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Some Facts Don’t Matter To Trump Voters

I’ve written many times about what is wrong with Trump that he should not become president. Frankly, people who will vote for him are either misinformed or don’t care about the facts about him. The most important facts are that he is a felon, 34 times, due to his “business” practices in New York State; Trump and others have two pending felony indictments, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Georgia related to their role on the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021; several lawsuits against Trump are filed by police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on January 6, ...

The Fools Gold Of Proposal 1

“Have you stopped beating your wife?” is known as a trap question. If you buy into the biased assumption, you’re easily fooled. The fool’s trap of protection in Proposal 1 is similar. “Aren’t you for protections?” intends to box you in a corner, trying to make you look like a fool if you answer “No.” But what if Proposal 1 is fools gold, who then is the fool? Protections for “identity politics” in Proposal 1 is fools gold. The fools gold of cultural Marxism makes up rights and protections to fit a political agenda at the expense of others. For example, girls ...

Harris Makes Closing Argument For Trump

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Devi Harris has made a closing argument. For the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald John Trump. How, you ask, did Harris do this? It’s simple: By answering a single question on The View, a daytime-television talk show that isn’t exactly a hostile forum for liberals such as Harris. Here are the question and the answer: Q: “Would you have done something differently than President Biden during the last four years?” A: “There is not a thing that comes to mind, and I’ve been a part of most of the decisions that have ...

Growing Concerns About Proposal 1

Article 1, Section 11 of the New York Constitution protects against unequal treatment based on race, color, creed, and religion. Proposal 1 will amend the act to also protect against unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, and pregnancy outcomes, as well as reproductive healthcare and autonomy. The amendment also allows laws to prevent or undo past discrimination. There is a growing concern that Proposal 1 will affect our family values and rights. For example regarding the ...

A Parade Like No Other

There is one parade I wish I could have attended—the one that ended the Civil War. Over two days the Armies of the Union traversed Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to the White House, a seemingly unending sea of soldiers. In the case of General Sherman’s Army, it took most of a day for all 65,000 to make that last march. In Sherman’s words: “For six hours and a half that strong tread of the Army of the West resounded along Pennsylvania Avenue; not a soul of that vast crowd of spectators left his place; and, when the rear of the column had passed by, thousands of ...

Mold The Economy You Live In By Voting

It’s fairly common to hear people complain bitterly about what’s happening in government, both locally and nationally, only to find out they don’t vote. The reasons they give are many and varied. Some people have financial or transportation issues, can’t get time off from work, or find the mere idea of registering to vote intimidating, when, in fact, it’s fast and easy. Others choose not to vote when they don’t feel there is a candidate that represents their views or if they think their ballot doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things, even though it’s one of the ...