Random Thoughts for December, 2014.
By Robert A. Hall
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The GOP sweep of the midterm elections has some
conservatives calling for "no compromise," and stringent measurers.
But the GOP majority in the house and senate must try not to do things that
damage the GOP brand with voters, if they want to win in 2016. The media will
spin every action as negatively as possible. We need to talk about being willing to work with everyone, just as they do.
Democrats also call for bipartisanship when in the minority, after years of
Reid blocking every House bill, including bipartisan ones. But we can't
alienate the base and donors either. A political tightrope, but necessary to
walk if we want to stop "Benghazi Hill" from becoming the next failed
president.
Whether in war, business, sports or politics, if you wish to
make the opposition angry so they work twice as hard against you in the future,
I recommend gloating.
Liberals lost because they didn't clearly tell voters how
much big government helps them, and how government programs just need more
money to be successful. They need to be more liberal and to state it clearly to
win. Be sure to let your liberal friends know this.
We learned in this election that a "Clinton
Democrat" is really an "Obama Democrat" who doesn't want the
voters to know. In most cases, the voters knew anyway.
Obama said of the Midterm Elections that, "My policies,
all of them, are on the ballot." His party got crushed. Now he says he
doesn't "feel repudiated." What does it take to get through to this
guy?
Obama's post-presidency book should be titled, The Audacity of Lies.
Impeach Obama? To budge 14 senate Democrats and convict, you
need more than a smoking gun. Maybe a body, on video, and 100 angels as
witnesses. Maybe. An effort to impeach helps the Dems raise money, and a failed
vote to convict helps Obama the way it helped Clinton , because the media will blame the GOP
and politics. But suppose you did convict? First, there would be riots in the
cities, with hundreds dead and millions in damages. Which the media would blame
on the GOP, not the rioters. Then you'd have President Biden. Who would go into
2016 with a united party, tons of cash, and 100% turn out among blacks itching
to punish the GOP. Think about President Biden through 2020. Get over it.
Okay. Both President Obama and Congress have had ample time
to act and didn't. Now the situation is a crisis. So by BEO (Bob Executive
Order) I am relieving myself from paying any taxes. It's the right thing to do.
(Note to IRS. This is satire. Look it up.)
I bet Sen. Mary Landrieu will be happy when the runoff is
over. Win or lose, she can come back to her Washington
mansion and get out of her parents basement, her legal residence in Louisiana .
The penalty for being neat and organized is that you often
find yourself picking up after others as well as yourself. Doesn't help to just
try to ignore their clutter--they can tolerate it and will outlast you.
What President Obama should have said in the case of Trayvon
Martin. And in the case of Chris Cervini. And in the Case of Gilbert Collar. And
in the case of Michael Brown. And in the case of Dillon Taylor. (If you don't
know Cervini, Collar and Taylor , Google them. They
were whites shot by blacks in similar circumstances, but no riots so no media
circus.) "I am as saddened and concerned as other Americans at any tragedy
where someone loses his or her life. But we are a country of laws, not of men,
and these cases must be adjudicated by our judicial system without pressure or
comments from the President that would make it appear he was corrupting our
system by putting his thumb on the scale of justice for one party or the
other."
It is just as racist to attribute good characteristics to an
individual based on his or her race, as to attribute bad ones. Character is
determined by individual genetics, family environment and most of all culture,
not race.
What the Grand Jury said: "We do not find enough
evidence to indict Darren Wilson." What the protestors heard: "Good
news! Free TVs, beer and fun for everyone!"
When you question Muslim beliefs, it's Islamophobia and
racism. When they question yours, it's fulfilling their religion. When you
question liberal beliefs, it's hate. When they question yours, it's politics.
We learn nothing from war. I think Sex, Shitting and Slaughter are in the human DNA and
can't be removed.
Folk say you
should balance work and personal life. If they meant it, wouldn't the weekend
be three and a half days long?
I recently read American
Freedom, American Slavery: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia by Edmund S.
