Unintended Consequences of Target Fixation.
Former President Barack Obama pledged during a recent lunch with President Biden at the White House that he would do all he can to support Biden’s reelection and reportedly stressed that Donald Trump remains a formidable political foe.
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Obama voiced concerns about Trump’s political strengths, such as his intensely loyal base of supporters, political polarization and the conservative media world backing him.
Obama voiced concerns about Trump’s political strength in meeting with Biden: report | The Hill
The funny thing is that if Democrats weren’t so fixated in bringing down Trump with this banana republic hatchet job, he would probably have imploded on his own by the grace of his own mouth.
Now the Democrats will be forced to cheat three times harder to reelect Pedo Joe.
And yes, it will happen. And we will lose Congress to boot.
Wait, are you expecting any other result?
When they lose, they attempt to change the rules
The Constitution was written to set the rules of government in stone. It takes an entirely new tact on how to define a government. Instead of saying what the government is not allowed to do, it defines what the government is allowed to do.
Anything that the government hasn’t been given permission to do is reserved for The People or the States.
Many years ago, I owned an ISP. Back when dial up was king. When my partner and I were discussing the terms and conditions, he wanted to make this long list of things that were not allowed. I went the other direction.
“Be good. If you are not good, your account will be terminated. You will be charged for any mess that you leave us to clean up. Cleaning up after spam starts at $2000.”
There was something in there about us being the last judge of what is “good”.
We didn’t have problems with our clients. They got it.
If we had created a list of, then if somebody found Y that they did and we would not like it. They would simply say, You didn’t say we could not do Y, and we would be out of luck.
Our Constitution works the same way. The government was given a limited set of things they were allowed to do. In addition, the founders added a set of “Hell NO!” clauses because they knew the state couldn’t be trusted. That is the Bill of Rights.
Our Constitution is a remarkable document. It created an astonishing country, one I’m proud to be a citizen of.
Of course, when the left loses, they cry. They claim that it isn’t fair, that it isn’t right, that you cheated. If none of that works, they then go to that old standby, changing the rules.
Trump got three justices confirmed to the Supreme court. That was because the Senate stopped filibusters on Supreme Court appointments. That was possible because the Obama Senate stopped filibusters for appointments below the Supreme Court. They were warned, but they did it. A few years later it bit them, and we have Bruen.
Facing a largely ineffective Congress, an overstepping Supreme Court, the rising threat of authoritarianism, and a government seemingly unable to address many of our most pressing problems, a small but growing number of liberal scholars and commentators have been making a strong case against a previously sacred cow: the U.S. Constitution.
—Ross Rosenfeld, The Case Against the Constitution, Newsweek, (last visited Aug. 3, 2023)
Well, isn’t that a kicker. The Constitution seems to be getting in the way of their goals. Maybe because their goals suck.
—id.
If you look at California’s constitution, you will find a document with 514 amendments. That is quicksand compared to the granite under the Constitution of the United States.
Everything he is complaining about are the things that keep the wolves from voting to have lamb for dinner.
And “RACISM!” is there too.
When you look at election maps, and you see blue states, then look at the county maps and find that most blue states are mostly red by area, with a few very dense blue cities. Those blue cities use gerrymandering to maintain control of the state.
Yet, the Constitution acts as an impediment to any serious change.
—id.
That’s because we are not a democracy. We are a representative republic. The mob doesn’t rule.
—id.
There it is, they want the government to do more. He has no understanding of living without the heavy hand of the government controlling him. More important to him is that the government will control you and me.
—id.
—id.
The threat to democracy might seem real, that’s because what this entire article is about is the left not getting their way.
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First Impressions Matter
You see this and what is your decision? First thing out of your gut/head.
If the answer is: “I am getting out of here” you will have no argument from me. What we can gather is that there is a likelihood that something happened that required the presence of Law Enforcement and at least guns are involved. This is not a ” I must go in or else” location so other than being bothered a bit and having your routine changed, there is no true loss in you going away. Even if you later find out that there was nothing truly dangerous going on, we always default to actions and strategies that keeps us safe. Feeling foolish is just a feeling that goes away rather quickly; injury and death tend to be longer-lasting.
Do you want to know details for the hell of it? This pic was taken on my way out of the place. They were checking out an intoxicated person sleeping in front of a store about 2 doors down. I had seen the individual when I came in, assessed and my gut told me he was too much into Baccus’ juice to be of an immediate threat. There are some LEOs that go to the gym and maybe one of them may have called or somebody else did.
And again, if you have arrived at this moment and then turned around and left, you would not only have no arguments from me, but I would applaud your strategy.
Avoidance, deterrence & de-escalation: Words we live by.
Never dismiss your instincts when they point to survival.
Store owners are going to become more violent
I don’t know what Leftist deep Blue shithole city this happened I’m, but it really doesn’t matter.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvcYDDQogVW/
It could be New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, they are all the same.
The police and City prosecutors are useless at curbing shoplifting.
If they weren’t, this piece of shit wouldn’t have had the impetus to go into a store and take handfuls of cigarettes off the store shelves.
The owner or manager had enough and did what needed to be done.
I don’t think a broom handle will make a permanent difference
I think we’re gonna see store owners start using axes machetes, baseball bats, or hundreds to stop shoplifters.
Some piece of shit starts helping himself to hundreds of dollars in merchandise and a piece of shit is going to end up in an ER or on a slab.
If law enforcement won’t protect people people will protect themselves harder.
Washington to assist Illinois?
Just a short one and a heads-up to the people of Illinois.
One of the things that is concerning about the ATF’s pistol brace + AR == SBR (Which the 5th Circuit has paused), is that if you have one, it is illegal without a tax stamp.
Put better, before you can acquire an SBR, you must get a tax stamp from the ATF. Since the ATF has decreed that a pistol brace on an AR-15 pistol makes it an SBR, you are now in possession of an SBR without a tax stamp.
Being in possession of an SBR without having that tax stamp is a felony. The ATF has kindly allowed you to document, in writing, that you are in possession of an SBR without having a tax stamp, and to request that they issue a tax stamp to you.
There is nothing that stops the ATF from turning around and prosecuting everybody that documented possession of an unregistered and untaxed SBR. I.e., turning you into a convicted felon.
Illinois has done similar with their semi-auto rifle ban. At the moment the governor signed the bill into law, the possession of one of those banned semi-auto rifles was a felony. The law says that if you register your semi-auto rifle, you can keep it and not be a felon.
Thus, you must document, in writing, that you are in possession of a banned semi-auto rifle to the state. The state can then decide to just register your semi-auto rifle, or they could decide to prosecute you for possessing an unregistered semi-auto rifle.
On the good news side of this, there is case law out of Washington State that addressed a similar issue. A bad guy was sent before the judge. The judge signed an order that made it illegal for him to possess firearms. The court then ordered him to turn over all the guns in his possession to the police.
He refused. Because the judge made it illegal for him to possess firearms, he would be incriminating himself if he were to turn those firearms over to the police.
Lots of gun nasty happening out there, but we keep making progress.