I’m retired, yet never have been busier, which explains the shortage of blog posts of late.
Already today I’ve been performing ongoing dog-sitting duties at my son’s house; collected one of my Mustangs that was having work done on it; picked up my brother for a visit to our mother and took him home; stopped at my house to attend to various duties, including a failed attempt to start the power washer for my wife; got in a quick walk amidst the humid, 80-degree conditions; cleaned the interior of my son’s car which I’m driving because he has my Kia SUV on his current family trip; and tended to some other chores.
But still I pay attention to the strange happenings that pass for everyday life in these United States circa 2021 and I’m struck by the urge to produce a news-and-views post to cover the many items that captured my attention.
THE NEWS: West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin is standing pat on his refusal to vote for the Democrats’ cynically mis-named “For the People Act” which in the interest of furthering Democratic far-left ideals seeks to turn this into a one-party nation by eliminating the Senate filibuster rule.
THE VIEWS: Democrats are apoplectic that Manchin won’t toe the party line, regardless of how far left that line is. He’s been called a traitor or worse, often by the very same people who lionized Republican turncoat Senator Mitt Romney when he would not back his party’s agenda. More hypocrisy from the Democrats. I’m stunned.
THE NEWS: Dr. Anthony Fauci’s wishy-washy flip-flopping continues to be outed, this time by his emails made public due to a freedom of information request, yet Fauci continues in his role as the highest paid federal employee. Yes, he makes more than the president. Note that I did not write “earns” more than the president.
THE VIEWS: Fauci is the quintessential lifelong bureaucrat, feathering his nest at taxpayers’ expense and refusing to leave gracefully even though he is well past normal retirement age and exhibiting Biden-like cognitive difficulties.
THE NEWS: Speaking of Joe Biden, he and/or his handlers forgot to acknowledge the 77th anniversary of D-Day June 6.
THE VIEWS: Biden was too busy noting the “Tulsa Massacre,” which fits better into the Democrats’ agenda of promoting racial divide in this country, the better to keep the populace fighting among itself and not paying attention to plans to turn this once great land into Venezuela north.
THE NEWS: De facto president Kamala Harris made a point of passing out cookies bearing her likeness to the media accompanying her on a trip to Guatemala.
THE VIEWS: In the-great-minds-think-alike category, I immediately thought of Marie Antoinette, before she lost her head, uttering the infamous “Let them eat cake” line. Now, I read that Republican chairwoman Ronna McDaniel beat me to the punch with a Marie Antoinette analogy.
THE NEWS: It wasn’t exactly a PR coup for Harris on the Guatemala trip, during which she urged Guatemalans to stay home and not charge through Mexico to our southern border, lest they be stopped there.
THE VIEWS: Imagine the surprise of Guatemalans who thought that by voting via mail-in ballots for Biden and Harris they were assuring themselves a warm welcome as they moved north to the land of milk and honey and no election integrity.
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