As we've all heard by now, Roy Moore was defeated in the Alabama Senate Special Election. The seat went to a Democrat for the first time in many years and following numerous Democratic wins in November, the Corporate Media is unanimous in claiming a groundswell of anti-Trump sentiment. Incidentally, this same Media Establishment was also nearly unanimous in predicting a Moore victory.
In reality, neither this election nor November is much to be concerned about. The MSM is going to proclaim a setback for Trump regardless of any other factor. The November Elections, for example, were mostly Democrat wins in Democrat-dominated areas. As for Alabama: Moore was a colorful and controversial candidate---but he was not a strong candidate. The President originally supported his opponent, Luther Strange and the GOP Establishment also was lukewarm towards Moore at best. And still Moore lost by only about 1% in spite of this lack of official support.
Moore appears to have lost for the same reason that Hillary Clinton did. Both are political celebrities who have a strong and loyal base; but they can't sway voters outside of that base easily. That was one of the reasons why the DNC chose Obama over Clinton in 2008: they realized that Obama could reach Independents whereas Hillary Clinton's support would plateau. That assessment proved quite accurate in 2016.
If any trends seem to be apparent from 2017, it is that voters are rejecting candidates who seem to be on the 'fringe', so to speak. An example from November would be the open race for Seattle Mayor. In that ultra-Liberal city, an Establishment Democrat was pitted against a Sanders Democrat and the Establishment candidate won by a near 2:1 margin. And yes: the Media got that Election wrong too.
Roy Moore was a favorite among the Tea Party Republicans and some of the Alt-Right. It could very well be that 2017 is showing that voters are choosing candidates who are not hard-line ideologues. This may not necessarily be a bad thing. The Trump Administration is showing that Government can work---and work efficiently. The day and age when candidates can run against the System and 'shake things up' seems to be drawing to close. If the Government is doing its job, there is no need for radicals or outsiders any more.
Electorally, this race isn't going to change things much. Doug Jones can't afford to veer too far Left if he hopes to keep his seat in a state like Alabama. Most likely, he'll be a Blue Dog Democrat like Howell Heflin---the last Democrat Senator from Alabama who typically sided with Presidents Reagan and Bush. The balance of power in the Senate isn't affected much either.
The lessons for the GOP in 2018 are very simple: support what the President is doing; focus on that. Stress the candidates' qualifications to do the job and avoid negativity and mudslinging. Since Trump was elected, indications are that voter anger and pushes for radical change are subsiding. Now it's about reform and getting the job done.
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Monday, December 11, 2017
THE ANTI-TRUMP COUP
An anonymous comment on the previous post brought up an interesting two-part question about whether the recent spate of phony sex-harassment allegations brought against high-people is ultimately aimed at President Trump; and whether or not this 'coup' would succeed. The answer to the first part is: probably so. The answer to the second part is: probably not.
Liberals typically spend so much time in historical revisionism that they fail to learn anything from actual history. Right off the bat, this strategy didn't work during the 2016 Elections---in fact, it probably backfired on the Clinton Campaign. The fact is that many men in urban areas who typically vote Democrat either abstained in 2016 or crossed over to support Trump.
Why was this so? Because, among themselves, a lot of men talk about women like Trump did; and these same men understood locker-room banter. No doubt they saw the proverbial handwriting on the wall as to what would happen to them if a candidate was elected who saw this kind of idle chatter as a criminal offense. Now as it happens, President Trump used to manage the Miss America Pageant. Does anybody seriously believe of men in such positions----surrounded by dozens of young models---that sexual thoughts never enter their minds? In other words, male voters, excluding homos and male feminists, are going to sympathize a lot more with Trump, just like they did in 2016.
And there is historical precedent here. When Impeachment Charges were brought against President Clinton in the late 1990s, I well recall the very-Liberal pundit Eric Altmann predicting the very same failure for the same reason. "What did President Clinton actually do?" Altmann opined. "He cheated on his wife and lied about it when he got caught. How many American men have done the same thing? The Republican strategy will gain no traction with male voters."
