Governmental overreach. This is something that the Constitution of the United States is supposed to keep from happening. The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to that Constitution, were put into place to secure the most basic of human rights and guarantee that they would not be taken from us by a tyrannical government.
What has happened over many decades is exactly what the Founding Fathers feared would happen and tried to prevent. The elected officials of this great nation have become so powerful, so embedded into the system, that they have no fear of repercussions of their crimes against the country and the citizens of the country. At one point these crimes were concealed from view, committed discreetly behind closed doors. Today, it is open for all to see but lied about and claimed to be committed by the opposition party. This is done by BOTH of the major parties, not just one.
What is happening to make me say such things? Open your eyes and see, my fellow Americans. A hundred and fifty years ago we could hunt and fish without needing a permit/license; we could build a shed, a barn, a house, without permits or governmental oversight; we could start and run a business without permits and taxes; we weren't taxed into poverty. Rules, regulations, and laws that we, the people, are controlled by are the sole responsibility of the Congress. It seems as though that has gone by the wayside as agencies such as the EPA, DNR, Commerce Department, etc. institute new rules and regulations on a daily basis without Congressional debate, vote, or approval. Well, obviously they approve but there are countless 'laws' on the books that Congress has not debated or voted on. These are NOT laws. Only CONGRESS has the power to legislate. Yet, here we are, forced to follow mandates, edicts, rules, regulations, etc. that have not gone through the legislative process.
Do we still have the right to free speech, to worship as we please, to PEACEFULLY protest, and does the honest press still have the right to report the truth? It seems that these guaranteed rights only belong to those that follow the agenda of the far-left. There are still over 500 people, American citizens, that are being held in DC jails without bail or access to legal counsel simply because they attended a Trump rally. They haven't even been charged with a crime. They peacefully protested outside the Capitol Complex. The rioters, looters, arsonists, and those that committed assault on innocent bystanders and police, are still free. Christianity has become ostracized and Islam is protected, and only far-left agenda stories are allowed to be printed as proven by the Hunter Biden laptop story being kept from the American people to insure the installation of a mentally challenged geriatric into the White House.
Do we still have the right to keep and bear arms as is expressly guaranteed by the Second Amendment? There were no constraints written into that amendment. None. It doesn't say anything about only if you carry so many rounds, only if you aren't a felon, only if you are a perfect citizen, only if it looks a certain way. It says: “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.” This has become a big debate across the nation. Why do people need guns when the police have them? Why do you need 30 rounds to go deer hunting? Why do you need a scary looking rifle? My answer to that is: why do you care? When the Founders stated 'a well regulated Militia' you have to take into account just WHO that Militia was at the time. It wasn't a government owned and operated organization. It was the PEOPLE of the colonies and the newly formed free country. That is why the last part of this amendment is so important and why it is the most repeated: the right of the PEOPLE... The Founders had just fought a war against a tyrannical dominion and wanted to insure that it would not happened again.
Do I want violent criminals to be able to carry concealed weapons? Do I want terrorists to be able to do the same? Let me ask you this: do you want one Constitutionally guaranteed right limited for a false sense of security or do you want to keep those rights protected for real liberty? It doesn't matter how many laws are enacted. It doesn't matter that government and police are armed to the teeth. Criminals don't care about laws. Terrorists don't care about laws. Crime still happens; as does terrorism. Chicago, the most anti-gun city in the country has the most gun violence. Statistically, every city and state that has the strictest gun laws are the most violent. Why is that? Maybe because the people aren't allowed to protect themselves and the police are hamstrung because of leftist rules and anti-law enforcement rhetoric.
How about protection from illegal search and seizure? Writ of habeus corpus? The right to legal counsel? Better yet: how about the rule of law? In most criminal cases there is a crime with, or without, a known perpetrator. In the case of Donald J Trump, and a lot of his followers, the government has a ton of perpetrators without a crime. Our elected officials are desperately searching for something, anything, to charge Donald Trump with. They tried Russian collusion and only found that it was the Clinton campaign, the DNC, and, possibly, Hilary Clinton, herself, that were the perpetrators. They impeached Trump twice just to find that he was innocent of all charges. I know, the left will swear that he was guilty and was let go but that isn't what happened. Has Trump been allowed equal protection under the law? Has he been presumed innocent until proven guilty? Not by a long shot! The left and the rest of those career politicians that are at risk of losing their power and wealth have gone after him with a vengeance. Only one other American President was persecuted to this extent and that pales in comparison.
