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My Friends & Lie-bait:
Gotta love the Libs!
President Trump is getting into all kinds of trouble with the Left, snowflakes, media and Hollyweird (but I repeat myself.)
For doing EXACTLY what he said he would do.
Yet, for eight years Our Little Girl, Biff, did not get into any bother for NOT doing what he said he would. (Well, he did keep one promise, he DID fundamentally change America, and not for the better!)
And it gets worse!
I am sure you have heard by now about the Executive Order President Trump issued with respect to a travel ban to and from seven Middle Eastern countries.
Within hours of the first plane landing at JFK with the last people we might want here there was a full on protest there. This was a scene repeated at many airports and many cities throughout our great Country.
That is amazing in and of itself.
Of the 350,000 people who entered the Country during a short period of time just over one hundred were detained for further vetting. For those of you doing the math at home, which is something like .03%, which is less than your average rounding error. (I am not sure of the disposition of any of them but that is not germane to this issue.)
So how is it that some one hundred people who landed in US airports who may or may not have any connection or relation to anyone here were able to galvanize tens of thousands of people across the Nation to protest on their behalf?
To channel "The Church Lady": "Mmmmmmm…. Could it be… SATAN!"
Or, Soros, same difference.
(Note Well: On Tuesday night even before DJT made his announcement for his SCOTUS choice, there were already protests. To them it made no difference who was chosen. Odd, when you think about it the frequency of so many people showing up at the same place with premade signs expressing the same hate. I am staring to think there some "Mother's Basement Dweller Network" out there. And, don't these people have jobs? Or, it THIS their new job. Trust me, people will get tired of this crap before they change a thing.)
These were not spontaneous outpourings of love for poor refugees, these were orchestrated attacks on the law and order of our Land.
And you are seeing the same thing in Europe. (Yes, the same idiots who screwed their own pooches want us to follow suit. No thanks.)
But let's back up a moment.
Irrespective of your feelings on this, what President Trump did was legal. I am not going to reprint all of 8 US Code S 1182 but take a look at sections: (a) (3) (A) (i, ii, iii) and all of (a) (3) (B), for openers. (There is more, but this covers the most of it.)
Now that we can see what President Trump did was legal, what many of you might not know is that Biff also employed 8 US Code 1182 for his own reasons. More than once.
(And need we even mention Japanese internment?)
As squiggly as it gets with Biff banning people, the reason is unimportant, the fact is that he did it. What is really crossing my eyes is the reaction of the SRMFM.
As President Trump is tweeting just about everything he is doing (that will be a FISH for another day) he is doing an end-run around the SRMFM. Tricky to spin what someone is saying when that person is getting their message out first.
(WORD TO THE WISE: I am not suggesting that you take up Twitter if you have not already, but do not take what the SRMFM reports as his tweets at face value. I have seen snippets of his Tweets on TV that totally change what he was saying. While tweets are limited to one hundred forty characters, some of this thoughts are not so constrained. Some of his tweets take up two or three separate tweets, so, beware. You may not be getting the entire story.)
When the SRMFM was "questioned" (which you did not see on TV or the paper) as to why they did not go after Biff for doing the same thing, their general response was "we did not know he did that!"
Let me see if I got this straight: The SRMFM are angravated at President Trump for following a law and even advertising the story first but they are not mad at Biff following the same law but keeping it a secret from them.
The take away: Extrapolate and we see the SRMFM hates honesty but rewards duplicity.
A few more brief points.
As promised, a friend and fellow reader predicted that some judge would issue an injunction. Within hours, a friend of Sen Schemer, who he recommended for a judgeship and was appointed by Biff, one (Dis)Honorable Ann Donnelly issued said injunction.
Shortly after that, Sen. Schemer was on TV, radio, CB radios, traffic cameras, air traffic control and a few sonograms literally crying that some poor, misunderstood, people from the part of the world that hates us may have to stand in line for a few hours or may actually be returned if deemed a threat!
It is almost like he is trying to be even more insulting and anti-American than Rep(rehensible) Jerrold Nadler and almost as bad as Sen(ile) Lie-a-Watha.
But in typical Liberal fashion, and like OLG Biff, he, too, has issue with the truth and favored a "refugee pause" back in 2015. (http://m.hannity.com/articles/hanpr-election-493995/flashback-senator-chuck-schumer-in-2015-15518379/ )
Then things got screwy-er-ier.
Short-timer AG Lex Luther was let go on Inauguration Day and replaced with seat-holder Acting AG Sally Yates until the Libs get off the stick and confirm Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III as real AG.
This little darling, for some reason, said she would not defend President Trump's EO, even though it is legal. Bigly legal.
THIS JUST IN: As I am writing this, Sally, one of Biff's marvelous appointees, was given the elbow by President Trump for not backing him up. Boo-hoo. FINALLY a President with a set. She was replaced by one Dana Boente, himself another Biff appointee.
(As of Friday afternoon, Sessions is not in. He passed through committee, thanks largely to ex-Sen Dingy Harry and the embarrassing Chuck Schemer. Long story, but google it. There is supposed to be a full Senate vote next week.)
Not to be outdone by the snowflakes, SRMFM and possible professional misconduct by some MOC's, the "Look at me!!!!! Look at me!!!!" bunch in Hollyweird had to get into the act and soundbites.
There was yet another self-aggrandizing, insecure, ego-fest Sunday night for the Hollyweirdo's. (Not sure which one, not important.)
While I really, really, really wanted to watch it, I was watching a fascinating show on "comparative telemetry" on the Bar Code Network and I just got lost in it!
Try as I could, I was unable to avoid seeing the clips on the morning news. The unintelligible psycho-babbling of these oxygen-thieves strained credulity that even in such short doses they had me squinting at their, well, hate disguised as altruism.
One Tango-Whiskey even suggested that people donate to the Anti-american Criminal Liberals Unwashed. (It was reported later that they have received more money overnight than they usually raise in four-months.)
I made the FB comment that these jack-a-napes will not accept that terrorism is a real and present danger until some lunatic spoils one of their parties or awards shows screaming "Aloha Snackbar" and saws the crowd in half with a "large clip assault weapon."
Then I thought, nah, who am I kidding. They will blame President Trump, Geo W and the NRA and demand stricter gun laws, like Chicago has.
I used to joke about things being Kafkaesque, that is bizarre, nightmarish, illogical and perhaps even a cruel dystopian way of life, in some circles.
This issue is a perfect example of that.
Literally as I am write this, you can see some things have changed. I have not changed any of the outcomes, but updated those events. (Apparently the SRMFM are reporting "facts" as they make them up.)
I had to do something I rarely do, I read it, and something I am not sure I have ever done, re-read it.
I am shocked on so many levels that I almost doubt my understanding of what is going on. A lying and misleading press, a total poppa oscar sierra of a Senator who lies about what he has done with respect with that is going on and is willing to embarrass himself with this crocodile tears. And we see others like Booker from New Jersey, horning in on Schemers act. Hollyweirdos doing what they do best, being a collective PITA. An acting AG who won't do the job she swore to do, Schemer holding up Sessions confirmation and finally, FINALLY, a President who is being faithful to the oath he took.
You can't make this up. In my wildest dreams and on the most conspiratorial websites, I have not seen a group of people hell-bent to destroy their own Country.
I will leave you kids with a tad of "mirth", some bitter mirth. Some of you have seen this, as I posted this on my FB page last week.
"9-1-1 what is your emergency?"
"Hello, yes, I think someone is in my home!!"
"What is that address"
"44 Biff Blvd. Please!! Hurry!! I hear someone!!!"
"Am I speaking with Dainty Snowflake?"
"Yes! Yes!!! On Biff Blvd!! Please send help!!!!
"The Dainty Snowflake that voted twice for Obama and this time for Clinton?"
"Yes!!! For the love of God! What difference does it make for whom I voted? There is someone in my house. Send help"
"Yes, I see, sir. I also see that you are in favor of the DREAM Act to allow illegals stay in the Country"
"Are you f'ing kidding me? I am calling 9-1-1 because someone broke into my house and you are discussing politics. I demand you send assistance! My husband is frightened!!"
"There, there, sir. There is no cause for alarm. Since you supported illegal aliens, one of President Trump's initiatives is to give each supporter their own illegal alien"
"But, but…"
"There are no buts, sir. The President is allowing you to put your money where your mouth is. Mustafa al-Ma'niac is your illegal. You are responsible for feeding, clothing, sheltering him in your home only, seeing to his medical needs and everything else. Failure to comply will result in a YUGE fine the first time and incarceration for a second offense. This is what you wanted, this is what you got. You do not have thank us. We will be in touch. Often. Have a pleasant evening and don't make any sudden moves. Mustafa only becomes violent when frightened. Good night"
God Save us!
"MARCH OF SLIMES"
My Friends & Newsviewers:
When I wrote the piece on Mr. Flemming, truly I had no idea when there would be a follow-up. Yet, situations predicated that the very next issue was that follow-up.
I had no idea this issue had to be written (or, wrote itself) because of the events that have transpired since.
We can go back to virtually every President since Adams for there to be some controversy. (I think Washington was the one exception.) We have had some rascals in the Oval Office but for the most part, they performed their jobs well.
We can talk about most any President who has held office in our lives, which would be from the first socialist president, Wilson, until today. (Yes, we share reading these words with at least one Centenarian! – God Bless you Jean!) The thing that strikes me is that with rare exception (LBJ and Nixon) most of the anger towards the POTUS has been somewhat benign. (And those two were pilloried for the Vietnam War for the greater part.)
That is until the last decade or so.
