A Discussion on the Second Amendment

Amendment Two of the Constitution of the United States of America reads:

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

In the Supreme Court case of District of Columbia vs Heller, the High Court decided that is is an individual's right to possess a firearm unconnected to a militia and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within one's home.

Even with all the debate from the Left about how we no longer need the right to keep and bear arms, let's take a look at what the Founders had to say about it. The following quotes come from TheFederalistPapers.org.

“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined…” – George Washington, First Annual Address, to both House of Congress, January 8, 1790

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” – Thomas Jefferson, Virginia Constitution, Draft 1, 1776

“I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, January 30, 1787

“What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. Let them take arms.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison, December 20, 1787

“The laws that forbid the carrying of arms are laws of such a nature. They disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…. Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” – Thomas Jefferson, Commonplace Book (quoting 18th century criminologist Cesare Beccaria), 1774-1776

“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, August 19, 1785

“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Cartwright, 5 June 1824

“On every occasion [of Constitutional interpretation] let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying [to force] what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, [instead let us] conform to the probable one in which it was passed.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Johnson, 12 June 1823

“I enclose you a list of the killed, wounded, and captives of the enemy from the commencement of hostilities at Lexington in April, 1775, until November, 1777, since which there has been no event of any consequence … I think that upon the whole it has been about one half the number lost by them, in some instances more, but in others less. This difference is ascribed to our superiority in taking aim when we fire; every soldier in our army having been intimate with his gun from his infancy.” – Thomas Jefferson, letter to Giovanni Fabbroni, June 8, 1778

“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759

“To disarm the people…[i]s the most effectual way to enslave them.” – George Mason, referencing advice given to the British Parliament by Pennsylvania governor Sir William Keith, The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adooption of the Federal Constitution, June 14, 1788

“I ask who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers.” – George Mason, Address to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 4, 1788

“Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops.” – Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, October 10, 1787

“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of.” – James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country.” – James Madison, I Annals of Congress 434, June 8, 1789

“…the ultimate authority, wherever the derivative may be found, resides in the people alone…” – James Madison, Federalist No. 46, January 29, 1788

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.” – William Pitt (the Younger), Speech in the House of Commons, November 18, 1783

“A militia when properly formed are in fact the people themselves…and include, according to the past and general usuage of the states, all men capable of bearing arms…  “To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them.” – Richard Henry Lee, Federal Farmer No. 18, January 25, 1788

“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined…. The great object is that every man be armed. Everyone who is able might have a gun.” – Patrick Henry, Speech to the Virginia Ratifying Convention, June 5, 1778

“This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty…. The right of self defense is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.” – St. George Tucker, Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1803

“The supposed quietude of a good man allures the ruffian; while on the other hand, arms, like law, discourage and keep the invader and the plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. The balance of power is the scale of peace. The same balance would be preserved were all the world destitute of arms, for all would be alike; but since some will not, others dare not lay them aside. And while a single nation refuses to lay them down, it is proper that all should keep them up. Horrid mischief would ensue were one-half the world deprived of the use of them; for while avarice and ambition have a place in the heart of man, the weak will become a prey to the strong. The history of every age and nation establishes these truths, and facts need but little arguments when they prove themselves.” – Thomas Paine, “Thoughts on Defensive War” in Pennsylvania Magazine, July 1775

“The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” – Samuel Adams, Massachusetts Ratifying Convention, 1788

“The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them.” – Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833

“What, Sir, is the use of a militia? It is to prevent the establishment of a standing army, the bane of liberty …. Whenever Governments mean to invade the rights and liberties of the people, they always attempt to destroy the militia, in order to raise an army upon their ruins.” – Rep. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts, I Annals of Congress 750, August 17, 1789

“For it is a truth, which the experience of ages has attested, that the people are always most in danger when the means of injuring their rights are in the possession of those of whom they entertain the least suspicion.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 25, December 21, 1787

