The death of George Floyd on May 25th was horrific, an obvious abuse of power by the Minneapolis police officer and 3 colleagues who made no attempt to come to Floyd's aid. The next day the rioting began in Minneapolis. It was violent, destructive and murderous. Tragically, the death of this one man at the hands of one particular bad cop became an opportunity for the demolition of the city. Hundreds of small businesses, many of them minority-owned, were destroyed.
Like previous riots, the rioters have set their own communities back decades. The riots spread to New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and elsewhere. There have been protests in nearly every other city in America. Hundreds of millions of dollars in losses due to looting and damage to buildings have been incurred.
The crisis has devolved into more destruction of historical statues; Columbus has been executed over and over again. In nearly all cases, the police have been ordered to let the rioters have their way; they were not allowed to do their job.
Nearly all the rioting took place in cities chronically and badly run by Democrats, public officials who have for years implemented every misguided progressive policy known to man. They are all destined to fail. As Dov Fischer wrote, "Systemic Racism and Bigotry are the Lifeblood of the left." These riots tell the story.
The question is where on earth are the Republicans? Why has there been no press conference with every Republican in the House and Senate standing together to denounce all this violence? To passionately defend our police? They know damn well that Chauvin is an outlier, a bad cop who has kept his job because his Democrat-run city kept him despite his abusive tendencies.
Would any of these Republicans put up with their own children behaving in such a manner? Of course not. Every Republican knows that when you permit bad behavior, you get more of it; lots more of it. A small child wants to find out where the limits are. The same is likely true with these perps. Let them act out day after day and they will escalate, as they have in Seattle. Governor Inslee is a fool, as is Mayor Garcetti of Los Angeles.
The thugs in Seattle who have taken over a seven-block section of downtown, which includes a police precinct, are armed and dangerous. They are extorting the businesses within their "autonomous zone." No one is stopping them. The mob has taken over. They have made the mayors of these cities cower in the corners of their mansions. There is not a courageous one among them. They are all yielding to the lowest common denominators, the thugs. Where are our law and order Republicans brave enough to name what we are seeing unfold: domestic terrorism.
Why is President Trump always alone in saying what needs to be said? And when he says what needs to be said, he is viciously attacked by the Democrats and the media who, like Pavlov's dog, consider any word he says as an opportunity for slander. And the Republicans do not come to his defense.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/where_are_the_gutless_republicans_.html
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The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment aimed at blocking President Trump from deploying active-duty troops against protesters.
Trump made the threat amid the height of the protests against police violence and racial injustice that were sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed when a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. The officer has since been charged with second-degree murder.
Protests around the country were largely peaceful, but a small number turned violent and looting was reported. Trump threatened to deploy troops if governors did not "dominate" the protesters.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/502258-senate-panel-passes-amendment-to-bar-using-troops-against-protesters
If Heritage Foundation can't support the most basic tenets of America's founding and affirm its rise to exceptionalism, what is the point of Heritage at all? They claim to be conservatives, but what have they conserved? Where are their victories?
Their own list of alleged accomplishments is amusing, to say the least. Heritage claims credit for the list of President Donald Trump's judges—which is funny, as it is common knowledge among conservatives that the list was compiled, analyzed, and vetted by the Federalist Society at the direction of Leonard Leo and former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Heritage takes credit for being active in some policy issues during the Trump Administration, too. But for an institution that once prided itself on being the "think tank" of the Reagan Revolution, that's not saying much.
Heritage Fostered Obamacare
What is more interesting—and telling—is what Heritage considers one of its greatest achievements in the past 20 years. Going back to 2003 this former bastion for the limited size of government brags about doubling in size, building an eight-story office edifice with a 230-person seat auditorium. More troubling than expanding its own footprint is its efforts to vastly expand the size and reach of the federal government by promoting and pushing ideas that are antithetical to conservative principles.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/06/10/defund-conservatism-inc-to-make-america-great-again/
Quote from: basionok on June 11, 2020, 09:56:34 AM
If Heritage Foundation can't support the most basic tenets of America's founding and affirm its rise to exceptionalism, what is the point of Heritage at all? They claim to be conservatives, but what have they conserved? Where are their victories?
