You know that feeling, when there’s something off about what you’re seeing, and you wish you can articulate it in a succinct, chronological and logical manner? Well, it’s been done for you.

From a national treasure, Victor Davis Hanson, a renowned Classicist and Military Historian, goes through the history of revolutions, their ironies and ramifications.

BeverlyBeatty’s video has gone viral, as it should! In it, you will hear her recite the history of the Democrat Party. She’s accurate and impassioned. A great combination. You’ll notice something missing in her voice. She’s not angry. At least not at the world.

It is clear she’s black and a woman. Popular opinion is that, she can’t get ahead in life, unless she globs onto the progressive ideology and support the leftist agenda – The Democrats. Clearly, as you can see, she doesn’t agree and she tells you why.

You know what else – she doesn’t consider the country systemically racist.

We need more Beverly Beattys! We need to passionately but respectfully share our views. Like her, we believe that everyone has the potential to be the best that they can be. We need to protect and promote this country. Because this country has afforded the greatest opportunity for the most amount of people who has had the fortune of living in The United States of America.

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She knew that America was not founded on Socialist Doctrines. On the contrary, America seeks to defeat Socialism because its tenets are antithetical to liberty.

Yet, when given the chance, Kshama Sawant sought to move to the United States for what can only be understood as a better life than the one she left in India.

As a software engineer, she applied for and was granted a working visa. After that, initial research shows that she became a US citizen in 2010.

To become a US citizen, and I will abbreviate the entire process, she would have been given the task of learning about our form of government. Then, she would have gone for her interview where an immigration officer would ask her questions on the things she learned.

How do I know this? This was what I had to do to become a citizen. Now, the next step for her was her oath taking. She would have had to take the oath of pledging her loyalty to the country she voluntarily chose to be a part of.

Sometime from then to when she ran for office, there would have had to have been a change. Either that or she already had the views and feelings she currently espouses and she completely lied to the immigration officer.

To be fair, she did not deceive the citizens of Seattle. She was openly a socialist by then and yet they voted her into office. It’s Seattle after all. Sawant claims that she became “radicalized” when she saw the inequity of the rich and poor in America. BS! She’s telling us she didn’t see that in India? It would have been strikingly visible. Who is she, Helen Keller?

‘Knowing this, I’m more of the belief that she lied her way into becoming a citizen. If her claim that inequity is such a catalyst for her in fighting for change, why didn’t she do that in her native India?Did the United States really need her unique abilities as an agent for change that she showed in India? Wait, she didn’t do that in India!

What bothers this grateful immigrant, is that instead of being thankful for the wonderful opportunity afforded to her by the citizens of this country, (Not necessarily just Seattle) she seeks to fundamentally change it.

One does not love something she seeks to fundamentally change!

Don’t take my word for it, there’s enough about her on the web that you can look for yourself. Being grateful doesn’t mean she couldn’t be critical. Critical is one thing, but doing what she’s done….

I’ll just leave it at this…

She is now with the group in Seattle who has declared themselves an autonomous region within the United States! If that’s not an Ingrate, I don’t know what is? Some would say, a traitor!

Here’s a link to her subversiveness. Judge for yourself.

Today’s SCOTUS opinion on Bostock v. Clayton County will be the most discussed and debated by both political parties. Why? Because we live in the times of –isms. This particular decision was about employment and sexual orientation.

If you read the majority opinion, written by Justice Gorsuch, almost any 21st century citizen will understand his intent. Moreover, I would wager that a super majority would agree with the opinion. The court sided with Bostock and said that his termination, based on his sexual orientation, was unlawful.

The question or the immediate debate will be, did the court, in ruling the way it did, ensure that the Pandora’s Box that was opened as early as the first controversial ruling of the court, remain, at least for now, open!

‘What do I mean?

The Act or Law at issue is Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964. The dissent states that the court is adding to the text of the law, and thereby overstepping it’s role. As a non-legislative body, it has to adhere to the original text and intent of the law at the time the act was passed.

This is where passions get enflamed. Reasonable people will disagree. The disagreement will not hinder on the “unfairness” of employment decisions solely on the basis of “sex” or in this current case, “sexual orientation.” The disagreement will be on whether it was the role of the court to infer a text and therefore an intent that wasn’t there to begin with. Why? Because sexual orientation was not included in Title VII.

Of course there will the usual permutations that would be debated. What if an employer, let’s say the NBA, denies a WNBA player from trying out for a team and therefore the franchise that has been traditionally male – does that violate Title VII? Stuff like that. Oh, don’t think that that’s far fetched. In 1964, there was no debate to using a restroom based on what you thought your gender was.

There were three decisions today. It is for certain, that almost all three will be criticized by members of the citizenry, on merits but ultimately, jurisdiction. As of today June 15, 2020, they are the law of the land. That is until a future SCOTUS opinion reverses them.

This ultimately proves that the check on the three bodies of our governmental structure, Our Constitution, ARE THE PEOPLE.

The video of the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks has been released. My take is that he shouldn’t have died. However, it’s not as cut and dry as the George Floyd video. Other officers could weigh in and tell us how this could have been handled differently, wherein Mr. Brooks would still be alive. Or was this just tragic and the officers followed procedure?

Given what you saw in the entirety of the video, could the officers have exercised discretion specially at the time where he was out of the car and said he’ll walk home? Is that possible and could the Atlanta PD have liability if they let him walk home? Could they have waited for someone to pick him up? Again, liability?