“If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no resource left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all positive forms of government, and which against the usurpations of the national rulers, may be exerted with infinitely better prospect of success than against those of the rulers of an individual state. In a single state, if the persons intrusted with supreme power become usurpers, the different parcels, subdivisions, or districts of which it consists, having no distinct government in each, can take no regular measures for defense. The citizens must rush tumultuously to arms, without concert, without system, without resource; except in their courage and despair.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28

“[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 28, January 10, 1788

“As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms.” – Tench Coxe, Philadelphia Federal Gazette, June 18, 1789

I realize that with most of my posts it is only my opinions that are written. This topic, the right to keep and bear arms, is too important for just my opinion. The Founding Fathers, the ones who wrote the Constitution should be the ones to explain it. I think they did a damn fine job of it.

It doesn't matter if we have more numerous lawmen today than we did 243 years ago. It doesn't matter that technology is far superior. I believe that Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and the rest of the Founders made it abundantly clear as to why the people of this nation should never lose their right to keep and bear arms.

It seems to me that most of the Founders believed that this right was to protect the people of the nation, the citizenry, the general population, whatever you want to call us peasants that vote in our so-called representatives, against a tyrannical government.

The Declaration of Independence says it best:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Why do the Democrats work so hard at taking away the Second Amendment? Why are they so hell-bent on taking the guns out of the hands of the people? Think about it. Read the above words from the Declaration once again. Pay close attention to the last few lines.

“When a long train of abuses and usurpations...” What has the Democrat Party been doing? They sure don't represent America. They campaign on open borders, rights for illegals, citizenship for anyone, abortions after birth, socialized medicine, more centralized and larger government. All of these things are 'abuses and usurpations' against the American people. Tax, tax, tax and spend, spend, spend; all the while not really representing anyone but their own power and wealth.

Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of Republicans that are the same way. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There is no better example of that statement than the Federal Government. As stated in another article: the Founding Fathers did not even have the wildest imagining of a government as large as what we now have. The Congress was not to be a career but a part-time job of representing the people of their district for a short time then go back home to their regular job. They weren't even supposed to have a salary – only a stipend for while they were in session.

Neither political party, and we are a two-party system regardless of the number of parties that exist, is innocent from corruption. Both parties are guilty of 'abuses and usurpations' against the people. There have been great men that ran for the high office of President only to be passed over because they were neither Republican nor Democrat. There have been great men that ran but didn't have the money to fight against the Red or Blue.

We, the People, have allowed our government to grow to where there is no way to get it under control. The states have abdicated a lot of their rights over to the Federal Government. This is why we fight to keep the rights we have. This is why Congress thinks it can take those rights away from us. We, and only we, can stop them.

Remember this, my loyal readers, if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you always got.

Keep America Great. Stay armed. Stay vigilant. Stay safe. Stay free.

A Discussion on The First Amendment

Amendment One to the Constitution of The United States says: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.



Sounds simple doesn't it? Freedom of religion, speech, press, to assemble and to petition the government.  Too bad that it isn't quite that simple. Especially in today's world where one political party wants it to say something else.



When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, it wasn't done over-night. It took months and a lot of debate. There were arguments and discussions. What those patriotic men wanted was a document that would limit how much power the government had over the people. After all, they had just fought a long war to gain freedom from a tyrannical, corrupt empire. It was their firm belief that the people could govern themselves better than any group of people in a central location could. The fact that the enumerated items in the First Amendment were put in there first – they felt that these were the most important.



Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.  What, exactly did they mean by this? People will say that this means there is a separation of Church and State; that the government should not be involved in or use any religion in its' business. The founders did not use the name of God in any official document for a reason. The English King had demanded that all people worship in accordance with the Church of England. Our founders did not want anyone to be forced into one way of worshiping. That is all. Our Constitution and all our laws at the time were based on Christian principle. Why? Our country was, and still is, a Christian based country. Yes, we have a myriad of religious beliefs within our borders, but Christianity is the most prevalent.