Their own list of alleged accomplishments is amusing, to say the least. Heritage claims credit for the list of President Donald Trump's judges—which is funny, as it is common knowledge among conservatives that the list was compiled, analyzed, and vetted by the Federalist Society at the direction of Leonard Leo and former White House Counsel Don McGahn. Heritage takes credit for being active in some policy issues during the Trump Administration, too. But for an institution that once prided itself on being the "think tank" of the Reagan Revolution, that's not saying much.
Heritage Fostered Obamacare
What is more interesting—and telling—is what Heritage considers one of its greatest achievements in the past 20 years. Going back to 2003 this former bastion for the limited size of government brags about doubling in size, building an eight-story office edifice with a 230-person seat auditorium. More troubling than expanding its own footprint is its efforts to vastly expand the size and reach of the federal government by promoting and pushing ideas that are antithetical to conservative principles.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/06/10/defund-conservatism-inc-to-make-america-great-again/
Never post entire articles, it's a Copy Right violation.
I hope that democrat Marxist group doesn't try and take over my town here in Florida.
In my younger days when it happened in Connecticut, with my close friends we had fun changing some minds.
I can't imagine someone asking me for an ID to be able to go back into my living area. If it is an armed one, I have bad news for him. Ever hear of Mozambique pistol shooting? I do it once in a while. Usually when trying to teach a neighbor gun safety and self-defense. I am a precision target shooter. I fire 90 rounds twice a week for that sport.
There are about 1500 members of the shooting range that I belong to. And they don't like what they are seeing either. We can't understand why the cops just don't go in there and break some heads and fill the jail cells.
If you don't mind my asking...what town are you in. MY son is in St Cloud and shoots on his property. HIs neighbors shoot on their property also and it's fine with everyone.
Republicans have all but endorsed Black Lives Matter, the group's ethnic chauvinism, and their murky grievances with America's putative "systemic racism."
Here was Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) the other day:
You know, none of us have had the experience of being an African American in this country and dealing with this discrimination, which persists here some 50 years after the 1964 civil rights bill and the 1965 civil rights bill—we're still wrestling with America's original sin.
Original sin!
If Republicans reject defunding the police, then logically they should reject Black Lives Matter, which advocates defunding the police. They should do so loudly, vigorously, and articulately. But they haven't, and they won't.
If the Republican Party won't defend the rule of law, protect the silent majority, and push back against calumnies against America and its people, then what are they there for?
Good question.
A recent investigation by the Claremont Institute's Thomas Klingenstein is worth noting. It's a lengthy piece, but the essence of the argument is that Republicans don't stand for anything. Unlike the Left, they don't argue from basic principles of justice; all they have are cheap slogans. "Limited government! Lower taxes! Decentralization!" You get the idea. The Republican Party doesn't operate with deliberation and purpose; they're shadowboxers.
That purpose ought to be preserving what Klingenstein calls "the American way of life," which obviously is threatened at the moment.
One key point that Klingenstein raises concerns rhetoric: lawmakers aren't just there to pass laws, but to edify the public and explain to them the threats to their way of life. But unlike Democrats, Republicans don't bother to explain the things they want or think we should want as Americans.
To adapt Klingenstein's argument to the present moment, it's obvious what the Republican Party should be doing. They should be standing up for law and order while explaining to the American people how Black Lives Matter, its anti-American slander, and its program of racial extremism is hostile to Americans, their institutions, and their welfare.
Instead of saying, "Defund the police is crazy socialism, but some reforms are probably needed to address America's painful history of genocide," they should be saying, "America is a great country, not a racist country, and we will defend it to the very last day."
While appearing to adopt contrary rhetoric, the Republicans have endorsed the Left's principle, which means they have no argument against the Left's demands.
They have surrendered to the narrative of anti-American hatred.
The Republican Party lacks either the intelligence or the courage to sense the big picture and engage accordingly. This is not just about the police. America is facing an elite uprising with the objective of reconstituting America at its very core and punishing all dissenters.
It is a matter not just of political interest, but of duty, that president Trump and the Republicans forcefully oppose Black Lives Matter and the woke faction that is working with them to destroy the United States.