Altmann turned out to be right; and there's another reason why the coup against Trump will fail, brought up by another Liberal pundit recently. British journalist Glenn Greenwald---best known for publishing Edward Snowden's revelations---wrote a scathing critique of CNN last week after yet another fake-news story blew up in their faces. In fact, Greenwald has been (unsuccessfully) trying to warn the American Media for months that their over-saturation of anti-Trump reporting will sink their credibility. Here's what Greenwald wrote three days before Trump's Inauguration when the Golden Shower hoax went down in flames:
"Demanding that evidence-free anonymous assertions be venerated as truth---despite emanating from the very precincts designed to propagandize and lie---is an assault on journalism, democracy, and basic human rationality...There is no bigger favor that Trump's opponents can do for him than attack him with such lowly, shabby, obvious shams and then recruiting large media outlets to lead the way. When it comes time to expose actual Trump corruption and criminality, who is going to believe that the people and institutions who have demonstrated that they are willing to endorse any assertion, no matter how factually baseless, who deploy any journalistic tactic no matter how unreliable, have any basic means of ensuring accuracy?"
If what Greenwald says is true about hypothetical Trump misconduct, it's infinitely more true about outright falsehoods and exaggerated allegations of misconduct. In other words, the Corporate Media has lost so much credibility that---at this point---if Trump actually forcibly raped an 11 year-old in the White House in front of witnesses, nobody would believe the Media reports of it. It's the same situation as a person giving testimony at a trial---a witness' credibility is seriously impaired if they've been convicted of Perjury on numerous previous occasions.
We also probably add at this point that a President who's stood up to the NFL and won really hasn't much to fear from fake accusations. The Corporate Media tried pitting a national institution like the NFL once was against the President; and at this rate, the Trump Administration is liable to outlive them.
So to sum up: the Feminists and the anti-Trump scandalmongers have overplayed their hand. They're going to be preaching scandal to an echo-chamber of an audience already biased against Trump, but no further. The Left has plateaued politically and they're very much on the defensive now; even though they're trying to give the illusion of 'resistance'.
Liberals typically spend so much time in historical revisionism that they fail to learn anything from actual history. Right off the bat, this strategy didn't work during the 2016 Elections---in fact, it probably backfired on the Clinton Campaign. The fact is that many men in urban areas who typically vote Democrat either abstained in 2016 or crossed over to support Trump.
Why was this so? Because, among themselves, a lot of men talk about women like Trump did; and these same men understood locker-room banter. No doubt they saw the proverbial handwriting on the wall as to what would happen to them if a candidate was elected who saw this kind of idle chatter as a criminal offense. Now as it happens, President Trump used to manage the Miss America Pageant. Does anybody seriously believe of men in such positions----surrounded by dozens of young models---that sexual thoughts never enter their minds? In other words, male voters, excluding homos and male feminists, are going to sympathize a lot more with Trump, just like they did in 2016.
And there is historical precedent here. When Impeachment Charges were brought against President Clinton in the late 1990s, I well recall the very-Liberal pundit Eric Altmann predicting the very same failure for the same reason. "What did President Clinton actually do?" Altmann opined. "He cheated on his wife and lied about it when he got caught. How many American men have done the same thing? The Republican strategy will gain no traction with male voters."
Altmann turned out to be right; and there's another reason why the coup against Trump will fail, brought up by another Liberal pundit recently. British journalist Glenn Greenwald---best known for publishing Edward Snowden's revelations---wrote a scathing critique of CNN last week after yet another fake-news story blew up in their faces. In fact, Greenwald has been (unsuccessfully) trying to warn the American Media for months that their over-saturation of anti-Trump reporting will sink their credibility. Here's what Greenwald wrote three days before Trump's Inauguration when the Golden Shower hoax went down in flames:
"Demanding that evidence-free anonymous assertions be venerated as truth---despite emanating from the very precincts designed to propagandize and lie---is an assault on journalism, democracy, and basic human rationality...There is no bigger favor that Trump's opponents can do for him than attack him with such lowly, shabby, obvious shams and then recruiting large media outlets to lead the way. When it comes time to expose actual Trump corruption and criminality, who is going to believe that the people and institutions who have demonstrated that they are willing to endorse any assertion, no matter how factually baseless, who deploy any journalistic tactic no matter how unreliable, have any basic means of ensuring accuracy?"