What the Founders meant was that our government would never tell anyone that they had to worship a certain way and that any other way was wrong. The only religion that has ever been banned within our borders is Islam. Is that going against the First Amendment? In a way, yes; but for a very good reason. Islam directly contradicts everything about our government, our Constitution and our way of life. It is against the law to come into our country and be against, and try to subvert, our Constitution. Islam does just that in every way and if you don't believe that just read the Koran.



We, as Americans, have the freedom to praise God in any way we see fit no matter what anyone thinks. We can worship Odin, Set, Zeus, the Annunaki, Han Solo, or Elvis. We even have the freedom to not worship any god if we so choose. That is a right given to us by the words: Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.



How about ...or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press? We have the right, the freedom, to speak our mind. Without the freedom to speak differing opinions, and debating those opinions, then there is no growth and we stagnate. Without this freedom we would be like China where a person can be thrown in jail for speaking against the government. The same goes for freedom of the press. The press has the ability to put out to the masses what it may whether the government likes it or not.



There are restrictions on freedom of speech to be sure. A person cannot go into a crowded movie theater and yell, “Fire!” There is such a thing as common sense. Your speech cannot cause harm to anyone. You cannot libel or slander a person without repercussion. This goes with the press. I would say that the press has more responsibility than the individual when it comes to their freedom. People take what is written as news as truth and gospel. The press should keep their reporting to truth and not opinion unless stated that it is opinion.



Today, however, people and the press take this right to the extreme. Freedom of speech now includes actions. The Supreme Court has ruled that it is freedom of expression to burn the American Flag for an example. The new Democrat Party believes that getting into a person's face and screaming at them is freedom of speech. I don't think that is what Hancock, Adams, or Franklin had in mind.



The freedom to peaceably assemble. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr protested for civil liberties for blacks in the 50's and 60's. Did he destroy neighborhoods, loot stores, beat people into oblivion? No. He assembled his protests in a peaceful manner without rioting. Today, it is common for protesters to burn buildings and vehicles, loot stores and even kill those that don't agree with them. Few are brought to justice over these atrocities. This is not assembling peaceably. This is rioting. But the far left uses the First Amendment as their justification for their riots. Antifa routinely uses violence as protest. The far left has used 'in-your-face' physical and verbal abuse as protest. Blacks have burnt buildings and vehicles, looted stores and destroyed neighborhoods as protest.



Finally, the right to petition the government for a redress of grievances. When the government was first established it was small and easily approached. Today, the government is so huge with so many different departments with millions of employees it is almost impossible to know where to go with a complaint. Not that it would do any good because there isn't a government employee that will actually try to help you with a problem. Try going to the IRS with a complaint about how they do their business.



Today's government is not what the Founders had in mind. The wanted a small government that took care of national business such as keeping a military and keeping our national borders secure. They were in Washington to protect us as a nation. The Founders did not want a monstrous entity that controlled the people but a small government that the people controlled. In other words, we were a country that had a government and now it's a government that has a country.





The First Amendment is so important to our nation; to our freedom. Interpreted as written, it keeps our country from becoming a socialist/communist state where the government controls everything we do, say, or think. With the new Democrat Party doing its best to control us, the members of that party have done their very best to do away with our freedom of speech with political correctness and silencing conservative speech with violence or threats. They have perverted that freedom to include actions that border on treason, such as stomping on or burning the Standard of our country, getting in the face of any conservative anywhere, and rioting over perceived injustice.



The Democrats have banned any Christian symbol on all government property and all but outlawed any Christian teachings. Some of our elected officials have gone so far as to ridicule others for their faith in God and the Bible. Yet, Islam is to be protected and taught as a way to preserve diversity.



The press has become the mouthpiece of the far-left political party. No longer do they report news, instead they report rumors and opinion as truth. Journalism is a dead industry. All you need do is turn on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, or read the New York Times or Washington Post. There is little news there but a lot of liberal bias. Yes, that is freedom of the press to write what they want regardless of what government would like, but I believe wholeheartedly that the press has a responsibility to report truth not bias.