Even with BJ Clinton "allegedly" having affair after affair and deflecting the criticism by sending Tomahawk missiles to blow up a tent or an aspirin factory, most of the peeps did not give him much aggravation. (If we knew then what we know now…)
Then came Geo. W. Bush.
I gave him high marks at first. He handled 9-11 amazingly and got us thru that. We did not have another terrorist attack on our soil until the Ft. Hood muslim terrorist attack, under the watchful eye of… Biff. (Source: CBS News.)
He did well for the first six years but he last two years were disastrous. That was also coincident with the ascension of Nasty Pelosi to the House Speakership.
It was during that time that "Bush Derangement Syndrome" kicked in.
The Dems, having all the power for the first time in ages, acted no better than a fifteen year-old kid who stole the keys to the family SUV and a bottle of Jack and went for a joyride, leaving havoc in his wake.
This bottle-courage gave the Dems the impetus to start to denigrate W and things quickly degraded from there.
Fast-forward to the 2008 election when the Reps dared you to vote for McLame (and had he not had Sarah Palin on the ticket, he would have been slaughtered rather than just humiliated.)
(I wrote extensively on that election at the time, I refer you to your archives for refreshment.)
And here comes Biff.
We all knew he was an empty suit (still is) and spoke in sound bites, platitudes and a plethora of lies. But, since he is (half) black, he was off limits.
(Dear Libs; Since we were told by you that we "hated" Biff because he was [half] black that we were racists for "hating" him, are you now also "racist" for hating Trump because he is White? Just asking, for a friend.)
And, try as we might, we were cowed for a time rather than be branded "ray-cis" but eventually his patina wore off and he was fair game. But for the greater part, in the totality of their terms, the Left were far harsher and more profane towards W than the Right was to Biff.
And then comes Donald John Trump.
After knocking off over a dozen of his own party, he defeated another sacred cow, The Hilderbeast.
Never mind that the DNC stacked the deck to beat yet another minority (in fact one of the smallest of your more popular minorities) the nominal Jew, Bernie Sanders, to win the nomination.
No matter what the Beast stood for, and she felt very strongly about both sides of many issues (whatever got her votes), there were your slack-jawed, low-IQ and lower information supporters cheering her on. On more than one occasion she slipped and either misspoke or lied and said something antithetical to what she meant, and the crowds still cheered her on.
Let's put aside all of the false claims of the Left as to the "legitimacy" of the election. Trump won, the Electoral College certified the election, he was sworn in; it is over.
(The Left were hoping for a late minute surge of votes, then recounts, then unfaithful electors, then a refusal to certify, then an injunction, then the Easter Bunny riding a unicorn would swoop up Trump… all with the same level of likelihood.)
The "celebrities" who swore that they would leave are all still here. Many of them still screaming and yelling about Trump.
(Dear Snowflakes; Got a question for you. Cher, O'Donnell, Schemer, Handler and others lied when they said they would leave the Country but didn't. Why do you listen to them now? You realize that listening to liars is a mental defect, right?)
It was reported that there would be uprisings and unrest and it came to pass. Some places refused to arrest any of the "protestors". (I prefer to call them "domestic terrorists.")
In NYC, on Inauguration Day, the Commie Mayor Wilhelm DeBlahZero refused to have anyone arrested. Similar stories in other cities. Protestors smashed windows of Starbucks (yes, really, a sacrilege for snowflakes) and Bank of America buildings, both YUGE Dem supporters.
So, they are not just terrorists, but idiots.
But that was only on the surface and under the radar for most for those who got their "news" from the SRCFM (yes, still. Perhaps we shall call it "Statist Run Communist Friendly News" until you come up with something better.)
We already discussed what the wimmen's protesters goals were. They were not warm and fuzzy and cute little things that float around in the minds of housewives. They were the machinations of a mean, vicious, cruel, nasty, hateful gaggle of hags who were advancing the Biff/Alinski/Socialist/Anti-American agenda.
Wimmen's have all the same rights as do we male Neanderthals. Neither of the TWO genders have any lock on any sort of rights greater than the other.
What you DID NOT see if you watched only the pap-feeders of the media, were the hordes of people wearing vagina costumes, wearing vagina hats, carrying signs of which most carried a profane statement, words, or both, you had hate filled, profanity laced "speeches" by the dimmest and most irrelevant "B-" and "C-" list "celebrities."
There were idiots (not be catty, but most almost as good-looking and as slim as Rosie O'Donnell) wearing "Don't Grab My P***y" on their shirts. There were men wearing shirts with the same message, as if they would fight you if you tried. Sadly, many of these profane shirt wearers had children in tow. Thank goodness young kids are not impressionable!
The aftermath found the streets of DC (and I am sure in other cities) littered with the remains of their signs, costumes, "hats", trash and, yes, feces.
(In his evisceration of the lady from ABC, David Muir, part of the discussion had to with the claims of crowd size of Trumps Inauguration. Trump said that while the media reported on the size of the various crowds, he mentioned that this weekend there will be the annual Pro-Life march in Washington that will draw over a million people, and the media will not cover it. They will also leave the city as clean as it was when they arrived.)
I am going to leave you with the words of a new friend, Aprilsue, who was kind enough to give me permission to print her words. I hope they resonate with you as that did with me.
I am not a "disgrace to women" because I don't support the women's march. I do not feel I am a "second class citizen" because I am a woman. I do not feel my voice is "not heard" because I am a woman. I do not feel I am not provided opportunities in this life or in America because I am a woman. I do not feel that I "don't have control of my body or choices" because I am a woman. I do not feel like I am "not respected or undermined" because I am a woman.
I AM a woman.
I can make my own choices.
I can speak and be heard.
I can VOTE.
I can work if I want.
I control my body.
I can defend myself.
I can defend my family.
There is nothing stopping me to do anything in this world but MYSELF.
I do not blame my circumstances or problems on anything other than my own choices or even that sometimes in life, we don't always get what we want. I take responsibility for myself.
I am a mother, a daughter, a wife, a sister, a friend. I am not held back in life but only by the walls I choose to not go over which is a personal choice.
Quit blaming.
Take responsibility.
If you want to speak, do so. But do not expect for me, a woman, to take you seriously wearing a pink va-jay-jay hat on your head and screaming profanities and bashing men.
If you have beliefs, and speak to me in a kind matter, I will listen. But do not expect for me to change my beliefs to suit yours. Respect goes both ways.
If you want to impress me, especially in regards to women, then speak on the real injustices and tragedies that affect women in foreign countries that do not that the opportunity or means to have their voices heard.
Saudi Arabia, women can't drive, no rights and must always be covered.
China and India, infanticide of baby girls.
Afghanistan, unequal education rights.
Democratic Republic of Congo, where rapes are brutal and women are left to die, or HIV infected and left to care for children alone.
Mali, where women cannot escape the torture of genital mutilation.
Pakistan, in tribal areas where women are gang raped to pay for men's crime.
Guatemala, the impoverished female underclass of Guatemala faces domestic violence, rape and the second-highest rate of HIV/AIDS after sub-Saharan Africa. An epidemic of gruesome unsolved murders has left hundreds of women dead, some of their bodies left with hate messages.
And that's just a few examples.
So when women get together in AMERICA and whine they don't have equal rights and march in their clean clothes, after eating a hearty breakfast, and it's like a vacation away that they have paid for to get there…
This WOMAN does not support it…
please copy and paste… I loved it and it fit me perfect, so if you feel the same copy and paste it…
LAST WORD AND A FAVOR: A dear friend, fellow patriot, Vietnam Marine vet, salt of the earth great guy texted me that his grandson, a Marine on active duty in Okinawa, was attacked. He underwent seven hours of surgery to repair the damage. He will be in sick bay for another two weeks, light duty after that for a month then reevaluation. I ask you to please keep Logan in your prayers. If you are inclined to send a card, good wishes, prayer cards or the like, you may use the following:
LCpl. McKenzie James L.
3rd LE BN
Unit 35902 A Co.
FPO AP 96385 5902
(I'd consider it a personal favor)
Things happen for a reason. And there are things that happen that have far reaching consequences.
Some of you know this story but most of you don't.
If I had to name one person who has made an impact on my life who was not a family member, clergy or out-ranked me, there is only one.
"Two Speed Flemming."
A lifetime ago, I was an audio engineer and worked with a number of musical groups. Back in the mid-70s I found myself living and working in Macon, Georgia, the home of Capricorn Records.
Across the street from Capricorn Studios was a bottle bar. I may be wrong but I think it was called "The Flamingo."
Bottle bar at night but a source of good, well, decent, well, food all day. They had good burgers and fries, at least. (I am not sure if I would trust their Blueberry Duck a Poirve.)
The studio was almost directly across the street from the Flamingo. One of their charms was, other than proximity, free delivery.
That was the good news. The bad news was they had he world's oldest man as their delivery man. Yes, "Two Speed Flemming."
Back in the 70s, Macon was still a quintessential Southern town. Despite the fact that cars were at a premium on Broadway (now, called MLK, after the famed Republican) "Two Speed Flemming" would shuffle slowly a half of a block to the corner, wait for the light then cross the street, barely beating the light, then to continue the journey.
I confess, I was not too tightly wrapped in those days. I was less than a year removed from the fun spots of Southeast Asia and there was nothing I could not do at that point. I had beaten death on its home field, I celebrated that daily and I truly I needed to be knocked down a notch or two.
One day, famished, I awaited "Two Speed Flemming" on the street in front of the studio. I watched him laboriously trod from the Flamingo to the corner, wait for the light, make it across the road then trudge down to the studio.
