Are we asking the right questions?

 

Ned Ryun at American Greatness asks some serious questions. 

You can quibble with me about it all, and no doubt there are some good and well-meaning people mixed up in all of this, but a look at the world around us, from exploding debt to the expansive powers of our massive administrative state to our broken immigration systems to a failed electoral process to Big Tech monopolies crowding out our First Amendment freedoms, should answer all objections. No serious movement would have allowed that to happen or appear to be so full of people who, even now, think all of this is fine. We will just keep pushing on doing the same things that haven’t worked in more than a generation. 

Perhaps if we became more sophisticated in our use of 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 funds, we could address some of our problems in a meaningful way. But instead, we insist on funding retreads like the Heritage Foundation at $80-$100 million a year, AEI at $50-$60 million a year, and the mostly worthless state policy think tanks sucking down hundreds of millions of donor dollars every year. To what end? Serious question. 

None of that money will be or has been used to address the greatest threats to our democracy, from election integrity to Big Tech. Honestly, you could pile 90 percent of that money in the street, light it on fire, and it would be just as effective. 

But instead of thinking about adjusting our priorities, we’re sitting here like programmed robots ready to repeat the same mistakes. Again. And again.

A provocative read;  Mr. Ryun’s full column is here.

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Good news for Ohio

From cleveland.com:

Ohio lawmakers on Thursday sent Gov. Mike DeWine a bill that would strip his administration of the authority to issue statewide coronavirus orders, even though the governor said the measure would be “a disaster” and vowed to veto it.

Senate Bill 311, which passed 58-30 along party lines, would ban the Ohio Department of Health from issuing mandatory quarantine orders enforced against people who are not diagnosed as sick or directly exposed to disease. It passed the state Senate in September.

The bill would not void existing statewide orders, including the three-week 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew announced by the governor earlier this week, a renewed statewide mask mandate, and a “stay-at-home” order like the one DeWine ordered the state health director to issue last spring. But it would prohibit such orders from being issued in the future, and it would allow lawmakers to vote to rescind any existing state health order.

And here is the reaction from Cleveland Tea Party’s Ralph King:

It is about time the Ohio House did more than grandstand!

It is nice to see our elected officials work to get something done instead of chest thump and grandstand for the shiny ball crowd in Ohio. Enough of the impeachment circus sideshow of Rep John "Bozo" Becker and his trained chimp Rep Nino Vitale!

Big thanks to Senate President Larry Obhof and SB 311 main sponsors State Senator Kristina Roegner & State Senator Rob McColley for getting this passed.

Senate Bill 311 will serve as a check & balance and will reign in the unchecked "ultimate" authority that the OH GOP previously gave the Ohio Dept of Health Director in 2003/2004! SB311 does not limit anything - it only allows for accountability!

And since SB 311 passed with a veto proof majority in the Senate - when you veto it - I fully support an Override starting with the Ohio Senate.

Very good news indeed.

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Meme of the day: cancel culture

 

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Face masks, lockdowns, and curfews: useless!

 

This ironic report via Don Surber’s blog :

 The Associated Press reported, "The World Health Organization has recorded 65 cases of the corona virus among staff based at its headquarters, including five people who worked on the premises and were in contact with one another, an internal email obtained by The Associated Press shows.

"The U.N. health agency said it is investigating how and where the five people became infected — and that it has not determined whether transmission happened at its offices. WHO’s confirmation Monday of the figures in the email was the first time it has publicly provided such a count."

If masks, social distancing, and lockdowns don't work for WHO, just who do these things work for?

And Governor Mike DeWine’s announcement today of his arbitrary statewide 10pm curfew won’t do any good, either.  It will cause more damage, however, to the already crippled bar & restaurant industries.