Morgan, published in 1975, this well-written history of the Virginia colony and
the foundations of American slavery is straightforward and free of today's PC
requirement that every publication by an academic in the liberal arts areas
advance progressive principles, however obvious the facts. In the 1600s, the
Virginia Assembly complained that an act of parliament affecting their trade
was the result of avaricious men "whose sickle has been over long in our
harvest." I laughed out loud--nothing changes. Government is still where
"avaricious men" go to put their sickle in your harvest. Here's other
good quotes from the book: "Men with guns are not as easily exploited as
men without them." p. 240. "Firearms were great levelers, and the use
of them by ordinary men against established authority was in itself enough to
generate leveling thoughts.
Any favorable mention of guns is now so taboo on our
PC-campuses, that in ten years a historian writing about WWII will not be able
to mention that the allies were armed when they took on the evil Nazis. Of
course, the Nazis may not be depicted as evil by then--after all, they were
certainly anti-Zionist and are still revered by Islamists, who are very PC.
If the Muslims ever decide to get along and stop
slaughtering each other over who practices the True Islam, we are in real
trouble.
I must be thick, as a liberal cousin once called me. I just
don't understand how black thugs, cheered on by black "leaders," burning down the businesses of hard-working
black owners fights white racism.
The New York Times doesn't
like me owning guns. I don't like them peddling left-wing propaganda. Rights
are not subject to other people liking your exercise of them.
Only a liberal like Obama could campaign on lowering medical
costs, then put a tax on medical devices, raising the costs to patients.
Blacks who attack other blacks as "acting white"
when they try to get an education are ensuring that many of the next generation
of black adults will be poor, ignorant, dependent on government handouts and
usually unemployed. Since educating slaves was illegal in the slave states,
blacks who get an education are acting in defiance of the slave owners, some of
whom were black. Blacks who don't get an education are acting as the slave
owners thought proper.
Getting political advice about candidates or policy from a
singer or actor is like getting investment advice from a hooker or health care
advice from the pest control guy. It might be right...
"Unbiased source." Someone who agrees with you.
The Democrat rule of politics. Illegal: "If you vote
for me, I will pay you ten dollars." Legal: "If you and your group
votes for me and I win, I will pass a program that will put millions of dollars
from the public treasury in your pockets."
When China
doesn't honor the new climate agreement (and they won't), we will send then a
strongly-worded note along with our next request to borrow money to fund vote
buying.
Be interesting if the media would send interviewers to ask
American Imams about their views on gay rights & same sex marriage. The
clash of liberal-favored groups is coming.
If elected President, will
1/32-native-American-by-family-tradition Sen. Elizabeth Warren ban "Hail
to the Chief" as racist?
Want to keep wages and jobs down for black people? First,
encourage them to be anti-education as "acting white," so they don't
have the education for better jobs. Second, increase the minimum wage to
eliminate a lot of entry level jobs so they don't develop basic job skills.
Third, import lots of low-skilled but hungry third world immigrants to depress
wage to minimum (or less under the table) and to take the remaining low-skill
jobs.
I'll consider what Obama says about global warming, ISIS , fast and furious and the IRS right after everyone
gets to keep their plan and their doctor.
The courts often knock out suits because the plaintiff
"lacks standing." Any citizen should have standing to sue for a
violation of the Constitution.
I think Democrat senators fleeing the state a few years ago
so the legislature couldn't vote on Walker 's
reforms may have been the start of Democrat decline in WI.
Scariest thing in the world: A sociopath who is also an
idealist.
Always kick your enemy when he is down. If he deserves
kicking at all, that's the best time. If you let him get up, there's a fair
chance you will be the kickee rather than the kicker.
Peter Kassig converted to Islam, and was heedless of the
danger of the Islamists. Now he's headless as well.
Uncle Tom. Noun. Derogatory Democrat name for black people
like Dr. Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas, Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Walter
Williams, Senator Tim Scott and Rep-Elect Mia Love, who came from humble
backgrounds, often poor, who through hard work, intellect and ability made a
success of life and dare to have their own opinions.