If what Greenwald says is true about hypothetical Trump misconduct, it's infinitely more true about outright falsehoods and exaggerated allegations of misconduct. In other words, the Corporate Media has lost so much credibility that---at this point---if Trump actually forcibly raped an 11 year-old in the White House in front of witnesses, nobody would believe the Media reports of it. It's the same situation as a person giving testimony at a trial---a witness' credibility is seriously impaired if they've been convicted of Perjury on numerous previous occasions.
We also probably add at this point that a President who's stood up to the NFL and won really hasn't much to fear from fake accusations. The Corporate Media tried pitting a national institution like the NFL once was against the President; and at this rate, the Trump Administration is liable to outlive them.
So to sum up: the Feminists and the anti-Trump scandalmongers have overplayed their hand. They're going to be preaching scandal to an echo-chamber of an audience already biased against Trump, but no further. The Left has plateaued politically and they're very much on the defensive now; even though they're trying to give the illusion of 'resistance'.
Sunday, December 10, 2017
TRUMP ANNOUNCES MASSIVE PENTAGON AUDIT
This is great news. President Trump confirmed today plans---to go into effect by year's end---to audit the US Department of Defense. The audit will be carried out by 2,400 independent third-party auditors and, by Executive Order, will have permanent annual audits beginning in 2018.
This is already shaping up to be a bigger swamp-draining endeavor since HHS began aggressive audits of Obamacare last Spring. The Department of Defense has never been audited since its founding in 1947. Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist pointed out that lack of transparency in the Pentagon has not only shaken public trust, it has caused budgetary concerns in Congress over military-projects where it is unclear as how the money will be spent.
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said that the scope of the audit "will examine every aspect of the department from personnel to property to weapons to bases." Now let's put this in some perspective.
Many Conservatives have a blind trust in our military that is wholly unwarranted. Most of them are thinking of WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc., but not of the modern military. Three decades of the Deep State, with its corruption and Cultural Marxism, have impacted our military just as surely as it has public education, the legal system, and other public and private institutions. For example, the Fat Leonard Scandal---which occurred during the Obama Administration---was the largest military scandal in history. The Media rarely reported anything about it; and it was only because a Navy whistleblower exposed the scam to Singaporean Police that it came to public attention at all. Audits would prevent scandals of this magnitude from happening.
Over the last three decades, we've seen shady defense contractors like Fat Leonard overcharging the government; ultra-Leftists taking control of military academies and forcing PC standards; infiltration of military by feminists and homosexuals; lowered recruiting standards and massive military crimes and subsequent cover-ups. Some of these cover-ups involved illegally imprisoning innocent servicemen on fake sexual charges. At least three such convictions have been overturned this year.
So, no, the Pentagon is not above reproach; at least not any more. Thankfully, President Trump had the political courage to take on what's usually a sacred cow among Republican politicians. He understands that the cultural shift Leftward has taken its toll in the Armed Forces. If these problems aren't fixed, we'll lose our global military advantage just as we've fallen behind elsewhere. Although we should be promoting peace, a strong military is our greatest protection. We must be at least equal to other superpowers militarily to ensure our independence.
Which brings up another issue: American defense spending---like our public education spending---is much higher than other countries; yet others are getting better results. What we've seen of Russia's military in Syria is a great example. They accomplished what we didn't---at a fraction of the cost. China---the other rival superpower---is untested, but is known to have some very sophisticated weaponry. We can cut costs and stay ahead of these others, as Trump said in his speech today.
Our military used to be known for its efficiency. That's how we won wars when the odds were against us; and how we became a superpower. The new audit program will clean up corruption and eliminate waste that is holding us back in peacetime and would be catastrophic in a major war.
This is already shaping up to be a bigger swamp-draining endeavor since HHS began aggressive audits of Obamacare last Spring. The Department of Defense has never been audited since its founding in 1947. Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist pointed out that lack of transparency in the Pentagon has not only shaken public trust, it has caused budgetary concerns in Congress over military-projects where it is unclear as how the money will be spent.
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said that the scope of the audit "will examine every aspect of the department from personnel to property to weapons to bases." Now let's put this in some perspective.
Many Conservatives have a blind trust in our military that is wholly unwarranted. Most of them are thinking of WW2, Korea, Vietnam, etc., but not of the modern military. Three decades of the Deep State, with its corruption and Cultural Marxism, have impacted our military just as surely as it has public education, the legal system, and other public and private institutions. For example, the Fat Leonard Scandal---which occurred during the Obama Administration---was the largest military scandal in history. The Media rarely reported anything about it; and it was only because a Navy whistleblower exposed the scam to Singaporean Police that it came to public attention at all. Audits would prevent scandals of this magnitude from happening.