If they can't do that, then there is no reason for the Republican Party to exist.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/06/11/why-does-the-republican-party-exist/
For most Republicans today, whatever gave you the idea they have a spine? We are not Republicans here, we are Conservatives who just happen to vote for the party that is the much lesser of 2 evils
You have to support blm or you could lose your job. At least here in Seattle. My son got a letter about going to training for his 'whiteness' ... I cant say more .. Its awful here in Seattle. If you are not out protesting for blm, you are considered a racist. thank god for candace owens .. i imagine her life is on the line. So many are being fired for being 'insensitive' .. Thats all - they dont tote the blm line so they are fired. I dont know where this is going but I am scared.
Quote from: karen on June 12, 2020, 08:27:06 AM
You have to support blm or you could lose your job. At least here in Seattle. My son got a letter about going to training for his 'whiteness' ... I cant say more .. Its awful here in Seattle. If you are not out protesting for blm, you are considered a racist. thank god for candace owens .. i imagine her life is on the line. So many are being fired for being 'insensitive' .. Thats all - they dont tote the blm line so they are fired. I dont know where this is going but I am scared.
Why is he there? Have him move. Northwest is a lefty shithole.
He has a great job (for now) and his parents live here and are too old to move ... Sure he would love to move, however.
Quote from: karen on June 12, 2020, 09:35:31 AM
He has a great job (for now) and his parents live here and are too old to move ... Sure he would love to move, however.
Quote from: karen on June 12, 2020, 08:27:06 AM
You have to support blm or you could lose your job. At least here in Seattle. My son got a letter about going to training for his 'whiteness' ... I cant say more .. Its awful here in Seattle. If you are not out protesting for blm, you are considered a racist. thank god for candace owens .. i imagine her life is on the line. So many are being fired for being 'insensitive' .. Thats all - they dont tote the blm line so they are fired. I dont know where this is going but I am scared.
You might want to revise your statement.
I would forward a copy of it to various Conservative outlets. If he gets any type of material, send it to those same outlets. Doesn't sound like they value him as a human being. Doesn't sound like his job is every safe or sound. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Reps are heading for a major shellacking in Nov. They stand for nothing and look on as stalinists just erase history.
Quote from: ldub23 on June 12, 2020, 09:52:42 AM
Reps are heading for a major shellacking in Nov. They stand for nothing and look on as stalinists just erase history.
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You're delusional! What other options do people have, the DNC? (Demorat National Commie Party)
Quote from: ldub23 on June 12, 2020, 09:52:42 AM
Reps are heading for a major shellacking in Nov. They stand for nothing and look on as stalinists just erase history.
oh....I don't think so.
Quote from: Calypso Jones on June 11, 2020, 06:48:41 PM
If you don't mind my asking...what town are you in. MY son is in St Cloud and shoots on his property. HIs neighbors shoot on their property also and it's fine with everyone.
Melbourne, Brevard county.
I shoot at the Port Malabar Rifle and Pistol club. It is in Palm Bay. It is on 110 acres. The longest rifle range is 600 yards. All kinds of competition shooting there. Even full auto at the action range.
Quote from: Calypso Jones on June 12, 2020, 10:37:53 AM
oh....I don't think so.
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https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1271581845910704128
Quote from: taxed on June 12, 2020, 08:02:37 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1271581845910704128
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Libs heads will explode. Trump will squash the lefts narrative because no one will be paying attention the protests, we'll be promoting Trump instead. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Solar on June 12, 2020, 08:14:38 PM
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Libs heads will explode. Trump will squash the lefts narrative because no one will be paying attention the protests, we'll be promoting Trump instead. :thumbsup:
They're going to need to hold it at a racetrack or something...
Quote from: taxed on June 12, 2020, 08:18:35 PM
They're going to need to hold it at a racetrack or something...
Nascar is soon to be void of spectators. :lol:
There is no need to name names. The so-called conservatives who have been coddling mindless calls to destroy public art know who they are.
These are the reasonable conservatives, the good ones, so ever careful no to be called racist. They had a compromise in mind because they always do. Throw the Confederate statues under the bus and we can save the rest. Well. Friday night a statue of Ulysses S. Grant was toppled. Also the statue of a Catholic saint. Do you know who is to blame? It is not the hordes of progressives with ropes and chains; it is every conservative who thought those Jacobin lunatics could be appeased/
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/20/conservative-cowards-are-to-blame-for-falling-statues/
Quote from: taxed on June 12, 2020, 08:02:37 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
https://twitter.com/parscale/status/1271581845910704128
Wow, guess not huh? :cry:
Quote from: taxed on June 12, 2020, 08:18:35 PM
They're going to need to hold it at a racetrack or something...