I had been angravated before getting food less than steaming hot but today was different.
I saw for the first time the difficulty with which he walked. He was slow and deliberate. (He darest not cross in the middle of the block, something this young Yankee saw as improbable, peradventure he would be mown down by an errant car.)
As he approached the studio he seemed no different to my eye then when he left the bar/restaurant. He was not in a hurry and I, being a Yankee in the waning days of the Old South, had no place to quarrel.
I took the food, tipped him handsomely, and asked him to wait a moment as I brought the food inside, including mine than I knew at that moment would be cold when I got to it.
I returned to the street, he was still there. He might have tried to get away but he would not have gotten far, not at his speed.
I asked him his name and he said "Flemming."
"It is nice to meet you Mister Flemming."
"No, no, no suh! Not Mr. Flemming, just Flemming", he protested, he seemed to be frightened by the sense of respect.
You see, "Flemming" was some 90-odd years old. And the son of slaves.
Yes, his parents were slaves.
I was talking to history.
"Flemming" was his slave name. It was the name of the man who owned his parents. They were given the name of their "massah" as their name, to show ownership. When they were freed, his parents become "sharecroppers" on Massah Flemming's land.
Sure they were "free" but they had no place to go. From this and later conversations with Mr. Flemming I came to realize the 13th Amendment had the same efficacy as the most and liberal speaking. They talked a good game but when the rubber met the road, very little happened. Slaves were still slaves and more actually than theory.
They had no place to go. They only knew the farm or plantation. Once they were freed, most had no place to go so most stayed in place and started a different life of servitude as "share croppers"
So, when Mr. Flemming took exception to calling me calling him "Mr. Flemming", it took me a while to get him to understand that I respected him and I felt sad for him.
No, not the kind of sad that requires a "safe place" or counselling. Not the kind of sad that wanted me to sit in chains on the street wearing a shirt reading "I am sorry." Not the kind of sad that wanted someone to give him money for being a slave, if not in actuality then in practice. And, besides, HIS parents were real, emancipated slaves.
No, the kind of sad that showed me and proved to me how evil man can be to his fellow man.
Here was a kind old man who may or not made something of his life rather than being a share cropper, a go-fer and other menial jobs.
He said that he was uncomfortable being called "Mr. Flemming." He said that he was always called "boy" or "nigger" for his entire life. (No apology, those were his words.)
We talked about this and he explained that "was just the way it was." I said that was just not right and he said that even the good people talked like that in the past and he held no grudge.
Maybe he was simple. Maybe he had faith. Maybe he understood more about people after a lifetime like his than I will ever come close to understanding.
But if there ever was a person who "deserved" something, it was Mr. Flemming. And I can assure you that if anyone ever offered him something for nothing, he would not take it.
Mr. Flemming allowed me the courtesy of calling him Mr. Flemming as long as no one else heard. That is a joy that I will take to the grave, to give a sweet old man a modicum of respect after almost a century on Earth.
We chatted from time to time, he told me stories about the old days and when the main house got a phone and how each house had a special ring depending on where they were on the road and so on.
I gather he never married and I guess I can understand that. In a thought alien to us he lived his entire life within a few miles of where he was born.
I share this because.
Because I get incensed when I see racial hate.
Because I get angravated when I see someone being taking advantage of because the other person can exploit him.
Because when I see/hear the hateful rhetoric of the Rev. Wright, Al $harpton, Je$$e Jack$on, and of course, OLG, Biff, it makes me wish THEY lived the life Mr. Flemming did and Mr. Flemming had it easier.
Because the same Rev. Wright, Al $harpton, Je$$e Jack$on, and of course, OLG, Biff, who are demanding reparations for the "slaves", yet they are living in some pretty cush digs and without a care in the world and have never lived one day in the shoes of a Mr. Flemming. (And you know if any reparations were given, they would have their collective beaks in the pile.)
No, I am not a liberal. I am not a bleeding heart. No I don't think all blacks are horrible the same way I don't think all whites are saints, and vice-verse.
People are good or evil. It has nothing to do with skin color or most anything else. (I reserve one group for inspection.)
Mr. Flemming taught me that and it is one of the most valuable lessons I have ever learned.
Forty years out, I can see him as if it was yesterday, I hear his weak voice and his way, Deep South drawl, tell me the way it used to be without one iota of regret, sorrow or anger.
If he can live that kind of life without the bitterness that I would imagine we all would have is the same situation, I can try to be a better person to honor his example.
If you have not spent a fair amount of time in the Deep South back then, or before, am sure some of this may seem unbelievable, it sure was to me at first.
What was strange was that the music business in Macon, and prolly other places, was color blind. I worked with bands and crews that were both black and white. Heck even the white guys got crap from locals hither and yon for having long hair. Yes, we played in bars, juke joints and clubs that had chicken wire in front of the stage and in prolly most cases we did a gig and got out of town.
Such was the Old South. But I am sure the similar prejudices existed in other places. The difference is back then and there, it was condoned by the local and state gummint. (BTW, my Georgia driving license bore the signature of Jimmy Carter. Just saying.)
(There will be a second part to this as the lesson here is leveraged against current events.)
To your relief, the regular diet of bile and indignation will continue in the coming issues.
"Second Things First"
My Friends & Fellow Skeeter Davis Fans:
IT is time to revisit the 2nd Amendment.
I will try to explain it in such a way that even a Liberal can understand it.
As we have been told, you can lead a horse to water but you can make him drink, sadly so is true that you can lead a Lib to the truth but you can't make him think.
I am not going to give the entire background on the Amendment. I am not going to parse the alternative wording that was considered. We are going to look at these simple, unambiguous words.
Let's break this down first, phrase by phrase.
"A well regulated Militia…". Basically this refers to a standing army, one that is not just armed but trained.
"…being necessary to the security of a free state". Refer to the need for a standing army if there is going to be a free state to protect the people from the invasion of a foreign entity.
"…the right of the people to keep and bear arms". This gives the people the right to own and, quite frankly, carry, guns.
"…shall not be infringed". There is no discussion, no modification and no exceptions. Basically, Molon Labe.
Pretty easy stuff, right. Even piece meal it is self-explanatory.
What happens it that you have these Interpretive Dance and 14th Century Sri Lankan Poetry college graduates who think they have found loop-hole after loop-hole in these two-dozen-plus words.
If they started at the end of the Amendment, they could have ended there: "Shall not be infringed."
Let's rephrase this for the Libs out there at home: "Because a free Country, to remain free from enemies, must have a trained armed forces, it must allow their citizens also to be armed to prevent the state from imposing their will on the people by force."
Capice? Get it? Unnerstan? Copy?
In light of the fact that the Colonies had suffered under the yoke of oppression by an occupying force, one that was their de facto government, one that held ultimate power over all aspects of daily life, the Founding Fathers took pains to see that this would not happen in the future. (They must have envisioned a "Biff.")
Unless you are severely mentally deficient it does not mean that the people can keep and bear arms as long as they are in the militia. It does not mean that now that we are not under British control that there is no longer need for this. It mean what it says.
(It also means that no matter what some school books say, THOSE are the words, not one more, not one less.)
Militia, in Revolutionary times referred to the military. At this time each state had a militia and by the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation stated: "…every State shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutered, and shall provide and constantly have ready for use, in public stores, a due number of field pieces and tents, and a proper quantity of arms, ammunition and camp equipage."
The controlling interest in the military shifted from the individual states to the Federal government with the adoption of the Constitution and limned in Article I, Section 8.
The Revolution was from April 1775 until September 1783. The Constitutional Convention was May through September 1787, years AFTER British rule.
So the idea that the militia was just the basic citizens or akin to the National Guard is dispelled. The thought that it only applied when we were under British controlled are similarly inane.
If you wanted to be absolutely crass and in your face about the intent of the 2nd Amendment, it would read something like: "The government has a well-armed military force. We canNOT guarantee that you will always be ruled by good or benign people. To give the average citizen some leverage and some level of protection, no law now or in the future will ever take away the right of the people to own and carry arms to protect themselves, ever, from the government."
As you can see, the problem is that no matter how long or short a law or anything else is, leave it to the Left to refine or redefine what the few or many words "really" mean. I mean, look at the crapshows and cesspools of legislation the Left have made of the 8th Amendment (where the left found the secret "abortion clause") and the all but unrecognizable 14th Amendment (the "Slave Amendment" that hid the mysterious "gay marriage clause" all these years).
The Left, largely, hate guns. And the Military. And the Constitution. And God. And all things right, good and just. (Why? We discussed this in the multi-part "Why Liberalism is a mental disease." In a nutshell: They hate themselves, to make them feel better they try to do "good things". Sadly they have no idea that all the "good" they are trying to do is actually evil.)
I have owned guns. Not once did one ever jump out of the case, cabinet, safe or holster and fire at anyone. I have heard the same from all my fellow gun owners. My guns never judged. They never looked for a person who might be "different" in some manner to do any harm.
But we have seen all kinds of Left-wingers, Muslims, mentally-defectives and the like shoot up schools, waiting rooms, movie theaters, night clubs, churches and the like. These are the places that most people call "Gun-Free Zones." In fact 92% of the sites of mass gun carnage, the ONLY gun there was there illegally.
You do the math.
Libs create "safe places" where guns are banned to do a "good thing" and the only ones not obeying the signs are the murderers. So, basically, anyone who has ever voted for a gun ban, gun free zone and the like have the blood of the murdered on their hands. If there were armed people in those situations either the crime would not have happened or perhaps the first and only "victim" might have been the shooter.
