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Jun172019

“Tear Down That Wall”

The un-American American women’s soccer team played this week and were an embarrassment. Rep. Ben Crenshaw has to prove he is a patriot and he does so in an unusual way. Sarah Sanders, my favorite press secretary of all time, resigns. And it was the anniversary of one of the greatest speeches in American history.

It’s been an awesome news  weeks.

 

I Hope They Lose

I love soccer. I played for 18 years. So, when the FIFA World Cup comes around, I am transfixed for a month. Even if it’s the women that are playing. I love women’s soccer. It’s not as fast but it’s just as exciting.

The last men’s World Cup sucked because the U.S. team did not make it. That was disappointing but I watched anyway. Now the women are playing. U.S. Women’s soccer is far more successful. They have won the World Cup four times and are the defending champions. Contrary to what one might think, I am a little wary of rooting for them. And, after the first game against Thailand, I almost hope they lose. Though not to France. I hate France.

But I digress. You be asking why I’m not cheering for the U.S. women’s team? Well, there are three reasons.

The first is this team decided to file a lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation. Their complaint says that the team is suffering from gender discrimination because they do not get paid as much as the men’s team does. This is a stupid lawsuit based on “woke” principles. And woke principles are twisted anyway.

There is a reason women’s sports, all of them, are payed less than the men’s sports. Men’s sports make more money. The men’s World Cup last year made $4 billion while the women’s World Cup made only $75 million. The women’s World Cup team, though the best in the women’s international competitions, could never compete against the men’s international team. Heck, they lost against a U15 team from Texas by the score of 5-2. There’s a reason there are no major professional sports leagues for women. They all fail because no one watches them. Yes, there is the WNBA, but that is being financed by the NBA and has been in the red since it started.

Men’s sports are just more exciting to watch. Men are stronger, faster and more aggressive. Women’s sports, not so much.

The second reason is because of woke-scold Megan Rapinoe. Apparently she hates Donald Trump so much she refused to stand for the National Anthem. Her coach told her, before the World Cup, that she needed to stand. So she made it clear that she would stand but she refused to put her hand on her chest and refused to sing the National Anthem. She was inspired by that other idiot, and now irrelevant, Colin Kaepernick. What’s really embarrassing is watching all the other countries, especially the crap-hole countries, all showing their countries respect and the players representing the best country in the world basically spit at it.

It’s disgusting. This is a woman who has played soccer her entire life and has the privilege to represent our country. She never needed a real job. Just play soccer, get paid and shut up.

I am disgusted that these young people think that one man represents a country. Donald Trump is not the United States. His presidency will be a blink of the eye in the history of the United States. When I hear the National Anthem, I think of the soldiers out there protecting us, I think of all the good we have done, I think of all the mistakes and injustices we have corrected. I think of the most powerful civilization and community that cares for those that aren’t part of our community. When a tidal waves hits Indonesia, who donated billions of dollars? When Mexico City has a huge earthquake that kills thousands, who donates billions of dollars. And I mean donates. People actually pulled money out of their wallets and give it. I’m not just talking about the government giving money. No other country does this.

This gal disgusts me. She should move to a country that she thinks is awesome and see how awesome other places really are. She definitely shouldn’t be representing the United States.

Finally, what the United States team did to Thailand on Tuesday was just tacky. I understand that goal differential is a thing, but 13 goals? Really? They needed to thoroughly embarrass a country that way? The Thai players were crying on the field. You think maybe the goal differential thing might have become a moot point after 9 goals? This is soccer, not basketball.

I’m disgusted with this team. I hope they lose. But they probably won’t.

 

A Metaphor

I love Twitter. There are always weird little wars between people. In this case, it is between a New York Times writer and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R.-Texas).

Apparently, Wajahat Ali, an opinion writer for the New York Times posted this Tweet:

Well, there’s just a small problem with this Tweet: Rep. Crenshaw is the co-sponsor for the for the bill. And, as far as being less patriotic than Ilhan Omar… well, you see what he Tweeted back at the New York Times journalist:

That’s right! He posted his response correcting the false claim and sent Ali a picture of his skull proving that he is missing his eye. Crenshaw lost his eye in Afghanistan  when an improvised explosive device went off. He was a Navy SEAL and retired as a Lieutenant Commander. Ali deleted the Tweet when he was corrected. I bet he will never doubt the  patriotism of Dan Crenshaw again.

But this story is a little more than just a humorous anecdote. It is a metaphor for how the left and right debate. The left will make things up and try to convince the world that their lies are true. But the right has truth on its side. So we can’t lose. In the old days, the right would just go along with the crap and simply deny the story. Now, the right is beginning to attack. That’s why Trump is so popular. People call him a traitor, racist, sexist, bigot, misogynist, criminal and business failure. And he has no fear blasting his critics.