Apparently they are.
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Quote from: basionok on June 21, 2020, 04:30:41 AM
There is no need to name names. The so-called conservatives who have been coddling mindless calls to destroy public art know who they are.
These are the reasonable conservatives, the good ones, so ever careful no to be called racist. They had a compromise in mind because they always do. Throw the Confederate statues under the bus and we can save the rest. Well. Friday night a statue of Ulysses S. Grant was toppled. Also the statue of a Catholic saint. Do you know who is to blame? It is not the hordes of progressives with ropes and chains; it is every conservative who thought those Jacobin lunatics could be appeased/
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/20/conservative-cowards-are-to-blame-for-falling-statues/
name names. Which repuglican assholes would that be. All the progressives have to do is to keep their mouths shut cause their expendable useful idiots know what is expected and what they can get away with.
Americans were unanimous in condemning how George Floyd died at police hands in a Democrat-run city. Even after learning that Floyd was a career criminal hopped up on drugs when he met his death, Americans were willing to accept the Democrats' (and their fellow leftists') demands for police reform. Had Democrats stopped there, they could have achieved yet another incremental leftward push for their political agenda, a victory they could have put towards their next moment of political theater.
The looting was bad enough, but Americans were still on board with the fundamental (although factually false) notion that police are disproportionately attacking blacks.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/06/democrats_and_fellow_leftists_are_snatching_defeat_from_the_jaws_of_victory.html
Quote from: basionok on June 21, 2020, 04:30:41 AM
There is no need to name names. The so-called conservatives who have been coddling mindless calls to destroy public art know who they are.
These are the reasonable conservatives, the good ones, so ever careful no to be called racist. They had a compromise in mind because they always do. Throw the Confederate statues under the bus and we can save the rest. Well. Friday night a statue of Ulysses S. Grant was toppled. Also the statue of a Catholic saint. Do you know who is to blame? It is not the hordes of progressives with ropes and chains; it is every conservative who thought those Jacobin lunatics could be appeased/
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/20/conservative-cowards-are-to-blame-for-falling-statues/
You have no clue what Conservative means, do you? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Quote from: Calypso Jones on June 21, 2020, 06:18:02 AM
name names. Which repuglican assholes would that be. All the progressives have to do is to keep their mouths shut cause their expendable useful idiots know what is expected and what they can get away with.
Expendable useful idiots is a perfect term. This forum talked about the train wreck coming a few months ago but have kinda dropped the subject. It's still coming. Don't know if the dems know it. All these pampered idiot groups will be bringing their looting, burning, demonstrations, muggings, protesting, ect to the democrat convention in about four weeks. Should be a good time for all. The democrats can not tell them not to come because these groups now own the democrat party, or what is left of a dead party. I hope Wisconsin is ready. And here's a question to all the good liberals who post bs on this forum, how is this going to hurt Trump and help biden?
Quote from: Possum on June 23, 2020, 06:40:12 AM
Expendable useful idiots is a perfect term. This forum talked about the train wreck coming a few months ago but have kinda dropped the subject. It's still coming. Don't know if the dems know it. All these pampered idiot groups will be bringing their looting, burning, demonstrations, muggings, protesting, ect to the democrat convention in about four weeks. Should be a good time for all. The democrats can not tell them not to come because these groups now own the democrat party, or what is left of a dead party. I hope Wisconsin is ready. And here's a question to all the good liberals who post bs on this forum, how is this going to hurt Trump and help biden?
Excellent point! These savages WILL be coming home to roost at the DNC convention, and their gutted police force won't be able to do a thing to stop them.
The world will be watching! :thumbsup:
The column, written in the heated aftermath of George Floyd's killing, sounded like a typical anti-American screed published in the New York Times or posted on MSNBC.
"Racism in America is a fatal wound," the author lamented. "Every time another incident occurs we put a Band-Aid on it, but the Band-Aid keeps falling off. Band-Aids are not enough to ever stitch this country back together."