Trump supporters, MAGA people, patriotic Americans that believe in the Constitution and our rights and freedoms have been declared domestic terrorists by the POTUS, a man whose own son sold access to for our enemies and other foreign powers. Joseph R Biden, Jr has proven over and over, since 21 Jan. 2021 that he has no interest in America. He shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline almost before the inauguration was over. He opened the southern border to millions of illegals to enter unencumbered. He has destroyed our economy. Where Trump had made us energy independent, Biden has put us back under the thumb of OPEC, our enemies. The list goes on but the gist of it is that the one person that had made America great again, has been persecuted while those that are doing the persecution are the ones actually destroying our country.
The far-left scream daily how conservatives, the MAGA people, and Republicans (if there were any actual Republicans) are destroying our 'democracy.' Hate to tell you but this country is not, nor ever has been, a democracy. Democracies fail, miserably just as Socialism and Communism do. We are a Constitutional Republic. Our representatives are democratically elected by popular vote. Our President is elected by the Electoral College which ensures that the WHOLE of the nation, not just a small, highly populated area is represented. Our 'democracy' is in no way being destroyed or in any danger of being destroyed by the conservatives and patriotic Americans that believe in the Constitution, as written and intended, and the Bill of Rights.
As I've stated, our rights and freedoms are being taken away, little by little, by people that are not elected and are not hurt in any way by their decisions. Even Congress has no vested interest in the laws they enact. They aren't forced to use ObamaCare, they have their own healthcare provided by the taxpayers. They don't care whether there is any social security left in the Treasury, they have their own retirement paid for by the taxpayer. They really don't care what kind of violence they incite by their speeches because they are protected by their position. They build their walls around their homes and the Capitol Complex to protect themselves yet leave the southern border wide open leaving we, the people, powerless to protect ourselves.
Think about this, while Congress is saying that it is the humanitarian thing to do to let all these illegals in and let them go where they may because they are such great assets to our country, when they end up in the midst of the elite, as Ron DeSantis made sure by sending 50 to Martha's Vineyard, those illegals become problems and can't be taken care of. Only the 'Red States,' the conservative centers, are able to handle the millions of invaders. Nancy Pelosi had several arrested that breached the walls around her home. No, the elites don't care one iota about the people.
The Founders knew that this would be attempted and did everything they could to prevent it. The Constitution was written as it was because of months of debate and public opinion. The newly formed nation wanted to make sure that they, and future generations, weren't subjected to the tyranny that they had been under the rule of King George. Now, because of decades of indoctrination and anti-American rhetoric in our government run schools, we elect that tyranny into office and keep it there. We vote to have our rights and freedoms taken away from us. We allow the Constitution to be shredded on a daily basis and used as a weapon against us.
The Constitution of the United States was written to protect the CITIZENS of the United States. It was never intended to protect illegals, foreign terrorists, foreign nations, etc. It is BY, FOR, and OF the People of the United States. Because of our complacency and lack of knowledge and understanding of our founding documents, we have allowed a tyrannical dominion to overtake our land. The sad part is that there are millions of citizens that believe in the tyranny, that support the tyranny, and embrace the tyranny. Why? Because they have been indoctrinated into believing that only government knows best how we should live our lives.
Hitler did not invade Austria. He was ELECTED into office. It took the Austrians five years to actually see what kind of monster the man was. Once the damage is done, it is almost impossible to repair. Can Venezuela regain its wealth and prosperity? It will take decades, if not centuries to do so. How about North Korea? Vietnam? China? Russia? Can the millions of citizens of those countries that were murdered come back? The millions of Jews and Germans that Hitler slaughtered simply because of their heritage, their religion, their belief in freedoms, can never be brought back. Socialism is the first step to Communism. Communism is tyranny and complete government control. If you think that American socialism will be any different than any other time in history because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can 'do it right,' then you, my friend, are completely indoctrinated and fully brainwashed. There is no 'right' way to do socialism. It always becomes tyranny with death, destruction, and chaos. You can vote it in but you have to fight your way out. Ask any Venezuelan. Ask an Austrian that survived Hitler. Ask any Chinese that survived Mao. Talk to any Russian immigrant that grew up under the Soviet Union's rule. There are still people out there that know what happens. All you have to do is ask.
