Apr072022

Episode 517 – Cracker Jacks Solves the Problem

Texas is leading the fight against Biden open border policy and making some rather unique moves.

The House tries to pass a bill legalizing weed.

And the problem of equality for women has been solved.

 

Great Move

Texas is leading the fight against the Biden administration which plans to end Title 42 in May. Listen to the Texas governor Gregg Abbott and his plan to take care of business.

Some things:

  • This is brilliant. Make Washington D.C. into more of a crap hole than it already is.
  • Though Title 42 really is something that is going to have to end, Biden has:
    • Ended the Remain in Mexico policy.
    • Has been reassigning Border Patrol to other jobs, leaving the border undermanned.
    • He has also been demonizing the Border Patrol. Remember that little horse incident?
    • He has been letting illegal aliens stay in the country and has been letting them loose in states like Florida, Louisiana and Florida. Do you see a pattern?
  • Texas is also doing other things to secure the border.
    • Setting up safety inspection vehicles at the border to check for human trafficking. This will slow the traffic crossing the border.
    • Blockades are being deployed.
    • Razor wire is being deployed.
    • Boat blockades are being deployed in the Rio Grand river.

By the way, none of this is the state’s responsibility. Protecting the government is the responsibility of the federal government and they are failing. Or, if you think like I do that this is on purpose, than they are succeeding.

Be prepared for another crisis in June because a lot of these plans Texas is implementing aren’t working. We are now averaging 7000 a day crossing the border. That’s the highest it’s been this year.

 

Speaking of Encouraging Illegal Aliens

I’m sure Jen Psaki is counting the days to get out of her job. Peter Doocy just keeps wrecking her. I bet a dollar this gal swallows Prozac like it was M&Ms.

Here is Peter Doocy making Jen Psaki admit something quite revealing:

Huh?

The Biden administration is not giving illegal aliens “burner” phones. They’re not giving them Nokia brick cell phones. They are giving them Apple iPhones.

They say they are doing this because the location services allow the government to keep track of them. Yeah, of course, until their court date gets close and they throw away the cell phone. What a waste of money and what an incentive to come to the United States illegally.

But one thing she did say was that the smart phones had location services that can be monitored, they had facial recognition and voice recognition apps that could identify the individual on the other end. Does that sound familiar (hint: China)?

I’m not sure I’m comfortable with our government using this type of technology especially with how tyrannical our tech businesses are.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-texas-to-start-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-washington-d-c-as-biden-scraps-trump-era-border-policy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-administration-giving-cell-phones-to-illegal-immigrants-to-track-and-check-in-with-them

 

But No Cigarettes

Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would make marijuana legalized across the nation.

  • The vote went 220-204 gaining a yay vote from some Republicans.
  • the bill would:
    • Take marijuana off of the list of controlled substances.
    • Add an 8% federal tax on purchases.
    • Allow some convictions on cannabis charges to be expunged.
    •  Press for sentencing reviews at the federal and state levels.
  • Regarding small business loans, the bill stated that the administrator of the Small Business Administration “shall establish and carry out a program, to be known as the ‘Cannabis Restorative Opportunity Program’, to provide loans and technical assistance…to assist small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals that operate in eligible States or localities.”
  • It also stated that the administrator will create and operate a grant program called the “‘Equitable Licensing Grant Program,’ to provide any eligible State or locality funds to develop and implement equitable cannabis licensing programs that minimize barriers to cannabis licensing and employment for individuals adversely impacted by the War on Drugs…”
    • Basically, make it that criminal drug dealers can deal again legally.
  • The Washington Post reported: “It also would provide for the expungement of federal marijuana convictions dating to 1971 and bars the denial of federal public benefits or security clearances on the basis of marijuana offenses.”
    • It was illegal in 1971. The criminals knew what they were doing in 1971 was illegal. Why do they now get a pass?
    • I don’t want any stoner to have a security clearance.
  • Republicans who voted for the bill were Representatives Matt Gaetz (FL), Brian Mast (FL), and Tom McClintock (CA).
    • This isn’t that much a surprise. These guys are probably more libertarian in philosophy.
    • I’m surprised that only these three Republicans voted for it.
  • Democrats are framing the legislation as one that promotes “racial justice.” 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA) said:

“This landmark legislation is one of the most important criminal justice reform bills in recent history.”

Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) said:

“Make no mistake: Yes, it is a racial justice bill. According to the ACLU, Black Americans are nearly four times more likely to be arrested for cannabis and related crimes than White Americans, despite equal rates of use. These arrests can have a detrimental impact on a person’s quality of life and can lead to difficulty finding employment, securing housing and accessing other benefits.”

Jerry Nadler said:

“(This bill) would set a new path forward and would begin to correct some of the injustices of the last 50 years. Whatever one’s views are on the use of marijuana for recreational or medicinal use, the policy of arrests, prosecution, and incarceration at the federal level has proven both unwise and unjust.”

Of course, Conservative Republicans who didn’t vote for the bill like to point out the problem. Rep. Jim Jordan said:

“The left will not let the Democrats do what needs to be done with the inflation problem, the energy problem, the illegal immigration problem on the southern border. So what do they do? They legalize drugs. Wow.”

He added, “This is wrong and everybody knows it. … Let’s focus on the things that matter.”

Of course he’s absolutely right. The good news is this is not going to get through the Senate which the House knows. So that kind of puts an exclamation point on Jordan’s point.

 

What I Think

I’m against drug legalization for a few reasons:

  • Drugs like pot, crack, even alcohol really serve no purpose in society if used for medicinal purposes.
    • I do believe pot had medicinal purposes and should be allowed to be prescribed by a real doctor.
    • Once a drug is legalized, it is impossible to make it illegal again. Cigarettes and alcohol are examples of this.
  • It makes society dumber and lazier. What happened in Colorado is an example of that.
  • There are a lot of misconceptions about pot.
    • It is a gateway drug.
    • It is addictive.
    • It is worse for people than cigarettes.
      • It contains more nicotine.
      • It burns hotter than cigarettes making it worse for the lungs.

According to WebMD, the side effects of long term pot smoking will lead to:

  • Altered brain development in younger people (age 25).
  • Lower IQ.
  • Less satisfaction and achievement.
  • Symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and increased rates of respiratory infections and pneumonia.
  • Chronic psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, in people who are predisposed to them.
  • Experts have linked regular marijuana use to higher risks of anxiety and depression.
  • An increased heart rate for up to three hours after smoking, raising risks of heart attack.
  • Temporary hallucinations and paranoia.
  • It’s been linked to lung and testicular cancers.

This is what the pro-pot politicians aren’t telling you. But, like Jordan said, if they can keep us all stoned, we won’t see the crappy job they are doing and will be dumb enough to accept how crappy our country is becoming.

Like I  have said more than once, pot is Huxley’s soma from Brave New World.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-votes-to-legalize-marijuana-dems-applaud-it-as-racial-justice-bill
https://www.webmd.com/connect-to-care/addiction-treatment-recovery/marijuana/long-term-effects-marijuana-use

 

Here’s Something Fun

We talked about Disney going woke and Oreo going woke. Well, Cracker Jacks has decided to go woke in the support a feminism.

According to the Daily Wire:

Cracker Jack will repackage its snacks in 5 special-edition bags featuring women of different races, to represent girls in sports. The bags will be on sale in professional ballparks around the country, and anyone who donates $5 or more to the Women’s Sports Foundation through the Cracker Jill website will receive a free bag. Frito-Lay pledged to donate $200,000 to the Women’s Sports Foundation to support gender equality in sports.

On their website, crackerjill.com, they stated:

“Sometimes all it takes to believe you can do something is to see someone who looks like you do it first. It is in this spirit that Cracker Jack Proudly Introduces Cracker Jill. A team of new faces, showing girls that they’re represented, even in our most iconic snacks.”

They also rewrote the words to Take Me Out to the Ballgame. I listened to it so you do to:

That did it! Women now have equal rights!

By the way, what is a woman? I got a feeling this might piss the trans community off.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/buy-me-some-peanuts-and-cracker-jill-cracker-jack-receives-woke-repackaging-for-gender-equality
https://crackerjill.com/