You decide…

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Photo: Screenshot of YouTube Clip.

In a 10 minute clip of a video on William F. Buckley’s Firing Line, a Socialist was politely doing his best to advance and justify Affirmative Action. He said so much with so little to show for it. By contrast, Thomas Sowell, a Renowned Economist, said little and at the same time said much, for the ineffectiveness of a program designed with Social Justice in mind. Here’s the clip.

Having watched the entire episode, one of Thomas Sowell’s quotes seems apt.

On a general note unrelated to the clip, I remember three questions proposed by Dr. Sowell that should make anyone think about proposed actions or programs that have a “social” component to them.

They Are:

1. Compared to what?
2. At what cost?
3. Do you have any evidence?

At 84 years of age, Walter E Williams shares insight and wisdom on the research he’s done on the plight of black people in America. The article, if you already agree with his views, will add the missing information, that confirms what you knew but couldn’t quite sew up. If you are of the opposite view, at least digest the information and tell Dr. Williams where he’s wrong, or what he’s missing.

The answer to information you disagree with, (bad speech) is more information. (more speech) It is never acceptable to quell peaceful disagreeable speech.

In a recent interview with Mark Levin, Dr. Williams informed the audience that his friend Thomas Sowell is releasing a new book this month. Make sure to get a copy!

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve been doing with your life, this destruction and takeover of American Cities, is your fault!

Your color is not an exemption. Black, Hispanic, Asian, – doesn’t matter, it’s your fault.

Now, if you’re white, we have something special just for you. Shhh, be quiet and accept your shaming and beating.

Oh, take your wallet out too. What’s that? You don’t have enough money even for yourself? Doesn’t matter, it’s systemic, so cough it up.

What’s that you say? You’re married to someone of color. Who cares!

Who can you “plead” your case to? No one! It’s been decided. By who? Who knows! Who cares! You ask too many questions. Didn’t I tell you it’s systemic.

Just do what you’re told. This is your life now.

What’s that? What’s the plan? Plan for what?

Rules? Rules are for oppressors! Check your GD privilege!

What’s that? You don’t have privilege, you don’t know what that means? See, that’s why you’re the problem! You’re an idiot! You have privilege because we said so.

What’s that? You’re an immigrant. Well you’re stupid! Why would you go to this hellhole? Serves you right!

Now, when you’re done being all shocked and all that BS, go figure out how we can get food, clothing and shelter.

What’s that? You were doing that already and it’s hard. No, you insensitive pr!%k! Now, figure it for all of us!

What’s that? What about your job? You worked hard for it you say?The business is now gone? Well see, those selfish SOBs just closed down and left.

What’s that? What about your kids? Oh, that’s easy. Did you think we were heartless? Just keep taking care of them along with our kids.

What’s that? What now? Shhhh, we’re trying to think. We had this figured out already.

What’s that? Where has this worked? Would you stop with all the questions. Can’t you see we’re busy being responsible.

George Floyd’s home was Houston Texas not anywhere in Africa. He was killed by one officer and the negligence of three others, not the entire Minneapolis Police Department. The whole country had nothing to do with the killing.

Majority of us Americans were busy dealing with the complexity of our own lives trying to feed ourselves and our families, barely having time for our interests, much less have time to be systematically oppressing someone. But make no mistake, we were extremely bothered by what happened and we wanted answers and justice. And I mean WE. REGARDLESS OF EVERY TRAIT YOU CAN THINK OF!

The pandering Democrats in the photo have a combined tenure in government of over one hundred years. That party has been running cities like Minneapolis where these killings occur. To be fair Republicans pander and fold as well. However, the photo-op, and THIS was a photo-op, illustrates the problem clearly!

Most members of both parties don’t see us as individuals anymore! They look at us as members of groups. And because they don’t see us as individuals, each with a complicated array of traits that makes us unique, they’ve reduced everything to – if one member of the group does X, then all members behave the same way.

They take ONE trait and make it essential to that individual instead of just incidental. I’m proud of my heritage as a Filipino, but that’s just one aspect of me. George Floyd was black, also, just one aspect of who he was. How insulting that he’s reduced to just a color.

Then adding insult to injury, he’s not even considered just American! He had to be African. Ask most blacks and they’d tell you that if you would have to characterize them, characterize them as black. That’s it. No hyphenated descriptions.

When we’re not seen as individuals, our accomplishments and our failures are not our own. It belongs to whatever group we’ve been assigned to.

So, punish the individual(s) who were responsible for the wrongdoing and leave the rest of us alone. We don’t need to check anything. My white friends, and I have many, did not do anything to George Floyd or anyone like him. They’re all just trying to live the best life they could. Most of us are.

So spare us the fake concern and do the main job we elected you for. Protect us! All of us! That’s really the only job that matters. The rest, we can figure for ourselves. We do that day in day out. How do you think we’ve become the most powerful and righteous nation on the face of the earth? Yes, I said righteous! Deal with it.

“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a certain class of men in every State to resist all changes which may hazard a diminution of the power, emolument, and consequence of the offices they hold under the State establishments; and the perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies than from its union under one government.”

Excerpt From
The Federalist Papers
James Madison
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Turmoil, chaos is not new to the human experience. The excerpt above, from Alexander Hamilton, gives us an idea of his observations during such times.

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