Over the last three decades, we've seen shady defense contractors like Fat Leonard overcharging the government; ultra-Leftists taking control of military academies and forcing PC standards; infiltration of military by feminists and homosexuals; lowered recruiting standards and massive military crimes and subsequent cover-ups. Some of these cover-ups involved illegally imprisoning innocent servicemen on fake sexual charges. At least three such convictions have been overturned this year.
So, no, the Pentagon is not above reproach; at least not any more. Thankfully, President Trump had the political courage to take on what's usually a sacred cow among Republican politicians. He understands that the cultural shift Leftward has taken its toll in the Armed Forces. If these problems aren't fixed, we'll lose our global military advantage just as we've fallen behind elsewhere. Although we should be promoting peace, a strong military is our greatest protection. We must be at least equal to other superpowers militarily to ensure our independence.
Which brings up another issue: American defense spending---like our public education spending---is much higher than other countries; yet others are getting better results. What we've seen of Russia's military in Syria is a great example. They accomplished what we didn't---at a fraction of the cost. China---the other rival superpower---is untested, but is known to have some very sophisticated weaponry. We can cut costs and stay ahead of these others, as Trump said in his speech today.
Our military used to be known for its efficiency. That's how we won wars when the odds were against us; and how we became a superpower. The new audit program will clean up corruption and eliminate waste that is holding us back in peacetime and would be catastrophic in a major war.
Saturday, December 9, 2017
SATANISTS FOILED IN FLORIDA
For the past two years, a perverted middle-school teacher and his cohorts have been erecting a Satanic pentagram next to a Christmas Nativity Scene in Boca Raton. The City always granted a permit, because the Satanists threatened them with costly legal action if they refused. But Christmas 2017 is a different story.
The City refused the permit because this year, a nationwide drive by several Catholic organizations collected over 50,000 signatures on a petition to deny the Satanists access to the display. As the 1st Amendment also conveys the right to "petition the government for the redress of grievances" the City of Boca Raton was able to shut the cultists down in a completely legal fashion.
Sergio de Paz, head of a Cuban community in Boca Raton said, "Our Lady of Fatima is more powerful than Satan. We just need to be out there to fight for her. She will do the rest!"
It should also be noted that this was accomplished peacefully; without any of violence and vandalism that has been accompanying monument-removals in America recently. But while this is great victory for traditionalists hoping to restore Christmas to its original meaning, a collateral question has emerged:
Why do the public schools permit nutcase cultists who put up displays like this inside a classroom?
The teacher in question is a 'language arts' in Boca Raton named Preston Smith. He is the owner of the 300-lb. Satanic pentagram-display; which in addition to being a Satanic symbol was inscribed with hideous blasphemies specifically encouraging children to worship the devil and proclaiming "One Nation under Antichrist"---an obvious parody of the Pledge of Allegiance. This guy is allegedly 'teaching' 11-13 year-olds. Here's what he had to say about the display:
"A phrase like 'May the Children Hail Satan' is an artistic expression of defiance towards the Sanborn Square Nativity Scene, which performs an annual re-enactment of predatory indoctrination in a public park targeting young children before they have critical thinking skills."
That's quite an assertion, considering that the Satanists don't exactly have a stellar reputation for treating children with kindness and compassion. It was Christ who taught the value of children, Satanists try to be the opposite of Christ so we can draw our own conclusions about that. But that aside, it ought to be troubling to parents that a man who believes that Nativity Scenes are predatory indoctrination is allowed anywhere near a public school classroom.
But Boca Raton Schools are no stranger to these kinds of characters. In October, the Superintendent of Instruction, Dr. Geoff McKee, was reassigned pending investigation for altering grades. In February, the district's 'Teacher of the Year' was fired for covering up domestic abuse of a student. In 2013, there was an extortion case involving School District leaders. The District Superintendent, Robert Avossa, rakes in a $350,000 annual salary and oversees a bloated $2.4 billion budget. Avossa came to the job after heading Atlanta's Public Schools: a district where test-scores are 44% below the national average.