We should learn from this. We should stand our ground when it comes to standing for our beliefs. Someone sits there and tells me I have no right to be against abortion, I slam them with facts and the truth. When they start getting personal like this idiot from the New York Times, I know I’ve won and I will just dismiss him like the maggot he is.

 

My Favorite Press Secretary Resigns

Sarah Sanders is leaving a Press Secretary for the President. This makes me sad. She was an awesome Press Secretary. In fact, she was my all-time favorite. She had the most difficult job in the world. Dealing with an insanely aggressive and vicious press defending her unstable boss who says and Tweets the dumbest things on a daily basis.

I loved watching her speak. She’s a mixture of grace, intelligence and viciousness. All needed to be a great Press Secretary. Here are some of her best moments from the Daily Caller:

Gonna miss you Sarah!

 

Inspiring

On June 12, 1987, Ronald Reagan made one of the most powerful and emotional speeches in the history of the United States. It was in West Berlin in West Germany. Many of my younger listeners may not be aware that the Soviet Union (known as Russia today) occupied half of Germany. Separating the two countries was a huge wall. Anyone who tried to get over that wall and into West Germany was shot without warning. This was part of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The United States, booming economically, continued to build up our defense. We built up our nuclear arsenal, our air force and were even looking into arming ourselves in space (the plan was known as Star Wars). The Soviet Union, which was not economically stable, tried to keep.

They couldn’t. Mikhail Gorbachev, the General Secretary of the Communist Party was in trouble. And he knew it. Reagan decided it was time to put the nail in the coffin of the Soviet Union, and he did with this speech:

It was only a short time after this speech that the Soviet Union collapsed. The German, on both sides of the wall, grabbed hammers and started chipping away at the wall. It was truly the greatest speech of the 20th century and one of the greatest in the history of the United States. Those were really some good times. By the way, this is really one of the best reasons to go to the Reagan Library. There, by Ronald Reagan’s grave, is a huge chunk of that wall. It’s quite amazing.

 

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Resources:

https://nypost.com/2019/05/14/megan-rapinoe-my-national-anthem-protests-are-an-f-you-to-trump-administration/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-women-s-soccer-team-files-gender-discrimination-suit-n980981

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rep-crenshaw-sends-x-ray-of-missing-eye-to-journalist-who-questioned-his-patriotism

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/sarah-sanders-to-resign-at-end-of-june/

https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/12/reagan-tear-down-this-wall-anniversary/

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Jun142019

Pulling Art Out of His Butt!

It was kind of a slow news weekend. Trump did get that big tariff victory against Mexico. It looks like not a lot was actually agreed upon. But we’ll get into that. It looks like Joe Biden came out of hiding, screwed up a couple of times then went back into hiding. I think he’s done. And let’s go over a couple of dumb stories.

 

Trump’s Big Win

Trump threatened Mexico with a 5% tariff if they did not do something to prevent Central Americans from crossing Mexico and crossing into the United States. Three things were agreed upon to end the threat. The first is that Mexico agreed to send 6000 National Guard troops to their southern border. Next, Mexico agreed to allow migrants apply for asylum in Mexico, not travel 3000 miles and apply in the United States. This complies with international law. Finally, the United States has the ability, accepted by Mexico, to send Central Americans back to Mexico when they are caught, letting those people being subject to Mexican immigration laws.

That’s it. Nothing more. But it’s huge for combating the illegal immigration. And it’s a huge victory for Donald Trump.

Of course, the media can’t let that happen. The first thing they started yelling about is what little was done in the agreement. There are only a few agreements with this deal. But, as we’ll see soon, they’re pretty big. Of course, that wasn’t enough. The media had to find something that made this victory sound far more irrelevant. So the media, based on very iffy sources, said that Trump had made this deal months ago and was only announcing it now because he wanted a victory of some type on the border. I guess a booming economy, ISIS being destroyed and record low unemployment while working within the most obstructive congress in history isn’t enough victories in his first two years.

But, the reality is, Trump took a risk. A risk that would either lead him to implement another set of tariffs against a very important trading partner or be embarrassed by letting Mexico call his bluff. Here’s the thing, Trump has one chance to win in 2020. And that s to not get crazy, the democrats will do that, and keep this booming economy going. The Left is doing everything they can to ruin this country all because they hate Trump. The border is a huge mess. The Left won’t do anything. Every time Trump comes up with an idea, the Left it takes it to the courts and it is suspended. Congress will not create news laws to settle the problem. In fact, the Left wants more illegal aliens in the country. They think it will give them more votes.