We can beat this horse as much as we want, but the bottom line is that the Founding Father's in their nearly infinite wisdom, saw what can happen when a gummint runs amok and starts to limit, curtail or ban certain things. They saw the need for a freedom of the press (and we WILL be talking about that real soon), freedom to worship, freedom to assemble freedom to speak one's mind as well as own a gun and the rest of the items contained in Bill of Rights.
Indeed, you can look at virtually every one of our rights and guarantees in the first Ten Amendments and look back to the events of the day under British rule and see how they were in response to the iron fisted rule over the Colonists.
(One can only imagine if there were to be a Constitutional Convention today and some of the things that might be in today's version of the Bill of Rights. I can think of a few. If you have any ideas, by all means, send them to me and perhaps we will do an issue.)
So the next time a Lib tells you that we do not need AK-47s to hunt deer, tell her she is right, but we do need to certain types of gun to protect ourselves from being the hunted. (Wait for the next issue for further "ammunition.")
My Friends & Fellow Victims:
(FIRST OFF: Yesterday was the 241st Birthday of the United States Army. I wish to extend greetings and felicitations to all my Army brothers and sisters. Equally important is the shared holiday of "Flag Day." However, I am of the belief that EVERYDAY ought to be Flag Day, as I fly mine every day to show my love and support for our Country, and now with renewed vigor for the retaking of our Country. Amen.)
As I have said, there is no such thing as a "coincidence" (right, Joey?)
Hark back to recent "jokes." One that is appropriate is the one where it was suggested that if you wanted to make a Libs head explode create a situation where they would have choose between gays and Muslims.
(We have talked ad nauseam about if the Libs took about five minutes to look at Sharia Law with their prohibition against homosexuality, abortion, drug use, etc., they would change their tunes in a second, right? Of course they would not, they would try to "reason" with them. Sadly there are countless stories about these heads of mush who travel to the Middle East to share their love only to be brutally raped and murdered.)
Last week, those two factions collided in a gay bar in Orlando.
An avowed Muslin terrorist, one who had just professed allegiance to ISIS, allegedly suffering from a terminal case of butthurt from seeing two gay guys kissing on the street, marched into a gay bar and shot the place up, killing 49 and wounding over 50.
Despite the walking, quacking duck, Biff called it a dove.
Where even the leftmost of the left wing outlets said the words "terrorism" and "Islamic terrorism" we were advised, eventually, that it might be something else, per Biff.
Rather than admitting that it was a terrorist act, Biff & Co. started the predicted mantra of gun control.
(For the record this clown had legal guns. Somehow. He was investigated a number of times by the FBI, born in the US of Afghani parents, whose father is a Taliban "sympathizer", who had traveled to both Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia and had met with a suicide bomber, whose wife said he was batchit crazy and violent and yet he was allowed to get a gun? I dare you to show me any other case where a non-Muslim with even half the strikes as this guy was given an "okey-doke" to get a gun. I am not saying that the FBI turned a blind eye but perhaps there was other interference. Just sayin'.)
Sunday afternoon, Biff trots his skinny butt out for a "news conference", fashionably late, of course. He tap-danced all over the joint and finally said something to the effect that this was the fifteenth time in his maladministration that he had to address the nation in the wake of a mass murder/terrorist attack.
(Of course, he neglected to add that in those fifteen events where hundreds of our fellow citizens were murdered that these crimes were committed by Muslims, Democrats/Liberals and/or the mentally defective. There was not one committed by a Republican or Conservative. Additionally he neglected to say how many lives were saved by a legal gun owner using his 2nd Amendment right to protect himself and others.) (You won't see that in the Times or the networks either.)
He repeated that this latest attack proved that more gun control was needed. I am glad he did not totally screw the pooch by telling the lie that the city with the most restrictive gun ownership laws, Chicago, boasts the highest murder rate, is an example of the "success" of draconian gun laws. Or suggest that France, where the gun laws make those in Chicago look like a mere suggestion (where the police can enter any home at any time to look for guns), have great ideas.
After numerous attacks in France in the past few years, the gun ban seems to be working. The other day two people were murdered in a terrorist attack… with a knife.
Even though knives, rocks, cars and a laundry list of other things kill more people each year, the Left wants guns banned.
And we know why.
And if you are not sure, I refer you to the 2nd Amendment. (Time for a refresher issue on this topic.)
In the forty-eight hours (or so) since Biff stood up and insulted the collective intelligence of the Country by not saying what 99% of those outside of his maladministration was calling it, he stands up again Tuesday morning.
It was widely expected that he was going to finally utter the words "Muslim extremism" or "Muslim terrorism."
Do you recall how you felt when he finally mouthed those words? Neither do I.
Quite frankly, I got the impression that he wanted that we should feel badly for the terrorist. He did everything to exonerate him short of blaming Bush or global warming.
He stood there with that ugly, mean, glaring, hateful stare all but daring us to challenge him. The measured stern tone he used was an attempt to bend us, break us, demean us and make us see his diseased point of view. He tried to school us and it seemed as he went on, the meaner and virulent he became.
What a leader.
Will there be a reckoning between the gays and Islam? Where there be some discussion between them? Will the Left finally see that there is no reasoning with the enemy and if they want to continue to live their debauched lifestyles they will have to disavow Islam? (And that kinda makes you think a little, no?)
What will Biff's next (mis)step be?
What will the Hilderbeast do and say? (I do not see this being a good thing for her. She is counting on the gay and Muslim votes and the backing of the proles in Congress. If she does not slam Islam and call it what it is she will prolly lose the support of those in Congress who are also running for re-election. And if she does, the same will happen.)
Even though in previous election cycles I suggested Trump to run, I admit he was not my first choice this time. While I do not think it will be as bad to vote for him as it was for McLame and Romney, he can make that task far easier depending on his response to this tragedy and Biff's "response."
I am not convinced that Trump really means everything he says. Let me rephrase that. I AM convinced that Trump really means everything he says but at times has to walk back his ideas when they are unobtainable.
This is in stark contrast to what the Beast says. There is no possible way of knowing what she says truly is the truth or a lie largely because, being pathological, even she does not know when she is lying or telling the truth. (Handy tip: If she says something that ticks you off that is prolly the truth, if you agree with that which she is saying, there is your lie. You are quite welcome.)
(I hear talk from a number of people, many I truly like and respect, who say that they will not vote for Trump. That is a TRE and I will address an issue to that, pros and cons, but in the meantime, please do keep an open mind.)
(I had this puppy finished y'day as I was flying back to NY. For some reason, it did not save. Having lost the train of thought I was on it is impossible to recall the last few paragraphs. They may have been good, who knows. So like many of the great composers, this will have to be an unfinished symphony. LOL)
"At a Loss For Words"
My Friends & Fellow LGBTheletes:
(NOTE: This was supposed to be an issue for a later date. But with this crapshow masquerading as a Maladministration absolute, but with hope revocable, destruction the moral fabric while shredding what is left of the Constitution, it canNOT wait. Youse guys know how see things, will you agree after reading this?)
For those who have been reading this thing of ours know that I am not the brightest tool in the book. I am not anywhere near as clever, smart glib or well written than those whom I admire. What I can do it look at the bleeding obvious that others have glossed over or ignored totally and put forth a new take on things. I do not like to toot my own horn but I have a pretty good track record of pointing out that which is right in front of your face.
If you would just look.
Recall some nine years ago when we were first discussing Biff when he was just a mere pretender for the Democrat nomination. Recall that I stated he was an empty suit who spoke in platitudes and was a socialist.
I got a lot of grief from many of you for calling him that. You said: "How dare you! This is America! We don't elect Socialists!!"
And in the months that followed his inauguration the apologies started to flow in.
We studied the various "clubs", such as the Bilderbergs, Trilateral Commission, CFR, Fabians (we will revisit them in a moment), the Club of Rome and others. We had an entire course on money, central banks, the Fed and the criminal bankers who begat WWI with their greed, avarice and unbridled drive to redistribute wealth. (That being from the US to Europe where the central banks of the several nations were bankrupt.)
Where else have we heard "redistribution of wealth?" And for "folks to chip in." And more recently and more insulting "paying your fair share."
Riiiiiiiight…
I have paraphrased the line from "The Hunt for Red October": "The Ruskies don't take a dump without a five-year plan."
Now recall the Fabian Society. The one that has a "wolf-in-sheep's clothing" on their coat of arms. The one that has as its "mascot" a turtle indicating a willingness to take one's time to achieve a goal.
Oh, the motto under that turtle? "When I strike, I strike hard."
Now let's just look at some of the stranger of the recent events.
Actually, don't. It will make you ill.
Between so-called "Black Lives Matter" movement formed by the Left and funded by Soros, to the attendant manufactured racism, to allowing millions of illegals into our Country, to a rogue Department of Justice that is more than willing to subvert the Constitution to further the aims of the criminal cartel running the shop, to the focus of the balance of this essay.
Killing the population.
Of course they are not going to come out and kill six out of seven humans on the Earth to get to the number they think is the idea number of people. After all, if you kill six billion people some folks are going to notice.
They are going about this in all kinds of disparate and desperate ways. From the so-called "global warming" hoax with the cutting down of the use of fossil fuels (except in their mansion, jets and limos. Right, Al-G'ore, Leo Decaprio, Babababa Streisand and others?) From banning GMO foods (to be fair, there is some logic in some of the cases) to limiting heath care to the citizens. (The US is late to the party. In most "industrialized" countries in the world if you have a serious illness you will die. Biff though that was a great idea and came up with the illegally passed OBAMAS OBAMACARE scheme.)
