Frog Boiling
Dear Editor,
The House of Representative portion of the Republican Party is strongly contributing to the continuing destruction of this great country by acting like a bunch of butt hurt, whiny children. And I’m just not talking about those that I have consistently labeled as “professional politicians.”
You can bet that there is wheeling and dealing going on behind the curtain with stuff like, “oh, support me and I’ll see you get a committee appointment,” or “you know, when it comes time to hand out taxpayer money …” More and more they, all of them are showing that they are anything but “representatives” of the people. There are a few exceptions, but they are not the ones that get all the attention they deserve.
More and more the Republican Party, on the national level, is starting to look and act like the (National Socialist) Democrat Party in that they only are concerned about certain people. And the House of Representatives, the portion of the government that is there to be the voice of the people, is simply not caring about us anymore. Both chambers of Congress are forgetting, or simply ignoring, the fact that they are there for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to be the voice of the people and the states, not special interests. And again, I put a healthy portion of the blame on voters who either blindly vote or, worse yet, don’t vote at all. As I’ve always said, if you don’t vote, you have no right to complain.
You’ve heard the old saying about how to boil a frog and that is what is happening to us on a national level. I know the government run schools don’t want to teach American government and history because it would mean people would start learning how they are slowly reverting to the situation that brought about the American Revolution and if that were to happen again our overlords would be in deep trouble.
We the people allowed this to happen, and we the people can correct it by holding these “representatives” feet to the fire by making it clear we can and will fire them at the next opportunity, but given the apathy in this country I don’t anticipate that happening any time soon.
The fire under the pot will just keep getting hotter and hotter until it’s too late.
Carpe diem.
Alan Marshall
I think your analysis is mistaken. Kevin McCarthy may not be as bad of a ruling class apparatchik as McConnell, but he’s not devoted to freedom, a secure border, doing something about the crime surge and the corrupt FBI/CIA, etc. Those opposing him know him. He may be the best we can do, but those opposing him have good reasons.
One of the clearest examples is his allying with the New York Times to destroy the career of Congressman Steve King, a valiant supporter of securing the border and a good guy. He was cancelled for doing nothing wrong. The New York Times reporter lied about what King said.
So chris, why no answer to my response in the last letter I replied to you about the 5 million ILLEGALS in the last 2 years as I said more about than the last 5 administrations. The truth sucks sometimes doesn’t it. I won’t bother with a cryptic ending I’ll just say KMA
I will move my response over here since you missed it. (I do love how much I am in your heads)
Who is to blame? Biden? or the collapse of the economies to our south. For example, Venezuela has gone from 5% poverty rate to a 95% poverty rate in last 4 years. Guess which country is driving a significant part of the growth in asylum seekers. Add to that Haiti, Equator, Peru, etc….
This narrative that democrats invited this problem is a lie told by the right for political gain. Tillis works across the aisle to establish real change and you knuckle heads call him a Rino.
Real problems need real solutions. Not a bunch of whiners.
So then chris who is responsible for the live off the government poverty that we have in this country. Hint go all the way back to 1968 it’s only gotten bigger since then. We are so close to being a democrat socialist country which is what the democrats want
Classic. He is given a rationale answer to the challenge he made so he changes the subject about declining wealth for the average American.
I fully support immigration reform that reduces the time that immigrants are allowed to stay here if they crossed the border illegally. The bill supported by Tom Tillis is a step in that direction yet most here called him a Rino for the bill. But you go ahead and complain about increasing separation of wealth in this country as if Republican economic policy hasn’t been a huge contributor to the problem. (For example, Republicans giving a large permanent tax cut to the wealthy while only giving a small (zero for many) temporary tax cut to the majority of Americans.
Wake up.
Wow. Alan is surprised by politicians being political. What a joke.
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Oh Chris, “ Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose” God says to be kind to animals and dumb people, I’ll take animals any day
I know some French you can’t publish.
Hahahaha. Good motto to live by.
I have seen this movie before.
The apparent party of the Right morphs into a soft-centre mushy “consensus” comfy leftism. It’s fatal, but it is exactly what has happened in Britain.
The Conservative Party of the UK has been in power since 2010. It has now delivered the highest tax burden on the British people for 70 years.
It has tried to thwart the will of the British people to free ourselves of the EU and make our own laws and regulate our own borders.
It has kow-towed to globalist environmental extremists so much so that my 80 year old mother is too scared to turn on her gas central heating boiler for fear of the bill, which is outrageous because the climate cultists will not permit fracking of the UK’s natural gas, and has forced extortionate tax levies on North Sea gas.
And the spineless “conservatives” are paralyzed, terrified of being vilified by the BBC.
The only hope is to consistently support the most right wing people who are in our body politic. The others are just sell-outs waiting to happen.
austin,
As much as I wish I could argue with you about being wrong, I must bow to your analysis and your conclusion.
