Adam Schiff, which coincidentally also involves a case of mortgage fraud.
What Part of the Left’s Platform Do You Agree With?
- Open borders
- Universal basic income
- Free healthcare for illegal aliens
- Granting amnesty and voting rights to 20 million plus illegal aliens
- $50 an hour federal minimum wage
- Defunding the police
- Sanctuary cities
- Taxpayer-supported abortion on demand
- Taxpayer-supported gender affirming surgery for minors and prison inmates
- Raising federal income taxes
- Banning gasoline automobiles, refineries, and natural gas
- Free college education for all
And in case it was lost on you, who pays for all that FREE stuff, considering that America is already $37 trillion in debt?
The Censure and Impeachment Olympics, Courtesy of Congressional Democrats
What does President Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi, RFK Jr., and FBI Director Kash Patel have in common? Easy—Congressional Democrats want them all impeached.
Democratic Congressman Marc Veasey (D-TX) has drafted Articles of Impeachment against both our Attorney General and Director of the FBI. It seems he is okay with the massive fraud,
abuse, and waste of the Biden Administration—ditto the catastrophe at the Southern border. But to have law and order Administration officials doing the jobs they were appointed to do is a bridge too far for the asshat Congressman. Were Congressional Democrats interested in governing, we would already have a budget bill, no CRs (continuing resolutions), and all of President Trump’s appointees would be, well, appointed and approved by the Senate. All New York Senator Chuck Schumer can come up with is that everyone Trump nominated for positions that require Senate approval are unqualified. Hey, Chuck, even you should be able to do better than sweeping generalizations. I for one think Chuck Schumer is not qualified to be in the Senate. See, we can all play that game.
It’s the CR Time of Year
Ah, autumn. The weather changes, the leaves turn burnt auburn, and even the air smells different. And of course, it’s time for the annual ritual of congressional showdowns with continuing resolutions (CRs) to keep the government operating. Americans know full well that the United States government, unlike the average American family, is incapable of establishing a budget and sticking to it. Think of it this way: Congress is in arrears on both its Visa and Master Cards, and interest is piling up in the billions. They can’t agree on what to spend taxpayers’ money on and what not to spend it on. They seem incapable of laying out plans for reasonable spending.
The latest ploy by Congressional Democrats is to hold the government hostage unless Public Broadcasting is re-funded with $500 million, cuts are restored to illegals on Medicaid and other giveaways that were scratched by the One Big Beautiful Bill recently signed into law. The Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, are robbing the American people of a fully functioning federal government. But I do have a solution to this age-old problem. It’s time for members of Congress to put some skin in the game.
I recall that when the government has been shut down in prior years, the media always made a distinction between essential employees and nonessential employees. For example, the military, air traffic controllers, the Coast Guard, the post office are all essential. I wonder if the folks who run the congressional payroll office are essential. I don’t think so. I believe they should be furloughed and be deemed nonessential.
Or we can take a different approach . . .
I propose that the American people demand that if Congress fails to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government funded and open, members of Congress are no longer entitled to be paid. Not only should their salaries be suspended but they should each be fined $1,000 per day, Democrats and Republicans alike. That way, EVERYONE is incentivized to reach an agreement, quickly.
Members of Congress earn $174,000 annually, so a suspension of their income and a punitive daily fine would go far to convince them to reach an agreement. Once they realize they will be inconvenienced and have their lives disrupted like all other Americans when the government shuts down, they might be moved to find common ground toward a bi-partisan budget solution.
Unfortunately, this would have to become law for it to happen, and Congress would never vote to be treated like all other Americans. They prefer that others have skin in the game.
The Congressional Marketing Machine in Overdrive
Political donations are the lifeblood of every member of Congress. Not a day goes by without a solicitation from assorted members of the Republican Party. But the important thing here is for them to interest me enough to actually open their envelope and read the message—a tough road for even the most experienced marketers. You see, I’m jaded. I’m a multi-decade student of marketing—from Gary Halbert, Jay Abraham, John Carlton, and Bill Glazer to Dan Kennedy and most everyone in between. I know that choice of an envelope matters, as does envelope color, design message, and see-though windows showing postage stamps, coins, and a $2 bill from Senator John Kennedy. I receive twelve to sixteen envelopes in the mail weekly, so I get to see a wide variety of appeals, from the worst to the most interesting and everything in between. I trash most all of them, writing an occasional check to those who I consider critical to the Republican Party.
‘Til we meet again…
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