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Million MAGA March For Trump: A Report from DC

photograph at American Mind

Last Saturday, the Million MAGA March For Trump drew hundreds of thousands of Americans to DC.  A report was published at the American Mind blogsite.  Our household was not able to attend, but this report by Mrs. Chris Flannery brought back vivid memories of our trip in 2009 for the Taxpayer March on DC.  Same sense of shared experiences and love of country.  It was orderly, patriotic, and fun.  Here’s a short extract.

Everyone was cheerful: smiling, laughing, and nodding to each other, giving one another thumbs up. All walks of life. All Americans that love their country. Hats were taken off and hands placed on hearts for the Pledge of Allegiance followed by the National Anthem. On the periphery some bad actors were always lurking (largely restrained by police presence), but here in Freedom Plaza the growing thousands became carefree, children ran and played, the elderly were given seats to rest, and everyone did his best to make those around him feel at home. All kinds of people from all over the country were gathered for what resembled a community Independence Day celebration. Maybe most striking, next to the shared love of country, was how kind, polite, and respectful the crowd of (what I am sure became I don’t know how many) hundreds of thousands was—all day long. “Excuse me.” “Pardon me.” “Mam, you dropped this.” “Please, go ahead.” “Can I help you with that?” “I see you are a veteran; thank you for serving our country.” 

Read the full report here.  I wish we could have been there.

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Say No to the Lockdowns and the Mask “mandates”

 

Shane Trejo at Big League Politics reports:

Heroic Dr. Scott Atlas Demands That ‘People Rise Up’ Against
Next Round of COVID-19 Lockdowns

Dr. Scott Atlas, the Hoover Institute senior fellow who has emerged as President Trump’s most trusted COVID-19 advisor, is urging for the people to “rise up” against the next round of lockdowns supposedly meant to combat the pandemic.

[Dr. Atlas tweets: The only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. #FreedomMatters #StepUp]

Atlas has become the bane of medical establishment because he has refused to succumb to the fear mongering pushed by the fake news media and other anti-American shills.

He has squared off against the infamous Dr. Anthony Fauci, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director who once used taxpayer money to fund Chinese mad science at the infamous Wuhan Institute.

Big League Politics has reported on how Atlas’ courage is drawing the ire of globalist agent and CDC director Robert Redfield for refusing the mass hysteria narrative set by Big Pharma and technocratic ghouls like Bill Gates:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director is reportedly angry with White House COVID-19 task force advisor Dr. Scott Atlas for refusing to buy into the mass hysteria regarding the never-ending pandemic.

CDC director Robert Redfield wants to make sure that Americans do not go back to regular life anytime soon, telling Americans that they will be living under mass hysteria for awhile longer.

“We’re nowhere near the end,” Redfield said. About Dr. Atlas, Redfield reportedly said: “Everything he says is false.”

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No, Dr. Scott Atlas is speaking the truth.  Redfield and Fauci are the villains in the piece.  Read the complete article here.  Let's hope that Gov. DeWine does not follow in MI Governor Whitmer's footsteps.  We would look forward to maskless protests.

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Let's not destroy Thanksgiving

 

Julie Kelly has an inspiring column at American Greatness, all about why we should ignore all these government fiats and plan to spend Thanksgiving with our loved ones.  She brings a personal perspective to the subject – just what is needed.  A very short excerpt:

Everyone has suffered but no one has been punished for unleashing this slow-moving catastrophe. To the contrary, the cabal of culpable government leaders are digging in their boot heels to crush the collective spirit of the country. At a time when people need to be with their friends and families the most, a time when the soul-soothing routine of the holidays has never been more necessary, the government’s soulless apparatchiks seek to strip away our last vestiges of joy.

These people are not healthy. They don’t care about you or your child or your elderly parent. They care only about power and control. They should be mocked then ignored. Sadly, however, millions of brainwashed Americans will dutifully comply. Cherished moments will be forsaken without any guarantee they’ll return next holiday season.

Her conclusion:

Avoiding death is not living. Sacrificing time with the people you love the most isn’t noble; it’s cruel both to them and you. And none of it is necessary.

Her column is here.  Highly recommended.

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