2019 ended with my having discovered Daniel Horowitzs podcast Conservative Review (originally a video broadcast on The Blaze network). Once Horowitz and his guest Steve Deace had combined to dissect the omnibus bill promptly signed by President Trump amid high-fives all around FOX News I knew that any peace I was to find over the holidays must come from within. Thats not a bad realization. I have spent most of the past two weeks in fact enjoying my sons visit and completing a manuscript about my religious faith. We should remind ourselves once in a while that anyone whose hopes rest upon this world is doomed to disappointment.
Nevertheless a year that began with my dedicating a futile tome to a poor bloke who will rot away for the rest of his life in a Georgia prison because a jury couldnt understand reasonable doubt" then continued with my unearthing (mostly through Diana Wests labors) how the hundred-million-murder march of Stalinist/Maoist communism was made possible by FDR… well lets just say the 2019 nag ran true to form all the way to the finish line. Mr. Trump is vastly preferable to the socialist alternative. On the other hand he isnt Washington crossing the Delaware contrary to memes circulated throughout social media by wishful thinkers. Hes certainly not the return of Christ (another favorite meme). Hes a man who loves attention receives some very bad advice and cuts deals" by entering an absurdly high initial bid and then gulping down the come-back without any dickering. Happy 2020.
My advocacy on behalf of securing the power grid was also plugged into a dead socket. Nobody cares. Im not sure that I even care any more. Do you want to believe studies" designed by power companies to conclude a) that an electro-magnetic pulse would be almost impossible to create and b) that the grid is rock-solid anyway? Okay. I guess well find out when the next major solar storm flares up (oh… and those studies forgot to mention solar storms by the way). Ive probably got 500 gallons of rainwater collected in various tubs around the property and I have the means to purify it. Our cupboard is full of rice and canned nuts and Ive stocked up on shotgun shells. I do wish that my son didnt live on the fringe of a sanctuary city where rioting and looting will exceed even Hollywoods ability to project after all the power has been off for a couple of weeks; but he has water-purification tablets guns and a few close friends who know how to shoot.
As for the rest of the nation… lets just leave it at this. When one of my letters to an elected representative finally drew a response I was told (and I condense): Climate change is of great concern to me. Thats why I am working hard to promote clean energy through the construction of the ----- nuclear power facility." A Republican senator in action: keep those campaign contributions from the power companies coming and also try (weakly and vainly) to outflank the Left by hugging some trees. Umm… EMP and climate change Senator are not… oh forget it.
I subsequently had the bright idea shared in this space that the demography is destiny" prophets of doom might be gainsaid if we could actually encourage some non-Caucasian conservatives in their bid for public office. My efforts drew comments on social media that reminded me of my promotion of Ted Cruz years earlier. Oh my God Heidi Cruz has worked for Goldman-Sachs! Oh my God Lerah Lee admits that she admired Barbara Bush as a child because both had attended the same high school! Apparently a much much better idea would be to nominate (in one case) a quondam registered Democrat whose daughter and her husband share more than a few ideaas with Liz and Bernie or to nominate (in the other case) a white woman so wealthy that she can finance her campaign largely from her own bank account. Havent I already read this Republican script a few dozen timesdidnt I just read it a few days ago? Climate change is of great concern to me…."
This week I had kicked around a similar idea about outreach". Since our nation is now so flooded in illegal residents that we cant accurately number them within ten million since several states are eagerly issuing drivers licenses to them and since we know that many have already voted in past elections… well would there be any way to peel some of them off of the Nanny State pap? Perhaps by appealing to their dignity their manhood? Perhaps by circulating fluent Spanish-speakers through their communities warning The free stuff will run out! Youre being playedyour vote is being bought! Free school free health care free road repairs free police protection… the nation is going bankrupt and you will be the first to feel the squeeze! Youre being set up! Dont you want to contribute to be respected? To be a part of the broader community? Or do you want your sons joining gangs when theres no more free anything and your daughters being kidnapped and enslaved when its no longer safe to walk out the front door?"