I have talked with WWII survivors from Germany. I have talked to Koreans. I have talked to Russians that grew up in Soviet Russia. I have talked to people from El Salvador, Guatemala, Palestine, Israel. I have studied history, true history, of the Soviet Revolution, American Revolution, Custer's last stand, the Trail of Tears, the Vietnam Conflict, the Korean Police Action. There is never a completely good guy and a completely bad guy. There are only the two sides of the equation. The good, the bad, and the indifferent are all co-conspirators in a battle for power. Was the American government the good, or bad, guy while taking the land from the Indians? Was Custer on the right side or were the Indians? Who were the righteous ones in Vietnam and Korea?
The American government has singularly decided, over many decades, just who is right and who is wrong throughout the world. Was Hitler bad? He was a murderous maniac. Was Mao just trying to unify his country? Were the white Europeans really just trying to help the red Indians become 'civilized' and have a better life? It's all up for a long debate over a bottle of Scotch. That is unless you are a conspiracy theorist that believes there is a secret society that actually runs the governments of the world, controls the world monetary system, incites wars and decides who will win and who will lose.
Our rights, guaranteed, not granted, by the Constitution are fast diminishing. A hundred and fifty years ago there were no restrictions on how we lived, what we did to survive, support, and protect our families. Today, everything we do is taxed, regulated, controlled, permitted, etc. by the government. Who, exactly, gave the government this power over us? Who said, “OK, big government, I want you to make me buy a permit to hunt and fish so that you can profit off my family's survival?” Who said, “OK, big government, I want you to tell me how to build my home?” Who said, “OK, big government, I want you to regulate everything I do?”
It wasn't any red-blooded, patriotic American citizen now was it? Yes, it was. Every person who has been eligible to vote in the last 150 years is guilty. But... but.... but... I wasn't even alive that long ago! It wasn't me that did that! Yes, it was. Not then, but now. When was the last time an American citizen, either Democrat or Republican, voted against an incumbent? It doesn't matter if it is the President of the United States or the dog catcher of your home town? When was the last time you researched the voting record of your US Congressman or even your State Legislator? Do you even know what they voted for or against? Or, do you, as as proud, responsible, dedicated Democrat/Republican just vote “D” or “R” or just against someone you don't like or vote for because of the color of their skin?
Oh, yeah! I went there. How many people voted for Barack Hussein Obama simply because he was multi-racial? Far too many. I've talked to plenty of black folks that said they voted for him because he is black. They didn't care what he campaigned on, what he promised to do, what he did... no, all they cared about was that he was black. Oprah Winfrey, god bless her little pea-pickin' heart, never openly supported any candidate until Barry Sotoero. Why? She supported him because he is 'black.' Barry is half white. His mother is/was (I don't know if she is still alive or not) white. His father was a Kenyon, a foreign national. That makes Barry multi-racial, not black.
To go further into this: Barry enlisted into college as a FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT in at least one college. To all you Obama supporters, I don't recall where I saw it but I believe it was found out by our favorite Arizona sheriff. Barry, also, never legally changed his name to Barack Hussein Obama after he decided that Barry Sotoero wasn't African enough. His mentors were, as was his father, anti-American Muslims. Do you remember when he stood at the podium and said, “If you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims?” How about- if you attack one American you attack all Americans? Barry Sotoero was the greatest farce perpetrated on the American people, until Joe Biden.
Barry destroyed more of our rights and freedoms, blatantly put targets on the backs of law enforcement, incited racism to a point far exceeding that of the 1950's and 60's, weakened America's military, embraced our enemies and spat in the face of our allies, bowed to a foreign power, aided and abetted our enemies by giving Iran billions in cash and weapons, and most heinously, embedded Islamic terrorists into American society in the guise of refugees and gave them citizenship so they could run for political office, which they have.
This is just one example of how we, the people, are guilty of allowing the destruction of the Constitution and our rights and freedoms. We have voted for, not against, corruption by re-electing incumbents regardless of what they've done, or not done. By pushing the “D” or “R” without researching what each candidate really stands for, we are guilty. By voting for the other guy because Orange Man Bad, we are guilty. By continuing to vote for representatives simply because we already know what they are and know nothing about the new guy, we are allowing bills to be passed with so much pork, add-ons, and things that wouldn't make it through the process without putting it in something that is needed. Not holding our representatives accountable to our wishes is the greatest crime.