The First Amendment, our freedoms start with it and will end if it is ever taken away. With the rights and freedoms guaranteed by this most important addition to the Constitution comes great responsibility. Not just with the press but with every citizen. Voice your opinion, protest what you think is wrong, petition the government if you have a grievance but do it peaceably. If you disagree with someone have a discussion not an argument. Above all, have an open mind to what others believe.



There will always be things in government that could be made better. There will always be those that have differing opinions and beliefs. That is the main reason for the First Amendment – we have the right to voice our opinions and beliefs and to complain about what the government does. That is what makes America great.

The Media vs the American People

As I sit back and watch what is happening in the world, how social media and the mainstream media are controlling our thoughts, I am totally amazed. Here in the United States of America, the most democratic, the freest, nation in the world we are manipulated and controlled by a biased media and an intolerant, far left-leaning Congress.

As President Donald J Trump fights to keep America free, safe, and economically sound, our so-called representatives are fighting him tooth-and-nail on all fronts. They call him a Nazi, fascist, xenophobe, homophobe, racist; all because he wants to build a physical barrier between Mexico and the U.S., he wants to deport illegal aliens, he wants to have a photo ID to vote, he wants fair trade deals, and on and on. All the liberal left can do is investigate, investigate, investigate. There has never been a president so persecuted; not even Richard M Nixon was investigated this hard.

Why are they doing it? Let's take a walk through recent history.

During the primaries for the 2016 election, Hillary R Clinton rigged the selection process so that she would win the nomination for the Democratic presidential candidacy. The people, clearly, would have chosen Bernie Sanders by far.

During the presidential campaign, Clinton was given debate questions beforehand. She bought a shaky dossier from a former British spy of dirt about Trump from the Russians. She was also investigated for having an unsecured server with classified U.S. Documents on it. Because of bias in government, she was exonerated before any investigation started. During that investigation, she deleted over 30,000 emails that were subpoenaed by Congress, wiped her server clean with Bleach-bit, destroyed phones and removed SIM cards.

Bill Clinton received half a million dollars for a speech given in Russia, the Clinton Foundation received tens of millions of dollars from Russia, and let's not forget the Uranium One deal where 20% of our uranium was sold to Russia while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

Yet, here we are, over two years into the Trump Administration and all we hear is that Trump colluded with the Russians to win an election that even he didn't think he'd win. The liberal left were so hurt and dismayed by his historic, landslide win against the favorite that they are doing all they can to destroy him and his administration. The election was rigged against him, the Mueller investigation was rigged against him, the mainstream media is rigged against him, the former administration is fighting against him, yet here he is, fighting every day for America, and winning.

What does this have to do with being controlled and manipulated by social and mainstream media? CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, The LA Times, Hollywood celebrities, athletes, college professors, anyone that leans left constantly pour out negative stories about Donald Trump. Not one of them ever says anything about the good he's done and is doing. They are more interested in destroying him. All because their savior, Hillary Rodham Clinton, didn't get elected. Yes, she won the popular vote by about 1.5 million votes. The thing about that is those votes came from New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Should three cities control what the entire nation does? The Democrats think so.

The socialist/communist agenda of the Democratic Party is being shoved down the collective throats of the entire nation. Universal everything is a fundamental right to all in the world at the expense of the U.S. Taxpayer. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gone so far as to say it is a fundamental right for everyone to have an income to live on, even if they are unwilling but able, to work. Socialism at its best. The younger generation, the generation called Millennials, are all for this. They believe that they are owed a living with no effort from them. Thank you, Socialist Representatives, social media, and the mainstream media that parrot this talk on a 24/7 basis.

After over two years of extensive investigation, the Mueller Team found absolutely no evidence of any collusion by Donald J Trump or his campaign even though the far-left liberals and the mainstream media have been pronouncing, daily, that there was clear evidence. They are still saying it even after the Mueller Report came out stating there was no collusion. The Democrats just won't give up until they find something, anything, against the one President, since JFK, that is totally for America. And Kennedy was shot because of it.