Not surprisingly, in 2004 there was a legal case where the principals in this same school district ordered students to remove 'offensive' religious displays. The place sounds like a perfect swamp to incubate creatures like Preston Smith.
But the tide is hopefully turning. This victory shows that, for the first time in three decades, the enemies of our culture are on the defensive.
The City refused the permit because this year, a nationwide drive by several Catholic organizations collected over 50,000 signatures on a petition to deny the Satanists access to the display. As the 1st Amendment also conveys the right to "petition the government for the redress of grievances" the City of Boca Raton was able to shut the cultists down in a completely legal fashion.
Sergio de Paz, head of a Cuban community in Boca Raton said, "Our Lady of Fatima is more powerful than Satan. We just need to be out there to fight for her. She will do the rest!"
It should also be noted that this was accomplished peacefully; without any of violence and vandalism that has been accompanying monument-removals in America recently. But while this is great victory for traditionalists hoping to restore Christmas to its original meaning, a collateral question has emerged:
Why do the public schools permit nutcase cultists who put up displays like this inside a classroom?
The teacher in question is a 'language arts' in Boca Raton named Preston Smith. He is the owner of the 300-lb. Satanic pentagram-display; which in addition to being a Satanic symbol was inscribed with hideous blasphemies specifically encouraging children to worship the devil and proclaiming "One Nation under Antichrist"---an obvious parody of the Pledge of Allegiance. This guy is allegedly 'teaching' 11-13 year-olds. Here's what he had to say about the display:
"A phrase like 'May the Children Hail Satan' is an artistic expression of defiance towards the Sanborn Square Nativity Scene, which performs an annual re-enactment of predatory indoctrination in a public park targeting young children before they have critical thinking skills."
That's quite an assertion, considering that the Satanists don't exactly have a stellar reputation for treating children with kindness and compassion. It was Christ who taught the value of children, Satanists try to be the opposite of Christ so we can draw our own conclusions about that. But that aside, it ought to be troubling to parents that a man who believes that Nativity Scenes are predatory indoctrination is allowed anywhere near a public school classroom.
But Boca Raton Schools are no stranger to these kinds of characters. In October, the Superintendent of Instruction, Dr. Geoff McKee, was reassigned pending investigation for altering grades. In February, the district's 'Teacher of the Year' was fired for covering up domestic abuse of a student. In 2013, there was an extortion case involving School District leaders. The District Superintendent, Robert Avossa, rakes in a $350,000 annual salary and oversees a bloated $2.4 billion budget. Avossa came to the job after heading Atlanta's Public Schools: a district where test-scores are 44% below the national average.
Not surprisingly, in 2004 there was a legal case where the principals in this same school district ordered students to remove 'offensive' religious displays. The place sounds like a perfect swamp to incubate creatures like Preston Smith.
But the tide is hopefully turning. This victory shows that, for the first time in three decades, the enemies of our culture are on the defensive.
Friday, December 8, 2017
THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NOSEDIVES
Yesterday, while President Trump recognized the sacrifices of patriotic men who served at the Battle of Pearl Harbor, NFL dorks at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in CNN's hometown of Atlanta were protesting the National Anthem for the 14th straight week. We can gauge popular opinion of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons from a photo of crowd attendance:
Thus another humiliating blow to NFL arrogance as this match between the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints not only had playoff implications, but was aggressively hyped by the Corporate Media. To no avail, though, this was reportedly the first game since the 1987 Players' Strike that no-shows outnumbered attendees.
To make matters worse, the degenerate NFL owners actually voted to extend League Commissioner Roger Goodell's contract. Granted, the NFL really hasn't had a decent commissioner since the 1960s, and this is, of course, a danger with all monopolies. The underlings typically want incompetent management because, for various reasons, they prefer a lack of oversight and accountability for what they do.
The owners of both the Falcons and Saints are perfect examples of the kinds of schmucks who want 'leadership' like Goodell's. The Saints are owned by Tom Benson, a 90-year old who recently disinherited his family and whose poltroonery during Hurricane Katrina in 2004 caused considerable controversy. Benson made his fortune as a used-car dealer and is best known for dancing like a primate on the Saints' sidelines.