She went on: "Nothing can bring George Floyd back to life. But if his horrific and needless death proves to be a turning point to make Americans finally end the ugly racism that stains our nation's history and afflicts us like a cancer of the soul, he will leave behind a legacy we sorely need."
That inflammatory, crude condemnation of America—not to mention the glorification of Floyd, a man with a criminal record who was doped up on drugs and committing another crime when the fatal encounter occurred—was made by Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation. James, the first woman and first African American to head the conservative think tank, like so many on the performative Right, jumped on the Left's latest anti-America crusade while betraying the constituency her organization purports to represent.
Embracing the Left's Language
It is a reflex, unfortunately, that's commonplace on the establishment Right, an infuriating capitulation to our country's most insidious foes. The Left intends to destroy the nation and use race as the carpet-bomb—and that approach is working even as blacks continue to make solid economic, occupational, and educational gains.
So, what was James's point? There is no evidence Floyd's death had anything to do with race. One incident, or even a random handful, hardly proves her diagnosis that racism is a "fatal wound" to America. The unfolding mayhem and chaos that followed Floyd's death would have been a perfect opportunity for James to explain why conservatives, not radicals on the Left, have better solutions to improve the lives of all minorities. James, after all, has a triumphant personal story of her own; her success is a testament to our country's unparalleled progress on matters of race and equality.
But at a pivotal moment, James instead chose to invoke the language of the Left.
https://amgreatness.com/2020/06/22/the-con-of-the-surrender-cons/
When I see the images from Lafayette Square last night or from the weekend across the country of radical leftists and anarchists tearing down or defacing memorials to some of America's greatest heroes, what I keep wondering is: where are the conservative leaders who have said so much and done so little to defend our history?
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/23/where-are-conservative-leaders-in-this-moment/
They're all hidding at home getting pegged by their fat psychopathic wives. :woot:
Quote from: basionok on June 24, 2020, 05:24:37 AM
When I see the images from Lafayette Square last night or from the weekend across the country of radical leftists and anarchists tearing down or defacing memorials to some of America's greatest heroes, what I keep wondering is: where are the conservative leaders who have said so much and done so little to defend our history?
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/23/where-are-conservative-leaders-in-this-moment/
Mimsy's right....who knows where they are...they've been cowardly in the face of the media for so long they're still hiding except for a measly few.
But the real question is...where is the left...the ones that say.....or used to say....when conservatives stood up and said NO......where is the left saying, 'this is not whooo we arah'. Where are they...well out the other side of their mouths they're encouraging these radicals...because THEY will benefit for awhile from the destruction of this nation. Traitors should be tarred feathered and hung over the fence.
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to place limits on President Trump's ability to remove troops from Germany unless the administration is able to meet a slew of requirements.
The proposal, spearheaded by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), would prohibit the administration from reducing the number of active-duty troops in Germany below 34,500 unless the Pentagon can certify to Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States and would not negatively undermine European alliances or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
It would also require the Defense secretary to certify that the move would not impact the U.S. military's ability to "execute contingency plans," wouldn't negatively impact ongoing operations, won't impact military families and that the Pentagon has consulted with allies including NATO and Germany.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are also co-sponsoring the proposal.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/505077-senators-aim-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-remove-troops-from-germany
Members of the party have begun to distance themselves from the president in unprecedented fashion.
Quote from: basionok on June 29, 2020, 12:53:06 PM
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to place limits on President Trump's ability to remove troops from Germany unless the administration is able to meet a slew of requirements.
The proposal, spearheaded by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), would prohibit the administration from reducing the number of active-duty troops in Germany below 34,500 unless the Pentagon can certify to Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States and would not negatively undermine European alliances or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
It would also require the Defense secretary to certify that the move would not impact the U.S. military's ability to "execute contingency plans," wouldn't negatively impact ongoing operations, won't impact military families and that the Pentagon has consulted with allies including NATO and Germany.
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are also co-sponsoring the proposal.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/505077-senators-aim-to-limit-trumps-ability-to-remove-troops-from-germany
Member
s of the party have begun to distance themselves from the president in unprecedented fashion.
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Bipartisan? Three Leftist RINO and 4 Marxists is hardly what anyone would consider "Bipartisan".
Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are co-sponsoring the proposal.