The taxpayers of this country spend trillions of dollars on foreign nations, frivolous projects, etc. and we don't even know anything about it. Why? Because those bills are thousands of pages long, written in Congressional legalese so as not to be easily understood. All we know is what they want us to know about those bills. And, sometimes, what we're told isn't even a fraction of what the whole bill is about. Yet, we keep voting for the corruption, the deception, the loss of our rights and freedoms, and our own enslavement to the system. All the while, those elected elites live high off the hog, unencumbered by the very laws they pass to enslave us. All at the expense of us, the American taxpayer. It's so easy to spend other people's money and take away what they don't even know they have.
Time to wake up, America. Time to start the reconstruction of the greatest nation on the planet. Time to get rid of the corruption and deception. Time to get rid of career politicians and replace them with people that can be held accountable. Time for those career criminals to be brought to justice. How about treating them the way those 500+ patriots have been treated for almost two years in DC jails? Held without bail, access to legal counsel, or accused of a crime. Just because those elected officials are just that, it doesn't mean they are better than the rest of us. In fact, you have to understand that they are OUR employees. We pay them to represent OUR wants, needs, and wishes; not their own power and wealth. They are nothing but public servants and we, the people, are their rightful masters. When the country finally gets that through its head, then, and only then, will we become what the Founders created.
I know that I sound like a record that keeps repeating itself. I have found over the years that repetition is the only way to get people to understand anything. The far-left understands this. That is why, day after day, all day long, for over four years you heard Orange Man Bad, Donald Trump is a criminal, we need to impeach DJT, and Trump Derangement Syndrome was pushed down our throats. They know that if they repeat something enough the country will believe it, understand it, and never forget it. Even now, two years after he left office, the left is still doing it. They are still persecuting Trump and the indoctrinated believe in them. It is still being pushed down our throats that Orange Man Bad. Why? My opinion? Because he is the only person that actually stood up to them and brought their corruption into the light. Not just of the left but of the right, also.
Yes, I said it. There are plenty of so-called Republicans that are just as corrupt. Mitch McConnell is one of them. Did you know that his in-laws own the major shipping company in China? Yep! That shipping company is basically owned by the Communist Chinese government. How long has that geriatric been in office? He has so much power over the people of Kentucky that he doesn't have to worry about not getting re-elected. He'll just buy the office as he's done over the past few election cycles. After all, the Chinese need to control our representatives and he is one of the most powerful. Way to go, Kentucky! Keep voting that compromised asshole into office.
There are a handful, a small handful, of people in Congress that actually want what is right for America and Americans. You could probably count them on one hand with fingers left over. Josh Hawley, Jim Jordan, and Dan Crenshaw come to mind. Trey Gowdy was good when he was in his investigations but as a Representative he was a little wishy-washy. Lindsay Graham is the same. He goes whichever way is best for him. How about Iowa's Chuck Grassley? He puts on a good show and works hard for Iowa but, when it comes to what is best for the nation, well, his record isn't exactly untarnished.
There are even a few Democrats that work for the good of the country. Tulsi Gabbard, and Joe Manchin are a couple of them. Yes, they are liberal but not to the extent of the far-left radicals. I would have no problem voting for either of them if the Republican candidate showed signs of extremism, either left or right. Moderate is where a candidate has to be. My representative has to know what is best for the country, not just my state, but not go overboard on any legislation. Gabbard and Manchin do that. Yes, they vote liberal but also know when to go against Nancy & Co. and their anti-American policies.
Do you see what I'm trying to get across? Research the candidates. Know how they vote. Get an understanding of where they are politically, socially, economically. If they aren't pro-America, they shouldn't be elected to office. When that happens we get people like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Aiyanna Pressely, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Cory Booker, Adam Schitt, etc. What's worse, we end up with a Commander in Chief like what was installed on Jan 21, 2021.
You have to remember that these people believe that they are above us, the common folk, the citizens. They are not! They need to be reminded of that every two/six years. There should never be a political race that isn't up for grabs to the best candidate. Incumbents become powerful. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is sorely evident in our Congress today. Too many have been there far too long and become far too powerful.
I believe I have rambled long enough. I tend to repeat myself far too much and get off topic far too easily. That is why I titled my blog Rants and Ravings from a Twisted Mind. My beliefs are out there and vocalized often. I am a Constitutional Conservative with Libertarian tendencies. I do my best to think for myself and not go along with the mob. I have changed my mind on a few subjects after debating with others but it is not as often as they would like. All you have to do is prove to me that my way of thinking is wrong. Most cannot do it. As Andrew Wilkow likes to say, “The arguments on this show cannot be broken.”