The antisemitic terrorist attacks around the world are blamed on Trump by the left. Any terrorist attack is blamed on Trump. Why? The left doesn't like his straight, politically incorrect talk. He says what he thinks without a filter. Instead of blaming the radical Islamic, antisemitic, pro-socialist, racist terrorists for what they are doing, the left must blame Trump. Yes, they hate him that much. They hate him because he is against their anti-American ideology. The mainstream media and social media follow the left to the letter.

There are four freshman Congresswomen that have basically taken over the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives. Each and every one of them has gone before cameras and the press and disrespected our nation in one way or another. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Oman have spoken out against Israel and the Jewish people, our biggest ally and the only Democratic nation in that region. Omar had the audacity to actually say “Some people did something” about the 9/11 attack on our nation and that all terror attacks around the world are due to America. AOC constantly accuses our men and women on the border as running concentration camps and being Nazis. Ayanna Pressly has said that if a black, brown, yellow face can't speak with the same color voice they don't need to be involved or heard.

The media has largely ignored all of the things these women have said and done. Instead, the media, the people that the nation goes to for truth in reporting and understanding in what goes on around the globe, have said that Trump is a racist, fascist., and a misogynist that is destroying the country with his tweets. As the 'Squad,' as they call themselves, give speeches, put out tweets, and give press conferences on how bad Trump has treated them, the press will not condemn them for any of their racist, Fascist, antisemitic, or anti-American rhetoric. The press praises these people like they are gods.

The mainstream media has become the mouthpiece for the Democrat Party. Instead of news, we get an opinion. Instead of reporting all the good that Trump has and is doing, we hear everything against him. They tear apart every tweet, every speech, even every gesture that the President makes and makes him look the bad guy. All the while screaming out the attributes of the new Socialist Democratic Party and ignoring that party's anti-American, pro-socialist, racist rants.

Whatever happened to news anchors like Walter Cronkite?

“And that's the way is was...”

When Did the Democrats Become so Anti-American?

When did the Democrat Party become so anti-American? A better question would be – why did they become so anti-American? If you are a Democrat you would disagree with me on this. The problem with that is all a person needs to do is listen to what each and every Democrat in Washington DC is saying. Listen to what the two dozen or so Presidential candidates are saying on the campaign trail. It is all about socialism, anti-Trump, doing away with the Bill of Rights (or at least some of them), more for illegals (to the point of making being an illegal alien legal), racism, sexism, anti-white and pro-black, gay, trans, immigrant, etc.

If this country was so racist and sexist then people like Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris, Corey Booker, Maxine Waters, Ayanna Pressley, Colin Powell, Ben Carson, etc would not be in Congress or other government offices. In fact, according to the Democrats the Republicans are so racist that it's pathetic. Amazing since the 41^st Congress had two House members and a Senate member that was black. These three were from Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi and all were Republican. The 42^nd Congress (1871 to 1873) had five Black members, all Republican. The 43^rd Congress had seven House members, all Republican. The 44^th, eight; the 45^th, four; the 46^th, one; the 47^th, two; 48^th, two.... all Republican and all from the southern states. The first Democrat was in the 74^th Congress (1937-39).

As for women in Congress, it was the 65^th (1917) Congress before a woman was elected. And guess what? She was a Republican. It was another four years before another woman served, the 67^th (1921-23) Congress had four women, one was a Democrat. Since that first Representative, Jeannette Rankin of Montana, served 365 women have served in Congress. As of the first of this year, there are 131 women serving. This and the information for blacks in Congress came from House.gov/history.

With this record it is obvious that America is racist and sexist. As of right now, the 116^th Congress has 52 immigrants and children of immigrants serving in the House and 16 serving in the Senate of which 57 are Democrats and 10 are Republican. Bernie Sanders, the final one, is a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist but a registered Independent. This is from the Pew Research Center.