Yes, those who hate and despise us, that being the uber-elite, the mega-giga-capitalists (how rich? Trump is too poor to qualify), the Club Members, the remaining monarchs, the worst of the worst (Rothschilds, Rockefellers) and those doing it for drill (Biff, Clintons, Democrat Party) have found a new way to achieve their goal of near global mortality.
Richard Pryor was a very funny but troubled man. One of his jokes back in the 70s was how China was going to take over America. As there was a billion or so of them back then, he opined that they are going to come over on boats and wearing sneakers to be stealthy, will break into our homes and (sex) us to death. (He used another word. You get the idea.)
Well the troubled and very unfunny people calling the shots have a plan that is essentially the exact opposite. To be fair there may be some sort of physical congress between "people" but not the sort that brings children.
Yes, there are some gay woman who give birth to children, in virtually all other cases there are no pregnancies.
Now, let's ramp this up a bit.
All of a sudden we have "transsexuals." First off in 99% of the cases that is a lie. Like many other words the Libs have changed the original meaning. What once was a word that referred to a physical removal/mutilation of the original genitalia, now means you are in touch with your feminine or masculine side even if you were born the other way.
(We will discuss more, but I assure you, if my wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, grand-girls or any female I know went to the loo and some guy who "identifies" as a woman decides it would be a good time to use the facilities, I will absolutely identify as the tooth fairy and knock his teeth out. It should be an interesting trial. And I assure you, this IS going to happen somewhere, soon.)
I know this is all over the place but it is a new topic and the genesis of it and the supporting ideas come from many places. Where the Left has a plan, I assure you it is asymmetrical and they are trying to keep us off balance while all the time wearing us down.
It started in the 60s and 70s with the gay movement, the Stonewall riots and culminated with the Lawrence decision (another instance where I predicted not only the decision but exactly what would happen if the court ruled in favor of Lawrence.)
Bear mind there were anti-sodomy laws on the books in prolly every state, and still are in some! So, what was a crime almost overnight became a Constitutional right. (Much like the illegal aliens who broke into our Country and broke the law in doing so and now there are self-described and tacitly approved "sanctuary cities" where apparently you can't hold illegals so they must be let free to kill innocent citizens.)
Now I am not going to be catty and suggest that gays give so much money to the Dem Party because they have money to give that they saved by not having kids, that would be wrong. They donate, bribes if you will, to pressure the spineless Dem "leadership" to give them special rights. (I refer you to the series on Lawrence where in detailed where any extra right given to ANY group of people is unconstitutional.)
We are getting off track, as usual.
Let's put a few more things in perspective.
Some folks are "OK" with "socialism" because it is "democratic socialism." Let me be clear. Socialism is socialism regardless of the modifier. Socialism's only purpose is a lead-in to communism and that is the precursor to the real end, totalitarianism. Calling "socialism" anything but what it is it like trying to pick up your dog's droppings from the clean end.
Now that we know the socialism is communism 'lite' we can look to their play book, the Communist Manifesto, for their next move.
We have discussed this in detail but let's look at two main points: closing of the churches, dissolution of the family. Promoting deviant lifestyles comport with those goals.
You can't watch a TV show or movie where there is not a gay person featured. (Please, I have to say it, don't misunderestimate me. I do not dislike gays, I am not their judge and I have plenty of my own sins and issues to deal with. Love the sinner hate the sin. OK? And besides, I am down to my last bad habit.)
The Left equates all this with civil rights for blacks. I assure you I don't know any person, black or white who does not know what they are. OK, there was that one nutjob White woman who identified as black. Asteroids have hit the Earth with the same frequency. That is a bovine scatological suggestion and will only be embraced by the feeble of mind or the wracked with guilt, they being the Left.
There is an effort, a movement for us citizens to be more tolerant, more understanding of the Trans types, after all, they say, they are just like you and I.
Er, no.
We will talk more on this as time goes on and as needed. This is opening up a big can of worms and this may be one of the biggest issues in the "presidential" campaign. After all, the Hilderbeast has been accused and it has been alleged that she plays for the other team and Lord know where Trump stands on this issue. Today.
The potential for a Constitutional battle is looming as North Carolina passed an anti-pervert bathroom act (Harsh you say? Wait till it happens to someone you love.) and the alleged AG is threatening to file suit and withhold federal funds to that state, thus abrogating the 9th and 10th Amendments.
But the bottom line is this, the Left (tools of the Intellegencia) are willing to destroy the moral fabric of our Country and to promote deviant lifestyle.
Sadly the Left, and the Fabians in particular, have endless patience. Fortunately as they do not think things through, their plan can be thwarted.
If heterosexuality is all but outlawed (and don't kid yourself that if the future we should become a minority that we will be afforded any special rights), reproduction will decrease to the point of the numbers the Elite want.
Of course that will never happen and if it did it would take far more generations than there are the wealthy.
It is just another crackbrained scheme that only hurts all involved. Or, SOP for the Left.
More to come on this thread, unless you beg me not to.
For the rest of you, read: "Pascal's Wager."
"Confused? Just Wait… Part IV"
My Friends & Fellow Confused, PT IV:
"The more I think of this election, the less I think of it."
That should be everyone's mantra.
Seems that old Precious might have been on to something with respect to the RNC. Seems they are not oblivious to the will of the voters. It is quite the opposite.
They are contemptuous of us.
Even a cursory look at the machinations of King Karl and Prince Prius would reveal that they are doing their best to screw the collective pooches of We the People.
(I am sure there must be a law, felony preferably, proscribing subjugating the will of the people voting-wise. But perhaps I answer my own question when I look at the pains the Dems are going to in order for felons, illegals and other the opportunity to vote for them. More on that in a later issue.)
I need not say again that Sanders is totally unqualified to run anything but his own mouth. If people are stupid and greedy enough to vote for this guy it shows how low we have come as a Nation. Apparently the videos of him carted off physically during an arrest for protesting seems only to endear him to the ilk of people who would do the same.
(I do not want to hear that he was protesting for civil rights in the 60s. His party, he was a Dem at that time, was STILL voting against civil rights for blacks then. And not thirty years earlier his party STILL could not see fit to have an anti-lynching plank in their party platform. And as bad as they are today, it was the Republican Party what was formed to fight the Democrats so as to end slavery. Anyone who was a Democrat during those and these times are guilty of the crimes their party refused to fight.)
There is no reason to even discuss the positives of the eventual Dem/Socialist candidate, the Beast. There are none. Other than "guilty" she deserves no one's vote. It is not "her turn." She is not entitled to the gig because she has lady parts. The fact that she has "experience" is a false argument when you look at her complete and utter failures in her every position.
She abused the "position" of FLOTUS when she was up to her eyes in scandals and intrigues. The only thing that saved her then was Monica Lewinski was up to her eyes at BJ Clinton's belt line. Her record as a carpet-bagging "Senator" is as remarkable as Biff's. That is it was distinguished only by the lack of any important legislation ether of them introduced. There is not reason one to even discuss her abject failure at State.
Not for anything, a guy who gets in the ring a hundred times and loses every bout has a tremendous amount of "experience" but nothing to show for in the "success" department. One can say the same about the Beast. Except that the bad fighter does not say that he won every fight, denying the truth.
Let's get back to the creatchures at hand in the Kafkaesque "Republican" Party. As I have said, none of these three stooges get me all warm and fuzzy. Trump and Cruz are certainly not the best possible candidates they could have fielded and Kasich falls far short of that low bar.
The fact that lapdog of the RNC, Paul Ryan, had to make an announcement that he was not running for President and if nominated would not serve only shows the discord that is in the RNC. (While I do not wish ill on anyone, a seven-month stay at some facility without any contact with the outside world for King Karl might be the only thing which can save our Nation.)
(Do you see why I have no use for Hannity? He has been a Rove suck-up for ages and getting worse.)
The sad thing is not just that Trump and Cruz are not doing anything to sway the populace over to their side from that of their opponents, they seem hell-bent-for-leather to damage their own campaigns.
I half wonder at times if Trump ran as a joke to see what would happen and when he rose to the top of the heap, he realized that he was in over his head. By then, it was too late and he was in without any way of getting out and saving face.
Cruz has perhaps the best organized campaign of all the "R's". He had troops on the ground in every state, wooing local pols and getting his name out. He knew the rules, as fluid and fungible as they are, and used them to his advantage or, at worst, to Trump's detriment.
He is a lawyer and a master debater and can hold his own against most any peer. And therein lies the rub.
He missed the third part of Rummy's admonition.
He had the "knowns" down cold. He had the "known unknowns" sorted out better than anyone. But he did not figure on the "unknown unknowns" at all. (Don't you just love it when parts of other issues start to make sense!)
And that "unknown unknown" was Trump.
Trump did/does not play by the rules. No, I am not suggesting he is cheating. Perhaps it would fairer to say that Trump does not play the game in a conventional manner. Cruz is like the Army, Trump is like the renegades. Cruz is following the order of battle with his campaign and Trump is running an asymmetrical warfare hit-and-run campaign.
Trump does things for which there are no conventional responses in the "play book." That works to Trump's benefit and has Cruz chasing his own tail. The problem is that where on paper Cruz is the better candidate, every time he tries to counteract what Trump does, he winds up swinging and missing. He either does not clearly articulate what he really means or he gets down in the gutter and comes off worse than Trump.
And where Cruz is trying to be a nicer, warmer candidate, and that does not seem to be resonating as he hoped with the hoi polli, Trump is the same vile, vulgar and angry billionaire who states that he is a nice guy or promises that he will be a nicer guy going forward the immediately reverts to being the vile, vulgar billionaire that he is.
