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Washington’s Not-So-Secret Secret
The Washington Examiner columnist, Paul Bedard, is dedicated to “Washington Secrets.” This morning he wrote a post about the alleged secret that Joe Biden profited from son Hunter’s “shady” overseas dealings.
According to a Rasmussen poll, 62% of the respondents believe Shifty Joe “personally profited” from Hunter’s dealings with the Chinese. Further, 56% believe there is no chance he will ever see federal charges.
62% and 56%.
There is no secret. The public knows we are a banana republic, with deplorables rotting in jail, and the elites fleecing us for millions of dollars of grift, graft, extortion, influence peddling, and insider trading. (Pelosi anyone?)
The powers that be are in full open defiance and contempt over the plebes. We don’t matter and will be put in our place (see the show trial of Bannon)
They are and forever will be immune from prosecution and will punish any who dare to question them.
The message is no secret. Know your place, plebe.
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Name names.
Vince Foster.
Dear Lord. I of course agree with your remarkably understated suspicions.
Investigations, prosecutions… good luck with that against Democrats.
I figure they know. But the gaystapo is a more proximate influence than you or I.
Selling the “STRATEGIC” oil reserve to China (or to whomever). That’s not a price control slush fund. That is explicitly how we don’t be like Germany.
Either I am delusional or a great many Republicans are. The Democrats control more national, regional and large state institutions, government and non government, more than when we lost the last Presidential election. Our betters tell us the last election was unambiguously fairly won and we think we’re going to win the next two and fix matters. Then there are the Chinese who control pretty much every country outside of Europe and the Middle East. The EU doesn’t worry about them because they are already top down so don’t see a problem. Our betters tell us that the Chinese are not really doing that well so don’t worry. Moreover, if the Democrats win the next election, they won’t win the Presidential election, and if they do, things will go so badly we’ll be able to win the next elections. Do so many folks have no experience in the rest of the world, so little knowledge of history? We might ask as well, can the most complex vast economy in history be run from the top by experts? Are there any historical examples? If we’re run by a narrow self serving elite (is there an alternative?) will they recognize their errors, and decentralize as the economy declines and crashes, returning us to something that can work or at least allow free elections? And in the mean time, what will the Chinese be doing and our allies in Asia when its obvious the US is out of it, can they step forward and repulse the Chinese or will they accommodate as cautiously as possible, hoping the US will return to its senses? Or just deal with their new boss as comfortably as possible?
Well, we only control one-half of one-third of government. I mean, uh, we had the whole thing but threw it away in a tantrum over Trump’s election. I mean, we have nothing* now.
Vote harder, Prole.
Too many hard questions!
To me it doesn’t matter whether Democrats or Republicans are the narrow self-serving central planners because the narrow self-serving central planners are the problem. And neither party is interested in decentralization of power.
I’m afraid you’re largely right…
This, however, is encouraging.
Republicans Who Oppose a Convention of States Are a Fringe Minority
Call me what you like, but I find any current effort, from anybody, to modify the Constitution or do any super-legislative tinkering flat-out terrifying.
Republicans can’t even repeal unconstitutional laws. Just wait until they get to rip up the requirement to do so!
Understood, but the goal of a convention of states is to return to the Constitution, not to modify it. To force the federal government to stick to the things it’s Constitutionally allowed to, and not stick its nose where it doesn’t belong.
My heart’s with you, believe me, but I don’t buy it. The goal of central planning is to eliminate waste and unfairness. The goal of Gun-Free zones… and so forth.
Well then we are well and truly [REDACTED].