And so forth. Except that I finally got a hold of Michelle Malkins Open Borders Inc. The first chapter was enough to enlighten me. Most of our beloved refugees" arent fleeing cartel violence and a complicit corrupt police force. Their way is paved by complex international bureaucracies almost literally mile after mile. Billionaire subversives and US-hostile nations conniving at our dissolution are bankrolling elaborate networks to keep the spate of migrants flowing. Everybody at the table wins (though you and I dont get through the door). Mexico and other donor" nations reap billions annually from wages sent back home even as they relieve themselves of an indigent population that had posed nothing but problems in the past. The PRC primes the same pump sits back and watches our political system collapse. The New World Order oligarch-hopefuls see their empire of innumerable servile minions taking shape. Mainstream churches harvest a little more in the collection plate if they can woo some of the newcomers into their congregationbut the big money is paid by our tax dollars to church organizations that resettle" the refugees". Democrats acquire tens of thousands of new voters in various localities; and Republicans… well they have another occasion to display their compassion as their constituents watch taxes culture order and rule of law thrown into the bonfire. Republicans are concerned about climate change you know.
So… no I dont think a Spanish-language appeal to dignity and manhood would make a dint on this crowd of money-hungry adventurers who use their children as passports. The real backbone of Mexico" is back in Mexico trying to ride out a civil war that didnt need months of blackout to erupt. Their communities are unraveling because their footloose opportunistic brethren have taken off for the Yanqui Klondike: the nearly 600 sanctuary cities where abogados and advocacy groups tell you how to milk the cash cow (Apple has an app according to Malkin that puts illegals instantly in touch with such vital information). With so much money filtering back to the old country through such irregular channels a farmer who wants to grow his melons and peppers is an endangered species. Adis America… yes and Adis Mexico.
For good news I turn to… wait a minute still looking… ah yes. The Second-Amendment Sanctuary movement in Virginia proceeding county by county. The newly elected Virginia duma is already licking its collective chops at the prospect of calling in the National Guard to gun down non-compliant citizens so we may expect to see something like Janet Renos Waco before the years end. And then… then unlike the aftermath of Waco the shooting will just be starting. Fort Sumter might be a better analogy once the smoke clears.
And thats the good news. But remember: Republicans too are concerned about climate change.
2019 ended with my having discovered Daniel Horowitzs podcast Conservative Review (originally a video broadcast on The Blaze network). Once Horowitz and his guest Steve Deace had combined to dissect the omnibus bill promptly signed by President Trump amid high-fives all around FOX News I knew that any peace I was to find over the holidays must come from within. Thats not a bad realization. I have spent most of the past two weeks in fact enjoying my sons visit and completing a manuscript about my religious faith. We should remind ourselves once in a while that anyone whose hopes rest upon this world is doomed to disappointment.
Nevertheless a year that began with my dedicating a futile tome to a poor bloke who will rot away for the rest of his life in a Georgia prison because a jury couldnt understand reasonable doubt" then continued with my unearthing (mostly through Diana Wests labors) how the hundred-million-murder march of Stalinist/Maoist communism was made possible by FDR… well lets just say the 2019 nag ran true to form all the way to the finish line. Mr. Trump is vastly preferable to the socialist alternative. On the other hand he isnt Washington crossing the Delaware contrary to memes circulated throughout social media by wishful thinkers. Hes certainly not the return of Christ (another favorite meme). Hes a man who loves attention receives some very bad advice and cuts deals" by entering an absurdly high initial bid and then gulping down the come-back without any dickering. Happy 2020.
My advocacy on behalf of securing the power grid was also plugged into a dead socket. Nobody cares. Im not sure that I even care any more. Do you want to believe studies" designed by power companies to conclude a) that an electro-magnetic pulse would be almost impossible to create and b) that the grid is rock-solid anyway? Okay. I guess well find out when the next major solar storm flares up (oh… and those studies forgot to mention solar storms by the way). Ive probably got 500 gallons of rainwater collected in various tubs around the property and I have the means to purify it. Our cupboard is full of rice and canned nuts and Ive stocked up on shotgun shells. I do wish that my son didnt live on the fringe of a sanctuary city where rioting and looting will exceed even Hollywoods ability to project after all the power has been off for a couple of weeks; but he has water-purification tablets guns and a few close friends who know how to shoot.