Let' go with LGBT members. There have been three Senators, Democrats, that are openly gay or bisexual and 21 House members, of which seven are Republican. Currently, there are only ten members, all Democrats. I guess this means that the country isn't made up of a bunch of homophobes or xenophobes, either. Granted, the list of openly gay members was from Wikipedia which I don't usually use as a resource but it was the only page that would open on my phone.

Let's get into the freshman members of this Congress: AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley. These four, calling themselves “The Squad,” are very vocal about how bad the USA is. AOC being the most vocal. Not only is everything about this country racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic, and Nazi, they hate that our economy is capitalist, we want secure borders, we want the rule of law, and we don't want all the illegals to stay here. AOC is so vocal about it that she makes a fool of herself with all her falsehoods about what is happening with the illegals held in detention. Omar is spouting off embellished facts about our history to high school students to make the country look bad and Tlaib is demanding that we do away with the Bill of Rights. Pressley is just following along with her cohorts tirades no matter what they say. This is what America wants? This is what the Democrat Party is becoming?

Every day there are more and more incidents that make me wonder where these people are from. There are far too many things said, and done, by the Anti-American Party on a daily basis that it is hard to keep up with it all. There is nothing these people don't want to destroy when it comes to American morals and values. They want a socialist country. Period. They want total government control over every aspect of our lives. They want the American taxpayer to fund living expenses to illegals and the able-but-unwilling to work. They want white Americans to pay for the transgressions of our ancestors by way of reparations for slavery; by the way, those reparations are only to blacks, not the Irish or the Chinese whose ancestors were slaves. They want universal healthcare paid for by the taxpayer. College tuition paid for. Down payments for housing for poor blacks. What happened to being responsible for yourself? What happened to American pride? What happened to self-pride?

So, since the Democrats want to spew falsehoods out of their mouths constantly about how bad this country is, I would like to know when they became the Anti-American Party? Why are they so against everything American? I realize that their hatred for the current Commander-in-Chief is tantamount to GHW Bush's hatred for broccoli or WJ Clinton's love of sex but that shouldn't mean that they should do everything in their power against the people of the country. Especially since it is the people that have voted them in. At least I think the people voted them in. Maybe it wasn't the citizens of the country but the illegals, the dead, the double voting that got them all elected or re-elected. However, they got in there, or kept their seats, it is a shame that they don't represent the country, the flag, or their constituents.

The Tolerant Left

The anti-Trump agenda is ramping up. With twenty or more candidates running against him on the Anti-American (aka Democrat) Party ticket, the rhetoric is worsening by the minute. Not only are all the candidates anti-Trump, they are also very pro-socialist/communist. They each talk raising taxes, spending more, giving away trillions of dollars worth of services to those that either refuse to work or are not motivated to enrich their lives through work, not to mention the millions of illegal aliens that continue to invade our country.

They believe that the poor are unable to better themselves without governmental interference. I think that people like Ben Carson would refute that. There are countless examples of extremely poor people gaining greatness, and wealth, through hard work, perseverance and motivation. Some had governmental assistance, some didn't.

The liberals are wanting to give away college educations at the taxpayers expense. How about we cap college professor's salaries and the profit margin of colleges? How about we start promoting tech schools instead of 4 year degrees in liberal arts or majors that aren't in demand? How about maybe encouraging on-the-job training and internships? Why does the taxpayer have to foot the bill for an unusable 4 year degree?

They also want universal health care. I agree that healthcare is needed. I also believe that insurance companies need to stop raping people with high premiums. I believe that Big Pharma needs to stop raping the American public with exorbitant pricing while having their drugs priced cheaply in other countries. When it can cost around $150.00 to see a doctor for 5 minutes, an asprin can cost $80 in the hospital, an ER visit $500, and an ambulance ride takes a second mortgage on your house you tend to think that healthcare is a little expensive and ridiculous. But, it doesn't take government to pay for it. It takes government to regulate it.