Truly, I have no idea where this clusterfred is heading.
You have a guy running from the Left who would have been under surveillance by the federales back a few decades ago. His challenger is under close scrutiny by the same federales for so many crimes that she could be the first individual indicted under the RICO statute.
On the other side, you have some little known governor who is there only to muck up the works who brings nothing to the table and is only doing the will of the RNC with the hope of getting a bone at the convention. (Perhaps, Ambassador to ISIS.)
Then there is the Senator from Texas who is the most conservative and prolly would be a good president. But he can't get out of his own way and seems to have a knack for mucking up any victory.
And of course, the Mouth the Roared. He might wind up being the nominee. He might even beat the Beast (assuming she is not "indisposed.") I wager that if he becomes the POTUS he might shake things up so much that he might do a good job.
But I am not interested in "mights."
The thing I have noticed is that Trump is a quick study and not only is he not making the same mistakes over and over but has learned from the Left (and to be fair, politicians in general) to switch positions, change his opinion on how the delegates ought to be allotted and the rest.
Oh, yeah, Buddy, there is FAR more to come.
So, here are the teasers for the upcoming issues. We will continue with Part V of this series with a discussion of the Electoral College. On the social side of things, there will be an issue or two on the hypocrisy and racism of the Left. (OK, that is too broad. We will address the Beasts position on gun control and the changing faces on our currency.)
Last thing, there was a primary here in NY. Sadly I received but one vote that I know of so I am officially mathematically eliminated from the R nomination (but I am still $3Bn away from an independent run at the brass ring.) Voting irregularities aside the interesting thing about that primary was that Ben Carson was on the ballot. (For some of the voting issues you can take a look at my personal FB page on that day.)
Pray for our Military
"Confused, Part III – Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
My Friends & Fellow Confused, PT III:
"You have reached the Fire Department. There is no one here to take your call. Please leave your name, number, the nature of your call and a good time to return your call and we will when we have the chance."
"Uh, hello? Hello? Er, yeah, this is Joe Doakes, my number is 867-5309, my house is on fire. NOW would be a great time to call or better yet send some units to put the fire out before I lose my house. Please hurry!"
Eight hours later: "Mr Doakes, this is the Fire Department, you left a message for us earlier, how can we help you?"
"Gee, thanks for calling. No problem now. You guys did not answer the phone and my house burned to the ground. Thanks a lot."
"Mr. Doakes, are you saying that your house has burned to the ground?"
"Yes, that is right."
"And that there is no longer an emergency?"
"Yes, the emergency is over, you did not answer my call and I lost my house."
"So, your house burned down and you did not call us back to cancel the emergency?"
"What? WHAT? What the actual heck are you saying?????"
"Mr. Doakes, need I remind you that placing a call for an emergency is a serious matter and not alerting us that the emergency is over could prevent us from going on another call. How would you feel if your house burned down?"
"Are you kidding me!!!!! My house DID burn down!"
"Well then! Now you know how it feels. Next time maybe you will think about that!"
"You are joking, right? Why could you not come to save my house? Where were you guys anyway?"
"Oh, we were at our annual softball game. Would you like to buy some tickets for next year's game?"
This could never happen, right? I mean that would be like the president of the United States flying to an enemy country and playing grab-ass with the leader that hates us and trying to get on the good side of that dictator while at a sporting event when one of our allies was attacked by a known enemy and he just sat there like the fool that he is.
Nah, that could never happen!
First when a President goes to a foreign country with whom we have had issues for over half a century, it would be all business, right?
A President might try to give the appearance of being cordial but would never abase his office by sucking up to some tin-horn dictator of some banana republic, right?
Even if a President was at some informal function with said dictator and there was some attack or other catastrophic event, the President would take a moment or two to collect himself and his thoughts and excuse himself from the frivolity, right?
Yes, that is right!
And that is exactly what this president did NOT do in each and every case. (And now do you see why I refer to this disaster with a lower case "p." He has earned it!)
Following the lead of his betters (that would be NY Gov Facia Brutta, Jr and Komrade Wilhelm De BlahZero, who, quite frankly are lower than whale droppings) Biffus Minimus heads to Cuba to suck up to Fidel's retarded brother. While at a beisball game, your local friendly Muslim Terrorists did some remodeling to an airport and train station with explosives in Brussels.
(SIDEBAR: A friend of mine was in Brussels that day on his way back to NY after a vacation. Even though he was minutes away from both locations, he had no idea what had happened until a representative of the airline contacted him to arrange alternate travel plans. If this was in the US it would be all over ever media and we would be told not to prejudge or jump to conclusions.)
Somewhere around the Seventh Inning Stretch, Biff made the announcement we were all waiting for: "Do not prejudge or jump to conclusions."
Then he went back to his churro.
Remember on 9-11 when W was reading to the school kids when he got the word of the attack? He took a few more minutes so as not to upset the kids, got on Airforce One and took control of the situation and led the Nation.
What does OLG do?
He hangs around a little longer where he is not wanted, in this case Cuba, then does he head home? Does he have a major news conference? Does he fly to Europe?
Nope, nope, nope! The dope heads to Argentina.
(LOW CALORIE SALAD BAR: In the midst of this tragedy, he and the Mooch were at an event in Argentina and asked by tango dancers to dance. After demurring a few times he finally acquiesced and danced with the young lady. Surprising no one, she led.)
Going for the "World Most Tone Deaf and Feckless 'leader' Triple Crown" he continued his magical ignorance tour by attending a meeting with the leaders of Europe and other civilized lands and promptly and expectedly made an ass of himself, further making my Country a larger laughingstock than we were earlier that day by making faces during the group photo and flashing a "peace" sign. But knowing this chumps motives I would not be surprised if it was a gang sign or even an ISIS call out.
At a sit down with one of the leaders, the French one I believe, as that leader was talking about "Islamic terrorism", for some odd reason, our and the American translator seemed to have left out the word "Islamic."
This guy did not apologize for not stepping up, or rather, stepping away from the plate while he was in Cuba while Brussels was attacked. He did not return back here to TCOB, rather he and the Mooch went almost to the ends of the Earth rather than having to show some guts.
Then he heads to Europe to angravate anyone not mad at us and inflame more those who are. Then the piece de resistance, the word "Islamic" was stripped from its partner word "terrorism."
And you KNOW this was by is direction at one point or another.
The only good news was that Fidel Castro wrote a scathing letter to Biff that made fun of his efforts, chided him for being a pretend commie (my take) and excoriated him for thinking that Biff could buy his way into the good graces of Cuba and by extension the Castro Brothers.
I am sure that Biff is still crying himself to sleep still.
All that said, this is why we do not need Socialist Sanders. I hate to say it but I think the Beast would have handled this differently. (Not that she has a shot of ever getting my vote for anything, except a "Guilty" verdict.) Maybe not the way I would want but she is no stranger to blood on her hands.
Kasich is an idiot and I trust him with nothing sharper than a black board eraser.
Trump is still a wild card IMHO. I can see him carpet bombing Iraq then inking a "huge" "amazing" "incredible" deal to build Trump-Mosul County Club with his "good friends" the next day.
Cruz might be the one guy who may have done the right thing but that is pure speculation as he has never, to my knowledge, had been in a position to make such decisions.
In other words, we are pretty much screwed if you go by the morning line.
Who knows, maybe Cruz or Trump may surprise us and rise to the level of leadership and respect we have lost. Maybe Rove/RNC, Inc., will screw both of those guys and put in a "real good candidate", one that even my unicorn likes.
This is the first time that I can remember that I am not excited about the election. I am far more anxious than eager.
I do not have the answer and the only one palatable to me is short the $3,000,000,000 I would need to wage an effective campaign.
Look at what we have. Let Biff's one and only positive use be that we do not want to elect anyone the least bit like him. Let's start there and hope and pray for the best.
Sadly, more to come.
LAST WORD: God Rest the soul of Merle Haggard. Say what you want but here was a man who learned from his mistakes. Fewer people, other than perhaps George M. Cohan, wrote mote patriotic songs than Merle. Some of you know that the sign-off tag on some of my posts on the various parts of the interwebs was a quote from one of my favorite songs of his: "When you are running down my Country, you are walking on the fighting side of me." (BTW, I posted a Youtube video of that on a about a half-dozen "Bernie" pages. I can feel the hate already.) Anywho, job well done Merle, you are now in the green, green grass of home. And may His Own Angels guide you to Heaven and "Sing you back home."
"Confused? Just Wait. PART II"
My Friends & Fellow Confused, PT II:
When we last met we were threatening to get onto a more salient topic. Criminality.
Yes, criminality.
(And before we go any further, I will hate to burst your happy bubble but for the first times this election season the word "criminality" is not connected to the Beast.) (I am shortening the Hilderbeast to just the "Beast." No, it has nothing to do with Revelations and the mark of the same, I am tired of the extra seconds she steals from me as I have to type "Hilder.")
Let's paint in very broad strokes for the moment.
In the last issue I stated: "Trump is getting beat up from all sides but the actual voters. The RNC claims not to like him, the SRMFM clearly does not like him, the RINOs hate him, the Conservatives really can't make up their mind so they hate him to be on the safe side but will prolly vote for him and his one real challenger, Cruz, is not feeling the love for him."
Again, for the umpteenth time, I am not a Trump supporter nor am I carrying any water for him. But he is the candidate that is running who can perfectly explain the inner workings and machinations of the political parties.
Let's work backwards. We can see why Cruz, and by extension "Short Bus" Kasich, have no love for Trump, he is the one in the way of their greatness.