I have a new bumper sticker: "Pacifism is a luxury paid
for by Warriors." But given the way the world is going, fewer are ready to
pay every year. The time is fast coming when the pacifists will have to give up
their luxury or their lives. Given their limited mental toughness for doing
what is needed to survive, they will likely lose both.
There is a big push to eliminate political gerrymandering of
Congressional districts. But only in Republican controlled states. No interest
in states where Democrats control the legislature. So it's a hot issue in Wisconsin , no issue in Illinois .
Thug rioter logic: Give us what we want or we'll wreck the
community we live in!
As is the way with guys dealing with the challenges of age
and health, I'd give a lot to be young and back in the field with Marines. I
wouldn't even complain if I drew Ham and Limas from the C-rat box. (Yes, I know
they were long ago replaced with MREs, but I'm sure they have come up with
something equally noxious.)
Islamists are just Nazis in nightgowns....
Liberals love veterans. But they'd like them better if they
hadn't used all those nasty guns in the wars they were in.
I notice that the criminals who are most demanding of their
legal rights in the judicial system were usually totally unconcerned about the
legal rights of their victims.
Note to self: When making notes to self in note book, be
sure self can read the note the next day.
When I grow up, I plan to have a career in the booming field
of Protest Looting. Lots of things offend me, so I should do quite well.
Here's wishing all Islamists what they are wishing for
Christians and Jews. Does that make me Islamophobic?
I don't go shopping on Black Friday. Does that make me a
racist?
How about we pull all white cops
out of black neighborhoods, and give black cops the option of serving there or
not? If there is a crime, only black officers who volunteer can respond. That
will end the constant charges of racism against white cops. Of course, the last
business will be gone in three months.
Everyone has good stories to tell.
But not everyone is a good story teller.
The majority of voters want a travel ban to keep Ebola out.
The majority of voters have always opposed Obamacare. The majority of voters
support the Keystone Pipeline. The majority of voters oppose late term
abortion, not to mention partial birth abortion. The majority of voters oppose
illegal immigration. The majority of voters support Voter ID. The majority of
voters think the IRS was used politically. The majority of voters support
school choice and vouchers. The majority of voters support fracking and want
lower energy costs. The majority of voters support concealed carry. The
majority of voters oppose Common Core standards and testing in the schools. The
majority of voters oppose giving benefits to illegal aliens. Like slave owners
who believed that as the elite, they knew what was best for the slaves, the
Government now strives and usually succeeds in blocking the things a majority
wants and ramming through things a majority opposes. It is hard to believe that
government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished
from the Earth.
We are always in the process of "becoming." No one
is the person he or she was five years ago, or will be in five years. Change
continues until death. but positive change is under your control.
I wish I had time for all the things I was going to do and
see when I got the time.
I think the reason big business and the chamber support
illegal immigration is a racist one--they think for low level, unskilled jobs,
Hispanics are better, more reliable workers than native blacks.
I was going to ask Santa for a gun for Christmas, but
figured I couldn't pass the background check. I'm a veteran, Christian and
Republican. That's three strikes.
Get the collection! My
“Random Thoughts” from 2008 through July, 2013 are now collected in this book: The Old Jarhead's Journal: Random Thoughts on Life, Liberty
The Old Jarhead’s
Journal is a collection of Random Thoughts on politics and life and
Conservative Political Essays, mostly published on the author’s blog, including
the essay “I’m Tired” which went viral on the Internet in 2009, “The Hall
Platform,” “This I Believe,” and “Why I’m a Republican.” While they will be of
interest to conservative thinkers, they are collected here in book form as a
service to readers who wish to give a copy to favorite liberals and watch their
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*****
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served five
terms in the Massachusetts State Senate. He is the author of The Coming Collapse of the American Republic.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Collapse-American-Republic-prevent/dp/1461122538/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304815980&sr=1-5
For a free PDF of Collapse, e-mail him at
tartanmarine(at)gmail.com. Hall’s eleven books are listed here: http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-book-published.html.
His blog of political news and conservative comment is www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com.
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