Benson is very much a specimen of the kind of Trash Culture which has taken over the NFL. Falcons' owner Arthur Blank isn't much of an improvement. Blank was one of the first NFL owners to lash out at President Trump for criticizing the Anthem Protests. It's easy to guess from here that Blank is a solid Liberal Democrat. At least his record of political donations suggest so. The Arthur M. Blank Group is listed as top donor to pro-impeachment Congressman John Lewis. Blank has also given thousands to DNC affiliates and various Democratic legislators.
It's interesting that both of these teams play in stadiums bearing the name of the same foreign-owned corporation, Mercedes-Benz. Most fans already disliked the re-naming of sports-fields to those of corporate sponsors anyway, but there is something especially grating about foreign companies doing it. Especially a foreign corporation which is under investigation by the US Department of Justice.
It's also an amazing coincidence that Arthur Blank's successor as CEO of Home Depot, Robert Nardelli, later became the CEO of Chrysler Motors and engineered the sale of Daimler's (the parent-company of Mercedes) shares in the bankrupt company as part of the Obama Bailout. And Mercedes went on to fund two NFL stadiums for two teams: one owned by an auto dealer and the other owned by a partner of an executive who bailed them out. Just a coincidence, we're sure.
If things continue at this rate, it will be the NFL who needs the next bailout. At least the NFL's CEOs have plenty of experience will bailouts and subsidies.
Thus another humiliating blow to NFL arrogance as this match between the Falcons and the New Orleans Saints not only had playoff implications, but was aggressively hyped by the Corporate Media. To no avail, though, this was reportedly the first game since the 1987 Players' Strike that no-shows outnumbered attendees.
To make matters worse, the degenerate NFL owners actually voted to extend League Commissioner Roger Goodell's contract. Granted, the NFL really hasn't had a decent commissioner since the 1960s, and this is, of course, a danger with all monopolies. The underlings typically want incompetent management because, for various reasons, they prefer a lack of oversight and accountability for what they do.
The owners of both the Falcons and Saints are perfect examples of the kinds of schmucks who want 'leadership' like Goodell's. The Saints are owned by Tom Benson, a 90-year old who recently disinherited his family and whose poltroonery during Hurricane Katrina in 2004 caused considerable controversy. Benson made his fortune as a used-car dealer and is best known for dancing like a primate on the Saints' sidelines.
Benson is very much a specimen of the kind of Trash Culture which has taken over the NFL. Falcons' owner Arthur Blank isn't much of an improvement. Blank was one of the first NFL owners to lash out at President Trump for criticizing the Anthem Protests. It's easy to guess from here that Blank is a solid Liberal Democrat. At least his record of political donations suggest so. The Arthur M. Blank Group is listed as top donor to pro-impeachment Congressman John Lewis. Blank has also given thousands to DNC affiliates and various Democratic legislators.
It's interesting that both of these teams play in stadiums bearing the name of the same foreign-owned corporation, Mercedes-Benz. Most fans already disliked the re-naming of sports-fields to those of corporate sponsors anyway, but there is something especially grating about foreign companies doing it. Especially a foreign corporation which is under investigation by the US Department of Justice.
It's also an amazing coincidence that Arthur Blank's successor as CEO of Home Depot, Robert Nardelli, later became the CEO of Chrysler Motors and engineered the sale of Daimler's (the parent-company of Mercedes) shares in the bankrupt company as part of the Obama Bailout. And Mercedes went on to fund two NFL stadiums for two teams: one owned by an auto dealer and the other owned by a partner of an executive who bailed them out. Just a coincidence, we're sure.
If things continue at this rate, it will be the NFL who needs the next bailout. At least the NFL's CEOs have plenty of experience will bailouts and subsidies.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
TRUMP PROCLAIMS PEARL HARBOR DAY
Today, President Trump revived a long-neglected day of observance, Pearl Harbor Day. While never an official national holiday, December 7th was proclaimed from the time of President Truman to remember the Japanese attack on the United States, and our subsequent shared victory over Global Fascism. The Pacific Theater in WW2 was carried almost completely by the United States, which had to recover from the near-annihilation of the Pacific Fleet.
President Trump stressed this remarkable recovery and victory as emblematic of the American spirit. He was joined at the White House today by Mickey Ganitch, Jack Holder, Lawrence Parry, Robert Fernandez, George Blake, and Alexander Horanzy: all six men venerable old survivors of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. It was a scene such as we haven't witnessed in decades: a president actually acknowledging their services. President Trump congratulated each of them in turn during the ceremony.