The Conservatives do not like him because he is not consistent in his "conservative" opinions and still harbors a lot of opinions that are not espoused by the Conservatives. That, and he is willing to change his position on almost any topic mid-sentence. (At least he says it rather than promising not to then changing one's position once elected.) In other words, he is not conservative enough.
The RINO's hate him because he espouses what they consider ultra-conservative positions. He is not a go-along to get-along kind of guy. He is not going to follow Earl Mc Cornbread's or Paul Ryan's ideas and plans just because they are "leadership." He has his own opinions and ideas and those are the ones he will follow. In other words, he is too conservative.
The SRMFM does not like him because he is not socialist enough, or at all. He is not an insider, an establishment fixture and despite his support for many liberal causes in the past, even if he still did today, he does not support them as much as does the Beast.
(The SRMFM have no backbone and no courage whatsoever. They will be obedient to whoever is in power, to some degree. But I will let you in on a little secret. Secretly, many of those in the trenches are hoping for a Trump administration. Not because they think he is a really "one of them", they know better. They do know that Trump in the White House would be a four or eight year target rich environment for news and especially entertainment.)
We can look at all the above and agree or not. Even if every one of those things were dead wrong or spot on, it would make not a whit's worth of difference, it would not change one vote.
The real critters here are the RNC.
I have been calling that cad "Master Cylinder" Karl Rove "Public Enemy #2", just after Biff. Why? Why not indeed! Bear in mind, this is the clown that brought us Geo W. Bush and that was the BEST thing he ever did! (And that did not turn out so great. Ask Scooter Libby.) He was the power that stood up the RINO John McLame to run. And look out how well that worked out!
Not to be outdone, the next quadrennial contest saw him back Judas Mittcariot. Judas fooled a lot of us, many of us saw him as the guy who could beat Biff. He destroyed Biff in the first debate and when the second debate came he was so milquetoast that if Candy Crowley could not feed Biff a wrong answer quickly enough, he was Johnny-on-the-spot to help her out. Again, look how well that turned out.
I am not saying Judas threw the debate, I am saying he was told to throw the debate and from that moment on all but dared us to vote for him. (And who was his VP nominee, where is he today and there is no collusion or quid pro quo?)
Now, here we are, again locked in a mortal battle with evil. (And when I say that, I mean straight from the bowels of hell kind of evil. No? Exhibit A – Biff, Exhibit B – the Beast, Exhibit C – Geo Soros, Exhibit D – David Rockefeller, need I go on?) Who does Rove pick? Does he pick George Patton? No, he picks Gomer Pyle.
(Perhaps instead of Patton I should have said Chesty Puller, as Pyle was a Marine. Or, I could have said Will Stockdale, but that was the Air Force. Or Ensign Parker, nope, Navy. I guess the Army did not have any screw-ups. LOL!)
Yes, in this case the Gomer Pyle is the least likely one you would think, Little Jebbie Bush (or Jeborah, your choice.) This trained seal would do anything that Rove would tell him and I think the people were just a little too sharp to see Little Jebbie as a viable candidate. And to be fair to Jebbie, if Trump was not on the dais he may have had a shot. But Trump's personality is almost as big as his ego and he made Jebbie and others look like wimps, especially when going one-on-one with Trump.
Over one-hundred million dollars wasted and Jebbie, with no wind, smartens up and drops out.
Do Rove and the RNC Chair, Rancid Prius, see the writing on the wall, cave and back Trump?
No, don't be silly, that would make sense. Or at least back Cruz, the most Conservative and who has the best chance of surviving Trump.
They back that weak-sweaty-sister Dorko Rubio.
(They say Cruz in unlikable. Maybe so. But I am not having tea with the President so I would rather have one that is not a laughingstock. Again. And not for anything I do not find Dorko that charming.)
Now Dorko is dead meat, here comes Judas Mittcarriot again.
Really? Are we THAT stupid?
You would think the only game in town to the eyes of most people in the RNC leadership is that useful tool, Short Bus Kasich.
Here is where reading between the lines comes in handy.
You see, the RNC fathers know Kasich is not their guy. If he was they, would be pouring shedloads of cash into his campaign in order to siphon more votes from Trump in order to force a contested convention. Don't misunderestimate me, it is not that he would not be a good and faithful lap dog and do their biding, but I think they want someone who is already trained. But Lord knows who they really want, as Judas did not fly. Again, again.
But despite that, that is not what makes me think the fix is in, or if it is, that that is the driving force in selecting the "nominee" with the blessing of the party opposite.
You see, if there were to be no Trump, there would be a Little Jebbie or a Dorko. They would not have been exposed for the weaklings they are. Dorko prolly would have gotten the nomination, as in 2008, they would have played the race card this time and he or the Beast (if she can escape incarceration) would win and it would be business as usual for RNC, Inc., and DNC, Inc.
But, no.
Trump.
RNC, Inc. might possibly do everything in their power to stop Trump even at the expense of having the Beast in the White House. (Socialist Sanders would never get elected and his place in the contest was to make the Beast not look like a Marxist. If the Beast gets some bracelets that are not from Jarrod's, Bernie might do well to avoid being in rooms with area rugs.)
If the Beast should get elected, it is still business as usual for RNC, Inc. Or, at least they are still in business.
Should Trump prevail, the monopoly that was once Rove and Co., will be broken.
Rove has no hooks in Trump.
Trump owes Rove nothing.
So when Rove, Rancid or anyone else comes around to "tell" Trump who they want for this position or that cabinet position or that ambassadorship, he will tell them to pound sand.
To be fair while Trump knows a million "amazing", "huge", "incredible" people in all walks of life I am not certain that he knows who the "best" people would be to fill the myriad positions of patronage and esteem. And to be fair, Trump's strong suit in business has been to find the right people to do the job. That said, he prolly knows the people that know the people for the job.
Of course there are more and greater issues with which to contend before one announces a wake call for the RNC. Such as the Congressional elections and do the Republicans maintain majority, add or lose? And knowing the White House is out of their control, might the RNC double down and stack the deck in Congress with their own?
Soon we shall see. It is going to be a tough ride for both parties and truly the only winner that I care about is my Country. I can't tell you for sure who I want to win but I can tell you whom I don't. That would be anyone with a "D" after their name.
And, yes, you know me so well… more to come on this.
Last and certainly not least, I wish each and every one of you and yours a very Happy Easter.
(I know that not all of you are Christian and this is OK. I do not wish you a Happy Easter for any other reason than it is our most important Holy Day and I want to share that joy with you. And as I wish everyone a happy whatever holiday or Holyday you celebrate, I am just doing my best to remain not politically correct by offering Spring Equinox felicitations but Happy Easter. Now, go have fun.)


Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday said he would advise Labour Party lawmakers to vote down a Brexit divorce deal that Theresa May is trying to clinch with the EU.
Nearly six months before the United Kingdom's exit from the EU, there is little clarity about how the world's fifth largest economy and its preeminent international financial centre will trade with the EU after Brexit.
Blair, Labour prime minister from 1997 to 2007, said voters should be given another referendum on whether to stay in the EU as he saw deadlock in British politics.
If May gets can strike a deal with the EU, she has to get it approved by the British parliament which is divided on Brexit.
Labour has indicated it is likely to vote down any deal May brings back.
When asked if he would advise Labour lawmakers to vote down a possible deal, Blair said: "It really is difficult.
"The alternatives are all worse because if you do get to a blockage in parliament that is what opens up the possibility of going back to the people.
"My view is this only happens if there is blockage in parliament.
Both opponents and supporters of Brexit agree that the divorce is Britain's most significant geopolitical move since World War Two.
However, they cast vastly different futures for the 2.9 trillion dollars UK economy and the world's biggest trading bloc.
Blair has repeatedly called for reversing Brexit, echoing other critics such as French President Emmanuel Macron and billionaire investor George Soros, who have suggested that Britain could still change its mind.
Blair said that if Brexit did happen, the economic dislocation would be such that the United Kingdom would have to pitch to investors that it would be the best place in the world to do business.


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Lone Star Homecoming
He's haunted by one mistake…
Kane Highwater has been on the run for over a dozen years, since he was sixteen. And every step of the way he's carried the weight of what happened the day he left Last Stand. He'd reacted in fear and anger, and it had cost him everything.
He stirs her heart in a way she never imagined…
Lark Leclair admires the Highwater clan for many things, including how they've never stopped searching for their missing brother. As a former Child Protective Services worker, she understands better than most why he'd run. But when she spots Kane in a crowd at a national reining competition where her friend — his sister — is competing, it will take all of her experience, compassion and instincts to convince him to stay.
Their attraction is immediate, but Kane is certain he can never regain his place in his legendary family. Can Lark convince him that with her by his side, it's not too late for a fresh start?
Book 5 in the Texas Justice series

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Home Breaking News Travel ban imposed on captain of MT New Diamond
Travel ban imposed on captain of MT New Diamond
The Colombo Magistrate's Court today imposed a travel ban on the captain of the MT New Diamond oil tanker.
Attorney General Dappula de Livera had earlier requested the court to remand the captain of the oil tanker which caught fire while sailing 38 nautical miles off Sangamankanda Point east of Sri Lankan seas on 3rd September.
However, the Colombo Magistrate's Court refused to remand the captain and instead imposed a travel ban.
The Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard worked together to control the fire that erupted after an explosion of a boiler in the main engine room of MT New Diamond.
Earlier, the owners of the MT New Diamond had agreed to settle fully the interim claim of Government stakeholders for over Rs. 300 million.