Each of the liberal candidates seem to want open borders and amnesty for all illegals. The Liberal Congress can't seem to get anything done with and don't seem to want to enforce the laws we have. With Homeland Security and ICE running out of money to take care of the hundreds of thousands of illegals that we already have, Congress refuses to give them more. That is not surprising seeing as how that is a major talking point for them – how the Trump Administration is mistreating illegals. The Donald is just trying to enforce the laws that are on the books now.

Another thing the left has driven into the ground is the obstruction of justice and Russian collusion rhetoric. Bob Mueller didn't find any evidence against Trump or his campaign. The Left keeps saying that no one is above the law. They refuse to admit that the Clinton Campaign, the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton, the Obama DOJ, and possibly (more than likely) Barack Obama himself broke the law by colluding with foreign agents and obstructed justice. All they want is to get rid of Donald Trump. Why? It's probably because he isn't a politician that can be bought. Maybe it's because he loves America and the American way of life. Could be because he's actually doing what he promised and what Congress hasn't been able to do for half a century. Maybe it's because he puts America first before lobbyists, special interest, and foreign powers. Maybe it's because he is a patriotic American.

The Anti-American (aka Democrat) Party is pro-socialist to the point of being communist. If that is what the people of this country want we are doomed. All you have to do is look at cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Detroit, or New York City to see what socialist policy does. All these cities are Democrat controlled and they all look like third world countries. While the elitists live in luxury, the general population live in squalor. Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, Kamala Harris, Andrew Cuomo, Bill de Blasio, the Hollywood celebrities, etc. all live in their walled mansions while there are tent cities, people defecating on the streets, drug paraphernalia everywhere, etc. All the while those same elitists scream that the government needs to spend more and more on illegals. How about those same, extremely rich elitists spend some of their ill-gotten gains on social problems and the elected government officials take care of their own cities problems? Why doesn't the state of California take some of the BILLIONS of dollars they spend on protecting illegals and spend it on housing for the homeless AMERICANS? One of the reasons they don't is because they need those illegals to vote for them. The American people have come to realize that the Anti-American (aka Democrat) Party doesn't represent their best interest but their own wealth and power.

Don't get me wrong; there are good Democrats. You know, the JFK Democrats, those that are still American with the American dream still in their blood. The problem with them is that they are being driven out, over-ruled, and even ridiculed by the far-left socialist/communist sect. They are silenced just as the conservatives are being silenced. The far-left liberals are out to destroy our Constitutional Republic and turn it into another Venezuela, China, Soviet Russia, North Korea, or even an Islamic State. Anything but a free nation where the people have a voice; where freedom reigns. Those far-left wingers want total control over every aspect of our lives and they will do anything, no matter how low they have to go, to get and keep that power.

The far left, the ones I call libtards, will stop at nothing to get and keep power over the people. They scream racist, fascist, Nazi, whateverphobe at whoever disagrees with them. The intolerant left preach tolerance as long as their agenda isn't challenged. The First Amendment applies only if it helps them. The Second Amendment only applies to them (if they actually aren't afraid of weapons), The Fourth Amendment is only for them. The Fifth Amendment? Only the Left can use it. The Sixth Amendment? Well, did Paul Manafort get an impartial jury? I think that the fact that the Liberal run House of Representatives, redoing the collusion and obstruction of justice case against Trump goes against the Seventh Amendment. The Tenth Amendment, well, let's see, the States, themselves, have turned a lot of their rights over to the federal government. The people of the country have, themselves, turned a lot of their rights over to the government whether voluntarily or behind their backs in the dark of night.

If there comes a time that another Civil War is fought, it will not be North against the South. It will be American against the Anti-American (aka Democrat) Party. The Democrats have traditionally been more socialist than the GOP. Some Democrat policy has been needed. There will always be social needs that should be addressed. But for the federal government to take over and control these programs is NOT in the best interest of America. Charity needs to start at home and should not be forced on anyone. If I want to donate to a charity, I will. I do not want to be forced to donate to anything that I don't believe in. I don't believe in financing people that refuse to work but are able to. I don't believe in donating to abortion for convenience. I don't believe in financing illegals. I don't want to donate to anyone's college fund other than my own children's. I don't want to pay for anyone's healthcare other than my own family's. I sure don't want to donate to a foreign country. But I am forced to, every time I pay my taxes. MOST, not all, but most of these policies are Democrat.