Ganitch was playing an inter-ship football game on December 7th, 1941. He reported for duty during the attack, still wearing his football uniform, and mounted the crow's-nest of the USS Pennsylvania. Completely exposed to Japanese fire, the crow's-nest was responsible for directing fire against attacking aircraft. The Pennsylvania was one of the few ship surviving the battle.
Holder was stationed on Ford Island---headquarters of the fleet and base for rescue and patrol ships. The island base was nearly wiped out on December 7th. Holder was injured, but went on to fly multiple missions in the Pacific.
Parry was a gunners' mate; responsible for carrying munitions to those operating anti-aircraft guns. On December 7th, standard transport was badly damaged---often this duty had to be performed on foot and under enemy fire.
Fernandez was a gunner on the USS Curtiss. The Curtiss set sail during the attack and engaged the enemy in the open sea. They shot down two Japanese planes and destroyed a submarine. The ship was hit both by a bomb, a torpedo, and a crashed enemy plane. Despite dozens of casualties, the crew alternated between fighting the fires and fighting the Japanese. The Curtiss survived the battle, and saw service again after extensive repairs.
Blake and Horanzy were the only Army veterans present. With a Japanese landing feared any moment, the small garrison at Pearl Harbor deployed to points to meet it. Fortunately, the invasion never materialized, but the troops had to have known that this was likely a suicide mission if it had been.
On the night of his acceptance speech in November, 2016, then-President-Elect Trump promised that the "forgotten among us would be forgotten no more." Today, after decades of bowing to Japanese money and Liberal political correctness, the heroism of ordinary Americans is no longer forgotten.
President Trump stressed this remarkable recovery and victory as emblematic of the American spirit. He was joined at the White House today by Mickey Ganitch, Jack Holder, Lawrence Parry, Robert Fernandez, George Blake, and Alexander Horanzy: all six men venerable old survivors of the Battle of Pearl Harbor. It was a scene such as we haven't witnessed in decades: a president actually acknowledging their services. President Trump congratulated each of them in turn during the ceremony.
Ganitch was playing an inter-ship football game on December 7th, 1941. He reported for duty during the attack, still wearing his football uniform, and mounted the crow's-nest of the USS Pennsylvania. Completely exposed to Japanese fire, the crow's-nest was responsible for directing fire against attacking aircraft. The Pennsylvania was one of the few ship surviving the battle.
Holder was stationed on Ford Island---headquarters of the fleet and base for rescue and patrol ships. The island base was nearly wiped out on December 7th. Holder was injured, but went on to fly multiple missions in the Pacific.
Parry was a gunners' mate; responsible for carrying munitions to those operating anti-aircraft guns. On December 7th, standard transport was badly damaged---often this duty had to be performed on foot and under enemy fire.
Fernandez was a gunner on the USS Curtiss. The Curtiss set sail during the attack and engaged the enemy in the open sea. They shot down two Japanese planes and destroyed a submarine. The ship was hit both by a bomb, a torpedo, and a crashed enemy plane. Despite dozens of casualties, the crew alternated between fighting the fires and fighting the Japanese. The Curtiss survived the battle, and saw service again after extensive repairs.
Blake and Horanzy were the only Army veterans present. With a Japanese landing feared any moment, the small garrison at Pearl Harbor deployed to points to meet it. Fortunately, the invasion never materialized, but the troops had to have known that this was likely a suicide mission if it had been.
On the night of his acceptance speech in November, 2016, then-President-Elect Trump promised that the "forgotten among us would be forgotten no more." Today, after decades of bowing to Japanese money and Liberal political correctness, the heroism of ordinary Americans is no longer forgotten.
JEFF SESSIONS CATCHES SOME SWAMPETTES
As we've seen from characters like Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, and Sally Quinn, the Beltway Swamp was always an Equal Opportunity Sewer. In the last two days, US Attorney-General reeled in a pair of female swamp-creatures who tried to prove themselves the equals of corrupt male bureaucrats. Somehow, Feminism always seems to backfire.
The first of these was former Democrat Congresswoman Corrine Brown. Miss Corrine was an ultra-Liberal from Florida's 5th District---an area considered by many Political Scientists to be a textbook example of gerrymandering. She came to Congress in the much-ballyhooed 1992 so-called Year of the Woman election. Corrine Brown was a huge supporter of Bill and Hillary Clinton that year; and a stalwart Obama supporter afterwards. Politically, she's probably best remembered for the latter; as a spokeswoman for both Obamacare and homo 'marriage'.
