More bad news for Old Joe.

Republicans question Joe’s competence.

And what the hell is wrong with San Francisco.

 

Up, Up and Away

According to Fox News:

Inflation surged more than expected in January, notching another four-decade high as strong consumer demand and pandemic-related supply-chain snarls fueled rapid price gains that wiped out the benefits of rising wages for most Americans.

The consumer price index rose 7.5% in January from a year ago, according to a new Labor Department report released Thursday, marking the fastest increase since February 1982, when inflation hit 7.6%. The CPI – which measures a bevy of goods ranging from gasoline and health care to groceries and rents – jumped 0.6% in the one-month period from December.

Economists expected the index to show that prices surged 7.3% in January from the previous year and 0.5% on a monthly basis.

I’m sure it is all apart of our imagination. Or it is all those ruthless corporations making massive profits.

Well, Joe Biden hasn’t said anything about it so far today. I can’t wait to hear what excuses he comes up with today. And inflation is not going down anytime soon.

This is also not helping Joe Biden’s approval rating which reached an all time low. A Real Clear Politics poll had Old Joe is at 39%. The heat is on the Democrats. A total of 29 Democrats are either retiring of running for another office. That’s a lot.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/consumer-price-index-inflation-january-2022

 

Yeah, I Think It’s About Time

Almost on a daily basis, Joe Biden shows he’s not with us. He stumbles through sentences, sometimes not even getting through the sentence even when it’s written down for him. He rambles. He doesn’t answer any questions and, when he does, it is only from specific reporters. He gets angry very quickly. Half the time, he doesn’t even know who he’s standing with.

According to Fox News:

Nearly 40 Republican lawmakers are calling on President Biden, 79, to take a cognitive test, following the example set by his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. 

The Republican push for Biden to undergo cognitive testing comes as recent polls have shown Americans are unsure of the president’s mental fitness for office. 

Former physician to the president Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, led a letter with 37 of his GOP colleagues to Biden on Tuesday expressing their “concern” with Biden’s “current cognitive state.”

They point out that Biden is required to take a physical every year and that is made public but a cognitive test is not required. I personally think everyone should have to take a cognitive test no matter their age. One should definitely have to take the test when one is knocking on the age of 80.

I am not making fun of Biden because I don’t think this is at all funny but Joe Biden is showing signs of senility. I had a family member who had Alzheimer’s disease and Joe Biden is showing those signs. This should be a bipartisan issue. Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s Disease and many think it was during his presidency. We should have required a cognitive test after his presidency.

But, as usual, nothing will be done. We will find out he was incompetent years after he leaves the White House and it will be a nothing more than a Wikipedia side note.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-urge-biden-cognitive-test-assume-worst

 

Is This Guy Serious?

According to the Washington Free Beacon:

The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance “racial equity.”

The $30 million grant program, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, are funds for “smoking kits/supplies.” A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and “any illicit substance.”

That’s right. No one wants to fix the drug problem that is leading to homelessness, mental health problems, crime and death. They want to encourage the use of drugs.

The article continues:

HHS said the kits aim to reduce the risk of infection when smoking substances with glass pipes, which can lead to infections through cuts and sores. Applicants for the grants are prioritized if they treat a majority of “underserved communities,” including African Americans and “LGBTQ+ persons,” as established under President Joe Biden’s executive order on “advancing racial equity.”

This is the very definition of the bigotry of low expectations. All those blacks and trannies need free crack pipes so they won’t get blisters on their lips. This is about as racist and bigoted as it gets.

The article continues:

Funding for the “harm reduction” grant program is provided through Democrats’ American Rescue Plan, which the Senate passed along party lines after Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote. Other equipment that qualifies for funding include syringes, vaccinations, disease screenings, condoms, and fentanyl strips. The grant program will last three years and includes 25 awards of up to $400,000.

Throughout the year, we have been hearing from Democrats that Republicans hate American citizens because not one Republican voted for the American Rescue Plan. Could this be one of the reasons they did not approve this? Could the spending of money and the rise of inflation have anything to do with why they didn’t vote for it?

Now, to be straight forward, I believe the government has dismantled this program. I don’t think it’s actually moving forward. But the fact that this program was available shows how bad that bill was.