This was a big victory for Trump. A victory that the Left cannot counter. Illegals now must go through the asylum process in Mexico now. Since there is nothing happening in Guatemala or Honduras, these people will not have any reason to be kept in Mexico. They will be deported, hopefully, not getting near the United States. That’s win number one. Six thousand Mexican troops are now patrolling the border. It is going to get tougher for Central Americans to cross the Mexican border. That’s win number two. Finally, the Mexican government agrees that it is not the problem of the United States that Mexico did not secure its borders and followed international law.  If a Guatemalan crosses the border, it is Mexico’s fault. They know it. And we should send them back to Mexico. They acknowledge that.

Trump used the power of the United States economy to scare the Mexicans into acknowledging they were not following the laws. Good for him.

 

Lunch Pail Joe Is At It Again

Sleepy, creepy Joe Biden is doing his damnedest to lose this election.

Last week, he decided to flip, then flop, then flip, then finally flopped. There’s nothing that shows more presidential aptitude than not taking a position. This whole thing was started when he was questioned about the Hyde Amendment. That amendment simply states that the federal government cannot fund abortions. He was the head of the committee who pushed the bill in 1976 and has supported it all the way until June 6, 2019. He was asked about it by a Left wing outlet and he said that the times have changed so he didn’t support it anymore. Someone, who was more moderate, asked his the same question and he said he was for the amendment. Then, once again, he was asked the same question by a Left wing outlet and he said he was against the amendment.

This is going to be Joe Biden’s biggest problem. He’s not in touch with the little guy like he tries to prove with his “Lunch Pail Joe” moniker. He’s been a politician for, going on, 50 years. He’s not a regular guy. He’s a politician. And, seeing the flip-flopping and the fact that he is hiding from the world right now, shows he’s a liar and a panderer. He knows if he’s ever asked a question. he’ll screw it up and create one of his infamous flubs that are flooding the Internet.

This is not going to help his presidential chances and he may already be on the way out. Oh, but there’s more!

He released, well I don’t know if he did it but it was released under his account, this Tweet today:

Oh… My… God! This is pandering at it’s worst. It is embarrassing. This is a dog-whistle. What this Tweet is actually saying is:

Bro, where are you? #Wtf I need your support #PleaseHelpMe #PrettyPlease #GettingMyAssKicked #PleaseRetweetThis

Jo Biden knows where he stands. He has lost 7 points in the last week. He’s stayed out of the limelight because he knows he’s a gaff machine. The first time he stepped out into the public he gaffed. He can’t win this without Obama’s support. He’s weak and he’s only only going down hill. Much of the media is saying that his best day was his first. That includes the main stream media. It’s looking like they’re all right. His campaign is done.

What’s weird, we didn’t even talk about the fact he was caught plagiarizing again. Not to mention, he’s got, like, five years on Yoda. He’s old.

Biden is done.

 

Just Stupid

I was going to talk about California and their legalizing health care for illegal aliens. This is a state that has a high unemployment rate, a high tax rate, and a huge homelessness problem. We have banned straws and plastic bags. Car fuel is $1.50 more than any other state.

But, hey, let’s give illegal aliens access to full health. At a cost of one hundred million dollars a year. Yeah, good luck with that. Way to f-up an awesome state.

But the dumbest story also comes from California. San Francisco to be exact.

A 17-year-old kid decided to play a joke at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art. TJ Khayatan decided to lay a pair of glasses on the museum floor and then stare at it, acting as if he was pondering. He has done this before, he said. Last time he did it, he stared at a baseball cap that was sitting on a trash can.

Sure enough, people started looking at the “artwork” and taking pictures. Khayatan was inspired to pull off the prank when he saw an piece of art that was simply a stuffed animal on a blanket.

The prank was not intended to be malicious and he does not see modern art as a “dumbing down” of culture.  He tells Buzzfeed, “I can agree that modern art can be a joke sometimes, but art is a way to express our own creativity. Some may interpret it as a joke, some might find great spiritual meaning in it. At the end of the day, I see it as a pleasure for open-minded people and imaginative minds.”

To their credit, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art took the joke in stride and thought it was clever.

 

Resources:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/a-pair-of-glasses-were-left-on-the-floor-at-museum-and-everyone-mistook-it-for-art-a7049551.html?fbclid=IwAR1Ij0vcg-IJ3AKkZCqJeZPAoGVOnQaoCRmT9MT83LQbwW_Ln2byB6KIaNc

 

 

 

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