She's now on her way to 5 years in the federal penitentiary for running a bogus non-profit charity alleged designed to help underprivileged children. And for 2 of those years, she'll be joined by Carla Wiley who ran the bogus charity. Elias Simmons, her Congressional chief-of-staff will be away for 4 years.
Brown used her Congressional position to solicit donors connected with the government to contribute to the One Door Foundation on the pretext that the monies would be used to advance educational opportunities in minority communities. $800,000 in donations were raised---$1,200 of which actually went to the schools. Besides siphoning off the cash for personal profit, Brown and Wiley were caught red-handed filing false tax declarations as to where the cash actually went. As for Simmons, he not only solicited these donations but a further audit revealed that he used his position to obtain a government job for a relative of his---with a $735,000 salary. It turns out that the relative did little or no work in this unspecified position, except to pay Simmons and Brown $80,000 in kickbacks for the favor.
Carla Sena of New Mexico was the second Swampette reeled in this week. Her plan was actually a lot cleverer than Brown's and would have made her much wealthier if she hadn't been caught. Miss Carla worked as a Procurement Officer for Sandia, a federally-funded contractor for an atomic research and development facility. In that position, she took and awarded bids on subcontracts for related federal projects.
So she came up with the novel idea of setting up a front-company and awarding the bids and contracts to her own company! She ran this profitable enterprise during nearly all of Obama's term, for five years. This scheme actually made her a millionaire, she took the US Department of Energy for an estimated $2.3 million. Unfortunately, she hadn't counted on Trump being elected and audits of departments beginning. Her sentence hasn't been determined as of this writing.
During the 1992 Elections, Hillary Clinton infamously sneered at traditional women who "stayed at home baking cookies." We think that all of these women will find that baking cookies would have been a lot more enjoyable than making license-plates.
The first of these was former Democrat Congresswoman Corrine Brown. Miss Corrine was an ultra-Liberal from Florida's 5th District---an area considered by many Political Scientists to be a textbook example of gerrymandering. She came to Congress in the much-ballyhooed 1992 so-called Year of the Woman election. Corrine Brown was a huge supporter of Bill and Hillary Clinton that year; and a stalwart Obama supporter afterwards. Politically, she's probably best remembered for the latter; as a spokeswoman for both Obamacare and homo 'marriage'.
She's now on her way to 5 years in the federal penitentiary for running a bogus non-profit charity alleged designed to help underprivileged children. And for 2 of those years, she'll be joined by Carla Wiley who ran the bogus charity. Elias Simmons, her Congressional chief-of-staff will be away for 4 years.
Brown used her Congressional position to solicit donors connected with the government to contribute to the One Door Foundation on the pretext that the monies would be used to advance educational opportunities in minority communities. $800,000 in donations were raised---$1,200 of which actually went to the schools. Besides siphoning off the cash for personal profit, Brown and Wiley were caught red-handed filing false tax declarations as to where the cash actually went. As for Simmons, he not only solicited these donations but a further audit revealed that he used his position to obtain a government job for a relative of his---with a $735,000 salary. It turns out that the relative did little or no work in this unspecified position, except to pay Simmons and Brown $80,000 in kickbacks for the favor.
Carla Sena of New Mexico was the second Swampette reeled in this week. Her plan was actually a lot cleverer than Brown's and would have made her much wealthier if she hadn't been caught. Miss Carla worked as a Procurement Officer for Sandia, a federally-funded contractor for an atomic research and development facility. In that position, she took and awarded bids on subcontracts for related federal projects.
So she came up with the novel idea of setting up a front-company and awarding the bids and contracts to her own company! She ran this profitable enterprise during nearly all of Obama's term, for five years. This scheme actually made her a millionaire, she took the US Department of Energy for an estimated $2.3 million. Unfortunately, she hadn't counted on Trump being elected and audits of departments beginning. Her sentence hasn't been determined as of this writing.
During the 1992 Elections, Hillary Clinton infamously sneered at traditional women who "stayed at home baking cookies." We think that all of these women will find that baking cookies would have been a lot more enjoyable than making license-plates.
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