Here’s the thing, I hold very Conservative views about drug legalization. I don’t think it is a good thing, especially with the harder drugs. I understand that the war on drugs has failed and I understand that responsible people should have the freedom to choose whether of not to use drugs. And I am not talking about drugs for medicinal use. I think pot has a lot of medicinal value and I know people who use it for that reason.

I have two reasons I don’t believe in legalization for drugs. First, casual drug use serves no societal purpose. We have learned this with cigarettes and alcohol. We have tried to ban both because of their detrimental effects of society. We even have an amendment in the Constitution for banning alcohol. It didn’t work because alcohol became too ingrained in society and it was just too difficult to get rid of. We are going to have the same problem with the other drugs. In fact, we already see it. Crack, meth and heroin are already becoming ingrained in our society. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco have a huge problem drugs which are practically all legal now. People sell it on the street. People use it on the street.

There just is no benefit for it unless a doctor prescribes it for a health condition.

And that brings me to the other point. There is no personal responsibility for one’s bad decisions. In fact, the government feels there should by no consequences at all for one’s poor personal decisions. In the old days, addiction was dangerous because there was no societal safety net. An addicted person was not bailed out by the government. He or she needed to work to live or find themselves in a shelter. That’s not the case anymore. City and state budgets use tax payer money to support these addicts with no goal of getting someone clean. Drug use today is becoming a drag on society and it’s not even being seen as a bad thing by the government.

All this stuff in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Baltimore and Washington DC can be fixed and I talked about how in a previous podcast. We can fix drug addiction, homelessness and the mental health crisis if we just have the guts to do what would be seen as unpopular.

But allowing people to sell and use drugs with no consequences and giving the drug paraphernalia is not the solution.

I have a lot more to say on this subject because it is so important to me but we will leave that for another podcast.

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity/
https://www.dailywire.com/news/jen-psaki-says-crack-pipe-plans-are-false-smoking-kits-contain-alcohol-swabs-lip-balm-other-materials

 

They Can’t Figure It Out

Speaking of drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness, San Francisco seems to be throwing up their hands and giving up.

According to the Mercury News:

As the Bay Area continues to struggle under the weight of its homelessness crisis, officials and nonprofits are asking local residents to do more than hand out meals or donate spare change. They’re asking them to open up their homes.

Nearly 30,000 people are unhoused in the five-county Bay Area and there isn’t nearly enough room in the region’s existing affordable housing developments. To fill the gaps, service providers increasingly are recruiting private landlords to take in homeless tenants. Some property owners are renting out entire units in exchange for agreements that the government or a nonprofit will cover the rent. Others are offering up spare bedrooms in their homes – sometimes in exchange for a small stipend, and sometimes as a purely charitable act.

But it’s hard to find owners willing to take a chance on someone down on their luck. At least one program recently ended because of a lack of landlord interest.

Some things:

• 30,000 people homeless (and that’s probably low) makes up 1% of the population of the Bay Area (3,313,000). That’s a lot.
• The government is shocked that people don’t want a homeless person living in their house?

The article, of course, uses a woman who has a kid and was homeless and found a place to live as an example of the benefits of this program. I think that’s great. This woman fell on hard times and the government should help her until she can get on her feet. But she’s not the typical case when it comes to homelessness.

There is a book called San Fransicko by Michael Shellenberger that explains the failure of the government in the Bay Area when dealing with the homelessness crisis. Shellenberger is not a Conservative. He’s liberal. He used to work with the city to deal with the homeless. He had some pretty salient points:

• It is not a right to be homeless and that’s because it steps on the rights of others.
• People can’t just be given housing. They have to earn it.
  • If they’re drug addicted, they should be sober.
  • If they are mentally impaired, they should go through treatment and use the medication they are prescribed.
  • If they are out of work, they should be looking for a job.
• Housing should be temporary, not permanent.
• Property values are way too high in the Bay Area. That’s due to:
  • Rent control.
  • Regulations.
  • People who own land don’t want to build rental property because they don’t want the hassle. They don’t make a profit.
• Finally, a lot of homeless people don’t want housing!

The Bay Area has been dealing with this for decades. Only now with the defund the police movement and legalizing crime is the homeless problem beginning to come to light. Maybe the Bay Area should try a different solution because what they’ve been doing hasn’t been working. In fact, it’s getting worse.

Bay Area calls on homeowners to help house homeless residents

 

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