As for the rest of the nation… lets just leave it at this. When one of my letters to an elected representative finally drew a response I was told (and I condense): Climate change is of great concern to me. Thats why I am working hard to promote clean energy through the construction of the ----- nuclear power facility." A Republican senator in action: keep those campaign contributions from the power companies coming and also try (weakly and vainly) to outflank the Left by hugging some trees. Umm… EMP and climate change Senator are not… oh forget it.
I subsequently had the bright idea shared in this space that the demography is destiny" prophets of doom might be gainsaid if we could actually encourage some non-Caucasian conservatives in their bid for public office. My efforts drew comments on social media that reminded me of my promotion of Ted Cruz years earlier. Oh my God Heidi Cruz has worked for Goldman-Sachs! Oh my God Lerah Lee admits that she admired Barbara Bush as a child because both had attended the same high school! Apparently a much much better idea would be to nominate (in one case) a quondam registered Democrat whose daughter and her husband share more than a few ideaas with Liz and Bernie or to nominate (in the other case) a white woman so wealthy that she can finance her campaign largely from her own bank account. Havent I already read this Republican script a few dozen timesdidnt I just read it a few days ago? Climate change is of great concern to me…."
This week I had kicked around a similar idea about outreach". Since our nation is now so flooded in illegal residents that we cant accurately number them within ten million since several states are eagerly issuing drivers licenses to them and since we know that many have already voted in past elections… well would there be any way to peel some of them off of the Nanny State pap? Perhaps by appealing to their dignity their manhood? Perhaps by circulating fluent Spanish-speakers through their communities warning The free stuff will run out! Youre being playedyour vote is being bought! Free school free health care free road repairs free police protection… the nation is going bankrupt and you will be the first to feel the squeeze! Youre being set up! Dont you want to contribute to be respected? To be a part of the broader community? Or do you want your sons joining gangs when theres no more free anything and your daughters being kidnapped and enslaved when its no longer safe to walk out the front door?"
And so forth. Except that I finally got a hold of Michelle Malkins Open Borders Inc. The first chapter was enough to enlighten me. Most of our beloved refugees" arent fleeing cartel violence and a complicit corrupt police force. Their way is paved by complex international bureaucracies almost literally mile after mile. Billionaire subversives and US-hostile nations conniving at our dissolution are bankrolling elaborate networks to keep the spate of migrants flowing. Everybody at the table wins (though you and I dont get through the door). Mexico and other donor" nations reap billions annually from wages sent back home even as they relieve themselves of an indigent population that had posed nothing but problems in the past. The PRC primes the same pump sits back and watches our political system collapse. The New World Order oligarch-hopefuls see their empire of innumerable servile minions taking shape. Mainstream churches harvest a little more in the collection plate if they can woo some of the newcomers into their congregationbut the big money is paid by our tax dollars to church organizations that resettle" the refugees". Democrats acquire tens of thousands of new voters in various localities; and Republicans… well they have another occasion to display their compassion as their constituents watch taxes culture order and rule of law thrown into the bonfire. Republicans are concerned about climate change you know.
So… no I dont think a Spanish-language appeal to dignity and manhood would make a dint on this crowd of money-hungry adventurers who use their children as passports. The real backbone of Mexico" is back in Mexico trying to ride out a civil war that didnt need months of blackout to erupt. Their communities are unraveling because their footloose opportunistic brethren have taken off for the Yanqui Klondike: the nearly 600 sanctuary cities where abogados and advocacy groups tell you how to milk the cash cow (Apple has an app according to Malkin that puts illegals instantly in touch with such vital information). With so much money filtering back to the old country through such irregular channels a farmer who wants to grow his melons and peppers is an endangered species. Adis America… yes and Adis Mexico.
For good news I turn to… wait a minute still looking… ah yes. The Second-Amendment Sanctuary movement in Virginia proceeding county by county. The newly elected Virginia duma is already licking its collective chops at the prospect of calling in the National Guard to gun down non-compliant citizens so we may expect to see something like Janet Renos Waco before the years end. And then… then unlike the aftermath of Waco the shooting will just be starting. Fort Sumter might be a better analogy once the smoke clears.
And thats the good news. But remember: Republicans too are concerned about climate change.