The owners had thereafter agreed to settle the full claim of Rs 442 Million made by Sri Lanka last week. (Colombo Gazette)
Inter-province travel ban to be lifted on Sunday
Inter-province travel ban to be lifted on 31st October
Inter-province travel ban extended till 31st October
Gabriella September 28, 2020 At 10:22 pm
Dappula de Livera's enthusiasm for remanding all and sunder knows no bounds.
How can anyone justify remanding the captain of a ship that suffered a catastrophic accident ? Apparently the only person who isn't aware that machinery is prone to failure is the Attorney General. The captain has lost a crewman. The last thing the poor man needs is harassment in an already distressing situation.
The attorney general has proved to be a very low-class human being.


Intrigue nightclub at Wynn features a 94-foot waterfall outside.
When you think about Vegas nightclubs, you probably think of the massive megaclubs that are filled wall to wall with people dancing to the biggest DJs in the world. The new Intrigue nightclub at Wynn wants you to think about nightlife in a slightly different way.
You won't find hordes of people here and you probably won't be listening to the hottest celebrity DJ. Instead, you'll be having a much more intimate and luxurious experience with top-notch service.
The 14,000-square-foot club, which hosts its grand opening Friday, only holds about 1,200 people and the club will be spinning party music spanning several genres, designed to get you out on the dance floor.
Intrigue is, well, intriguing from the minute you walk in. To get to the club (which is in the space formerly occupied by Tryst nightclub) you descend a staircase and enter a hallway with white walls that can have images, company logos, photos or different colors projected on them. The club might look totally different each time you visit.
The end of the hallway opens up onto the main room of the club, which also features white décor and beautiful chandeliers, including a large illuminated fixture hanging over the dance floor. Tables are tiered to maximize views of the DJ and dance floor and there are two bars – one on each side of the room. The tables feature storage drawers (a great perk for the ladies with purses) and phone chargers for every type of phone imaginable.
The main room also offers stunning views of Intrigue's outdoor patio. The patio features more tables, another bar and funky chandeliers hanging from the trees. Yes, there are trees outside, as well as a 94-foot-tall cascading waterfall. The waterfall flows into a small pool of water that will feature fountains and pyrotechnics.
While most of us will be partying in the main room, Intrigue also has a very swanky private VIP, invite-only room that's like a club within the club. Adorned in rose gold and white, the private room has its own bar, its own restrooms, a private entrance from Lakeside restaurant, keyed lockers for your valuables and a one-way window. This allows guests to look out over the club without people in the club being able to see in. There's also a large-screen TV that can show guests in the private room a live feed of what's going on out in the club's main room. If you wanted to have your own live DJ music here, that can also be arranged.
Besides the music and atmosphere, cocktails are one of the most important parts of a club and Intrigue won't disappoint. You'll find interesting drinks like the Platinum Donkey – a variation of the mule cocktail – made with Stoli, homemade ginger syrup and topped with Fever Tree sparkling water.
Need something to keep you partying until dawn? Try the Up All Night – an espresso martini meant for sharing that's served in a crystal fountain. It's made with Cruzan Single Barrel, Licor42, Disaronno and nitrogen charged espresso.
If you choose to indulge in bottle service there will be some creative delivery options including "angels" and a masquerade parade.
If that sounds like a spectacle, just wait. There will also be a performance aspect to the nightclub featuring singers, dancers and other surprises. In fact, Mark Shunock was hired as Intrigue's creative director. He's an actor and singer known for starring in the Vegas show "Rock of Ages" so he knows a thing or two about keeping audiences entertained. Intrigue can also be used for shows like the upcoming Seal concert on May 21st. The concert will take place in the club before it opens for the evening.
If it sounds like Intrigue is going to be unlike any other club out there, you're right.


For enhanced safety, the front and rear (child comfort guides) seat shoulder belts of the Cadillac XT5 are height-adjustable to accommodate a wide variety of driver and passenger heights. A better fit can prevent injuries and the increased comfort also encourages passengers to buckle up. The BMW X6 doesn't offer height-adjustable seat belts.
In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the XT5 are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The X6 doesn't offer a back seat reminder.
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The XT5 offers optional Reverse Automatic Braking that uses rear sensors to monitor and automatically apply the brakes to prevent a rear collision. The X6 doesn't offer backup collision prevention brakes.
To help make backing safer, the XT5's optional cross-path warning system uses wide-angle radar in the rear bumper to alert the driver to vehicles approaching from the side, helping the driver avoid collisions. The X6 doesn't offer a cross-path warning system.
Both the XT5 and the X6 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, daytime running lights, rearview cameras, available all wheel drive, crash mitigating brakes, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems and around view monitors.
For its top level performance in all IIHS frontal, side, rear impact and roof-crush tests, and with its optional front crash prevention system, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety grants the XT5 the rating of "Top Pick" for 2017, a rating granted to only 154 vehicles tested by the IIHS. The X6 has not been tested, yet.
Cadillac's powertrain warranty covers the XT5 2 years and 20,000 miles longer than BMW covers the X6. Any repair needed on the engine, transmission, axles, joints or driveshafts is fully covered for 6 years or 70,000 miles. Coverage on the X6 ends after only 4 years or 50,000 miles.
The XT5's 3.6 DOHC V6 produces 8 more horsepower (310 vs. 302) than the X6 s/xDrive35i's standard 3.0 turbo 6 cyl.
An engine control system that can shut down half of the engine's cylinders helps improve the XT5's fuel efficiency. The X6 doesn't offer a system that can shut down part of the engine.
To lower fuel costs and make buying fuel easier, the Cadillac XT5 uses regular unleaded gasoline. The X6 requires premium, which can cost 20 to 55 cents more per gallon.
The XT5 has a standard cap-less fueling system. The fuel filler is automatically opened when the fuel nozzle is inserted and automatically closed when it's removed. This eliminates the need to unscrew and replace the cap and it reduces fuel evaporation, which causes pollution. The X6 doesn't offer a cap-less fueling system.
In its Green Vehicle Guide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rates the Cadillac XT5 higher (6 out of 10) than the BMW X6 (3). This means the XT5 produces up to 23.4 pounds less smog-producing pollutants than the X6 every 15,000 miles.
The Cadillac XT5's wheels have 6 lugs for longer wheel bearing life, less chance of rotor warping and greater strength. The BMW X6 only has 5 wheel lugs per wheel.
For better maneuverability, the XT5's turning circle is 3.3 feet tighter than the X6's (38.7 feet vs. 42 feet). The XT5 w/20" wheels' turning circle is 3 feet tighter than the X6's (39 feet vs. 42 feet).
The Cadillac XT5 may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 600 to 700 pounds less than the BMW X6.
The XT5 is 4.3 inches shorter than the X6, making the XT5 easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.
The XT5 has .9 inches more front legroom and 3.9 inches more rear legroom than the X6.
For enhanced passenger comfort on long trips the XT5's rear seats recline. The X6's rear seats don't recline.
The XT5 has a much larger cargo volume with its rear seat up than the X6 with its rear seat up (30 vs. 26.6 cubic feet). The XT5 has a much larger cargo volume with its rear seat folded than the X6 with its rear seat folded (63 vs. 59.7 cubic feet).
Pressing a switch automatically lowers the XT5's rear seats, to make changing between passengers and cargo easier. The X6 doesn't offer automatic folding seats.
The XT5 has a standard remote vehicle starting system, so the vehicle can be started from inside the driver's house. This allows the driver to comfortably warm up the engine before going out to the vehicle. The climate system will also automatically heat or cool the interior. The X6 doesn't offer a remote starting system.
The XT5's instruments include an oil pressure gauge and a temperature gauge – which could save your engine! Often 'idiot lights' don't warn you until damage has been done. The X6 does not have an oil pressure gauge.
To improve rear visibility by keeping the rear window clear, the XT5 has a standard rear wiper. The X6 doesn't offer a rear wiper.
Insurance will cost less for the XT5 owner. The Complete Car Cost Guide estimates that insurance for the XT5 will cost $3760 to $6890 less than the X6 over a five-year period.
According to The Car Book by Jack Gillis, the XT5 is less expensive to operate than the X6 because typical repairs cost much less on the XT5 than the X6, including $641 less for a water pump, $693 less for a muffler, $129 less for front brake pads, $235 less for a starter, $15 less for fuel injection, $415 less for a fuel pump, $323 less for front struts and $1486 less for a power steering pump.
IntelliChoice estimates that five-year ownership costs (depreciation, financing, insurance, fuel, fees, repairs and maintenance) for the Cadillac XT5 will be $18861 to $21611 less than for the BMW X6.
The Cadillac XT5 outsold the BMW X6 by almost 9 to one during 2018.


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I grew up in Toronto, Ontario (the actual Toronto part of the city), and became a member of the Catholic Church at the age of 5. I continued to be raised in the Catholic faith through receiving the Sacraments and my enrollment in the Catholic school system. Yet, I still had a lot of questions about Catholicism and where that fit into my life. In my first year of university, I was searching for a faith-filled community because, growing up, I was used to being in a Catholic setting. And during that time, I discovered CCO on my campus! Despite coming from a non-practicing family, I came to realize how important it was to attend Mass and have a personal relationship with Jesus.
It was at World Youth Day 2016, in Poland, when Pope Francis challenged those in attendance to not remain "couch Catholics", which inspired me to go back to Canada and spread the Gospel on university campuses. CCO's faith studies have challenged me to become more active in my faith and ultimately led me to answering the call to become a missionary.
I will be serving the movement as a campus missionary at the University of British Columbia (UBC). I've only been to B.C. twice, but I'm very excited to start reaching out to students with my team in a new city and province!