Among my conservative friends, we have discussed on numerous occasions how our liberal friends and family seem unable to "connect the dots." When we bring up some issue, we are told it is not that important, or it's just an isolated incident, and, of course, what about Trump and the Republicans. Recently, a lifelong friend in New Jersey and I were exchanging political texts. He has a self-described "center right" political viewpoint, although I tell him he is liberal. This is what he thought of my telling him that he is unable to connect the dots: "Poor, poor Pinhead. He sees snakes under every rock, hears ghosts in every breeze, evil and danger lurking everywhere...provided of course that Democrats are (the) source. Trump and the Republicans? He sees no danger, only their wonderful 'values.'" (As an aside, I take no offense from his comment. It's a New Jersey thing. Often, the language is far harsher.)
So who's right? Am I not to make any connection between the Democratic push to defund the police with the rising crime rates across the country? Should I not make any connection between the Democrats' open border policy, with the increase in human smuggling, and the huge surge in minors crossing our borders? Should I not be concerned about the Democrats' belief that people should primarily be identified by the color of their skin, creating far more division than the hated President Trump did. What about the Democrats push to take over all state election laws, in an effort to permanently ensure Democratic electoral victories? Why do Democrats support socialism over capitalism, with their determination to spend unlimited amounts of money, and provide guaranteed incomes to people? And, of course, we have the Democrats appeasement of terrorists, such as with Iran and the Palestinians. Then, we have the "cancel culture," one of the biggest evils perpetrated by the Democratic left. With Democratic policies, danger is always lurking.
So how are the Democrats policies doing? It was reported that the Los Angeles County District Attorney has decided to downsize his office's hardcore gang unit. Why not? Murders are up 28% in Los Angeles. Violent crime overall is up 93% when compared with the same period in 2020. Are other big cities run by Democrats doing well? New York City's murder rate is up 12% and its violent crime rate is up 42%. In Atlanta violent crime is up 43% and in Philadelphia it is up 49%. In Minneapolis the murder rate is up 46%.
Speaking of legal issues, remember when crossing the border illegally used to actually be illegal? The Democrats tell us that no one is an "illegal." We are all people. That seems to mean that borders are illegal. Having a sovereign country is just wrong. Let the whole world in and let the whole world vote. We were told that Trump had "kids in cages." Now, we're told that the surge in kids coming is either a natural occurrence during wintertime (a Biden lie) or Trump's fault. As of February 21, 2021, 9,457 unaccompanied minors were encountered at the border. That was up 61% from January, 2021, and up 171% from February, 2020. Biden invited people to come here illegally - and they came. And they are continuing to come - in droves. Only recently were United States Senators permitted access to border facilities. One Senator said that a facility built for 80 people had 709 people. And he said this: "literally wall to wall in every one of the little plexiglass cells that they have, and people flooding out into the hallway." This, in the era of Covid.
And, in the interest of fairness, allow me to point out that the evil way of viewing people through a racial lens, has even infected some Republicans. Phil Scott is the Governor of Vermont. And a Republican; although I will point out that the New England Republicans often lean quite left. In any event, the Governor issued this declaration: "If you or anyone in your household identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a person of color (BIPOC), including anyone with Abenaki or other First Nations heritage, all household members who are 16 years or older can sign up to get a vaccine." That is racist, and undoubtedly unconstitutional. It is extremely divisive. And evil. But this Governor has apparently accepted the left-wing concept of "equity"over "equality."
What about Georgia's new election law? If you only read, or listen to, the mainstream media, then you know only the lies told by Biden. Biden said the law is "sick," and "un-American." And he said the law is "Jim Crow on steroids." All lies. Here's Kamala Harris: "It's all voter suppression by any other name." Another liar. How about the lie that voting is going to end at 5pm when people are just getting off of work? Anyone in line by 7pm gets to vote. The law actually provides an extra Saturday for voting, between 9am and 5pm, although the local county may extend the voting that day from 7am to 7pm. But voters in line are not allowed to be given water or food? Outrageous! No, just another lie. Georgia law already prohibited electioneering within a certain distance of the polling location. This law makes sure that politically affiliated groups will not be showing up with free handouts to voters. There is nothing to prevent people from bringing their own water bottles, or from having election officials provide a self-service dispenser.
After Biden said he would support Major League Baseball moving their All Star game this year from Atlanta to another location because of Georgia's voting law, the MLB complied. Much of Big Business fell in line. (Does anyone still believe the lie that business is conservative. Big Businesses are often run by cowards, afraid to stand up to the left-wing mob.) Delta Airlines CEO said the law "is unacceptable and does not match Delta's values." Of course, having flights to China is no problem for Delta, given China's stellar human rights record. Other companies criticizing Georgia include Coca-Cola, American Express and Cisco. Here's Cisco's CEO: "Governments should be working to make it easier to vote, not harder." But that's what Georgia did, while still trying to have some semblance of voter integrity.
So Georgia has the same voting hours on election day as many other states. And some blue states (New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware - Biden's state) do not even allow early in-person voting as does Georgia. Georgia allows no-excuse required for getting a mail-in ballot. New York State does not. Are they going to stop playing games in Yankee Stadium? Growing up in New Jersey I became a New York Yankees fan. And I have remained so - until now. Unless Major League Baseball reverses course, I am done with them. There is only so much abuse that I can tolerate from the left-wing tyrannical mob.
But we are still left the question - why are Biden and Harris and other Democrats lying in order to make such a big issue of the Georgia voting law? A couple of reasons. Lying about the law in a Republican state gives the Democrats and the mainstream media yet another opportunity to claim how terrible the Republican Party is - racist, white-supremacist, supporters of voter suppression, and all the other "deplorable" characteristics one can apply to them. But there is another reason. And that is HR1, which passed in the House along a party line vote (one Democrat voted no) of 220 to 210. Now, the bill is labeled SB1 in the Senate. The filibuster may block the Democrats ability to get it passed in the Senate. But, if they call the Republicans racists and white supremacists who want to suppress minority voting rights, then they can argue that all Democrats need to stand strong and united in order to abolish the filibuster and pass this bill.
What about HR1 and SB1? It makes federal law supersede state election laws. Elections have historically been run by the states. Why the need to change now? Voter suppression! Really? Following an election in which more people voted than ever before? Biden was the first candidate to get over 80 million votes (81,281,502). Trump got 74,222,593 votes, more than any prior Republican candidate. Exactly whose votes were being suppressed? So why is this federal takeover of every state's election laws needed? First, the Democrats always believe that the federal government should control all laws, and all aspects of our society. The idea that the USA is a republic of 50 sovereign states does not sit well with them. More importantly, HR1 and SB1 will mandate permanent mail-in ballots, lessen voter integrity, and indirectly have the effect of having people here illegally be able to vote, and have 16 year olds be able to vote.
I'll end on this note. We had another attack at the Capitol, with one police officer being killed by the driver, who intentionally ran into him and one other officer. MSNBC originally reported that the driver was a "white male." And why not? The same was done with regards to the recent shooter in Boulder, Colorado. Here was Kamala Harris' niece after the Boulder shooting: "Violent white men are the greatest terrorist threat to our country." Others gave similar statements. Except the shooter in Boulder was from Syria. And the driver killing the police officer at the Capitol was black, and an adherent of the Nation of Islam, led by anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan. But the left-wing narrative is that white men are bad. But just imagine if a prominent white man said this: "Violent Black men are the greatest criminal threat to our country." That person would not get a pass from the mainstream media and the Democrats.