This country, America, was built on self-reliance, hard work, innovation, imagination, Capitalism. It was not built on government handouts and socialism. Nowhere, no time, in history has socialism/communism worked. The far-left elitists, people like Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Beto O'Rourke, etc, scream the accolades of socialism while they are worth millions. Will they redistribute their wealth to the masses? Of course not. Bernie said that all anyone had to do was write a bestselling book and become rich while he has never had a real job in his life; never received a paycheck other than for public service. Nancy Pelosi screams that walls are immoral yet lives in a walled estate and has had illegals arrested for trespassing on her property. Only two examples of how the elitist left are hypocritical. They are hell-bent to spend the money of anyone but them.

The far left effectively silence conservatives by screaming racist, fascist, Nazi whenever the right speaks out. They protest against anything that goes against their agenda while saying that tolerance is necessary. By protest I mean riot. Only the left use destruction of property, physical and verbal attacks, even accusations of wrong-doing as protest. All you need to is see how the left react to people like Milo Yannoplois, Ben Shapiro, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, even President Donald J Trump. Yes, the left is very tolerant - for illegals, Islam, and anything that is anti-American. Their least violent protest is not standing for the National Anthem and desecrating the American Flag (which a liberal court decided was freedom of SPEECH).

Another example of the far left's intolerance is the big tech companies. Maybe you've heard of some of them: Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram. These major players are censoring conservatives. At one point Facebook went so far as to claim a statement by Mother Theresa as hate speech. Anything that goes against the far-left agenda is censored, belittled, condemned, deleted. Tolerance at its best.

How does the far-left keep track of all these conservative voices? Surveillance. How do they surveil us? By using tech. Our phones listen to us all the time waiting to hear “OK Google.” Alexa is always listening. Our computers, always right there. If you are naive enough to think that the government is not using our own devices against us, to listen and watch us, then you, my friend are lost. Any device that has a camera and/or microphone is a spying device for Big Brother. Who is Big Brother? The government, the Deep State, advertising agencies, and foreign powers are all in there together watching and listening to everything we say and do. Not a conspiracy theory – fact.

Look around honestly. Open your eyes to what is going on. George Orwell's '1984' is upon us and the far-left is at the forefront. The time is coming when they will win and political correctness, socialism/communism, a no-borders policy, etc. will be the norm. By the way, political correctness is just thought control. Soon enough the left will be able to arrest a person for what they are thinking. Everything against their agenda is hate speech. You can't use certain words but have to use what they want you to (after all, those five million different genders all have different pronouns and if you don't use the right one you've hurt someone's feelings and are in deep trouble).

Recently Antifa rallied in Portland, Oregon. They have the right to peaceably assemble and voice their opinions. The problem with Antifa (Anti-Fascist) is that none of their protests are peaceful. During this protest Antifa members physically attacked a conservative journalist and gave him a brain hemorrhage. What did law enforcement in Portland do about this? They did absolutely nothing. The esteemed mayor of Portland had instructed law enforcement to stand down, allow events to play out as they would. There is going to be law suits over this. The mayor should be charged, law enforcement should be charged, and Antifa members should be charged. Will they be? Only time will tell but even if they are the consequences will be minimal. There is now a double-standard in the law. Liberals are allowed while conservatives are not.

Keep vigilant. Keep wary. We are the greatest country in the world because we are the only country in history that gave the people the ability to govern themselves. Don't throw that away. It won't be an easy conflict. The far-left is embedded deep within our ranks. Freedom can, and will win the day if patriotic, freedom loving Americans continue to fight against the far-left. Keep America Great.