Unless We the People get off our collective 4th point of contact (a paratrooper’s reference) and begin to act like the kind of American citizens we like to call ourselves, we are going to wind up a Socialist State instead of a Constitutional Republic
No need for bowing Alan, but I am grateful for your agreement and support here. Thanks…. and keep up the good work.
Alan, I’m not a Republican anymore. I left the party several years ago because I was stunned by their stupidity to lose to Obama when he ran for re-election. I’ve been tired of voting for GOP candidates just because I don’t want a Democrat to win (“the lesser of the 2 evils” as my mom would say, it disgusts me). What I’ve seen today on television regarding the choice of the Speaker is beyond anything I ever thought I’d see from the GOP, and if it results in the Democrat becoming Speaker I will forever write myself in as a candidate even if it means Democrats win every election.
I’d prefer Jim Jordan as Speaker, but I understand he doesn’t want the job. I don’t want McCarthy to have the position because he’s the next Mitt Romney. However, the ridiculous bruhaha going on is insane. They’ve had two months to work this issue out and didn’t, so I don’t figure they’ll be able to work anything else out on their “agenda”. They’re all a bunch of blowhards who only want to keep their jobs so they can have their goodies and be able to hobnob with fancy people.
I am sick of voting in all elections because the people I vote for never win and I can’t complain to anyone because they’re all liberal Democrats who send back canned progressive drivel explaining why their socialist programs are so wonderful for my future so don’t tell me if I don’t vote I can’t complain. There’s no sense in voting when my district was gerrymandered so there’s no chance ever of a conservative winning. I am voiceless and disgusted. Who do we write to, who do we call, who do we share our opinions with when they are all brainwashed progressive clones? My only option is to try to educate young people as to how dangerous this path is and the knowledge that it’s their lives that will be most affected by the bad decisions being made.
Resist.
Deborah,
You have pretty well outlined the whole mess. And you have pretty well made the point I’ve began to believe and in round about ways pointed when it comes to the national level.
Slowly but surly both parties, again at the national level, have been morphing into matching mindsets. I have started to believe that it won’t be long until ARE of equal minds. If and when that happens the United States of America as we remember it will be gone. Again I use the frog in the pot example.
But you did not say anything about how it can be corrected, aside from education of our young. Make teaching the basics of government and American history (real history, not someone’s interpretation) People like you and me across this country need to begin to come together as a political power and change things. We, meaning the average American, have allowed this to happen. How? By sitting on our collective butts and ALLOWING “professional politicians” to continue to hold their seats. As I have recently been stating, we need to DEMAND a change to the Constitution and impose term limits on Representatives and Senators. That would be a major first step to We the People getting back control of OUR government.
Another thing is this “early voting” BS. If people have a need to vote early, restrict to the week prior. Also instituting a requirement for ID to help offset voter fraud. Just a few of my ideas…and I think a subject for a future rant for my blog, alanscorner.blog.
Thanks Deborah.
“Also instituting a requirement for ID to help offset voter fraud.”
Yes, requiring a valid voter ID should not be an issue. But the liberals will moan and groan and work their tails off to kill any legislation requiring it since they see that as punishment to minorities. . .as if minorities can’t get a driver’s license, etc. Pathetic!
I’m also one of those who believe you should go to your polling places and vote there. They even have people who will bring out a voting laptop for those who are invalids to vote.
I feel your pain. I think that the House Holdouts want something from Mr. McCarthy. He’ll have to cave if they don’t. Very similar to what happened when Obama was one vote short of ramming Obamacare thru the Senate. He bought one hold-out mid-western Senator’s final vote with hundreds of millions for his State. That Senator lost his re-election bid, but the damage was done.
The Republican Party can’t get (re)elected without some concessions to those who want money or favors from the govt. EVERYBODY is on the dole (sorry, Bob).
I would consider myself to be a Libertarian. When I registered to vote many years ago, I registered as a Democrat only because the NC Republicans didn’t have primaries. I voted for Republican Presidents in every election save 1976. Today, I don’t think it matters anymore. We have the worst administration in my lifetime, yet the people voted for it – twice now. Hope is never an effective strategy.
A brilliant and emotive comment from Deborah. She’s dead right. It’s coming very close to the edge for this country. My own country is lost, but America still has a chance to survive as a free market, free people republic.
But it’s going to be a very close contest.
The Leftists may well win.
Of course, a republican supports a guy who ignored sexual abuse complaints from the young men under his care while the wrestling coach at OSU. Classic.
Let’s be clear, 21 republicans (at the time of this post) are preventing the congress from operating. It’s preventing newly elected members from being sworn in. There’s over 300 million people in this country and 21 republicans hold that power right now like it’s just some game.
It’s not the democrats, the national socialists, or the demonrats. It is 21 republicans.
Get your popcorn ready.
Good.
Can they permanently paralyze the Federal Government… please?
They are voting their convictions on how to govern responsibly. That was how our country got started . . . . .by a few men who decided we needed to be free and not tied to England.