So, the SCOTUS screwed us. Now what? Just give up? Maybe you all can just channel "Bluto" in Animal House
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
When the going gets tough...
The Biggest Problem Americans Face - by Robert Ringer
6/30/26:
Ringer's article reads a lot like the book I wrote about before---it was about the Russian KGB. Those in the party get the goodies. Everybody else lives in poverty. That's what Ringer was writing about. That's what that book mentions often. It's a rotten system. Ringer's son decided to become a "checka". The checkists were a feared bunch of folks in the KGB.
The solution? Somehow you have to explain it to people in the way that Einstein once mentioned. Einstein says if you cannot explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Does anybody understand the problem? No, this way we're following isn't good enough. Because it isn't getting through to the folks who need to hear it. If people understand, they won't choose to suffer. If people understand, they can be persuaded to oppose the loss of their freedom. The Soviet Union collapsed along with that tyranny. The new evil empire in DC can also be collapsed, and a new tyranny does not have to rise in the place of the old.
But not if we don't understand the problem. Know your enemy and know yourself, sez Sun Tsu in the Art of War. One thing is the use of the enemies' premises. "Our" side does this all the friggin' time. As Reagan once said, it ain't about the right v the left. It is about freedom and tyranny.
Maybe a six year old can understand that. If you tie somebody up, they have no freedom. That's what communism does. It ties people up.
7/24/17:
The Biggest Problem Americans Face - by Robert Ringer: The other day, one of my son’s friends, who was home from college for the summer, stopped in to say hello. We chatted briefly, and I asked him if he was still planning on becoming an entrepreneur/businessman after he graduated from school next spring. To my surprise, he said that because of the uncertainties in …
comment:
The biggest problem, says Ringer, is that there are too many on the GOP side that would go commie if that is what it took to be successful. Remember what Little Jebbie said: "we should learn from the Dems", he said. If you are going to be a Dem, then join the bastards. Otherwise, STFU.
The trouble as I see it, is that people will arm themselves, but do they know what that means? It doesn't mean that if the Dems pass gun control, that you give them up. It means as they said during the Texas Revolution "come and take it".
Also, get back to the land. People are too dependent upon money. Let the land feed you. I wish I had come to this understanding at a much younger age. Chasing money is what is killing this civilization. They can always control you with money.
Ringer's article reads a lot like the book I wrote about before---it was about the Russian KGB. Those in the party get the goodies. Everybody else lives in poverty. That's what Ringer was writing about. That's what that book mentions often. It's a rotten system. Ringer's son decided to become a "checka". The checkists were a feared bunch of folks in the KGB.
The solution? Somehow you have to explain it to people in the way that Einstein once mentioned. Einstein says if you cannot explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself.
Does anybody understand the problem? No, this way we're following isn't good enough. Because it isn't getting through to the folks who need to hear it. If people understand, they won't choose to suffer. If people understand, they can be persuaded to oppose the loss of their freedom. The Soviet Union collapsed along with that tyranny. The new evil empire in DC can also be collapsed, and a new tyranny does not have to rise in the place of the old.
But not if we don't understand the problem. Know your enemy and know yourself, sez Sun Tsu in the Art of War. One thing is the use of the enemies' premises. "Our" side does this all the friggin' time. As Reagan once said, it ain't about the right v the left. It is about freedom and tyranny.
Maybe a six year old can understand that. If you tie somebody up, they have no freedom. That's what communism does. It ties people up.
7/24/17:
The Biggest Problem Americans Face - by Robert Ringer: The other day, one of my son’s friends, who was home from college for the summer, stopped in to say hello. We chatted briefly, and I asked him if he was still planning on becoming an entrepreneur/businessman after he graduated from school next spring. To my surprise, he said that because of the uncertainties in …
comment:
The biggest problem, says Ringer, is that there are too many on the GOP side that would go commie if that is what it took to be successful. Remember what Little Jebbie said: "we should learn from the Dems", he said. If you are going to be a Dem, then join the bastards. Otherwise, STFU.
The trouble as I see it, is that people will arm themselves, but do they know what that means? It doesn't mean that if the Dems pass gun control, that you give them up. It means as they said during the Texas Revolution "come and take it".
Also, get back to the land. People are too dependent upon money. Let the land feed you. I wish I had come to this understanding at a much younger age. Chasing money is what is killing this civilization. They can always control you with money.
The silly season is upon us
6/30/26:
Here's where the Chief Executive earns his paycheck. An good executive can find solutions to problems. If he cannot, then he won't be a successful executive. How do I know this? I read it in a book. lol
Seriously, there HAS to a solution that the GOP can live with. Trump has to sell it to the Congress-critters, and they need to get it enacted. So here's a suggestion. Forget about casting votes on the same day. Instead, set a date in which all counting must commence. It will be much harder to do some hanky panky about "finding votes" after it is certified that there will be no more votes accepted.
The trouble comes when the cheaters see that they need more votes, and manufacture them out of thin air. When all the votes are in, THEN count them. AND NO SOONER. The vote cans must be sealed so that they cannot peek. Know what I mean, Vern?
6/29/26, 8:00 PM:
The SCOTUS has screwed us with this mail-in ballot decision. It should be obvious as one's nose upon one's face that this is pure fraud. What gives with these people? How did they get so dumb? Were they born that way, or did it take a lot of practice?
6:23 AM:
Maybe the firebell reference was a bit over the top? Another question is if the silly season is now a permanent feature of American society?
There's just not enough time to deal with these questions right now.
So I do the reaction posts. This is a reaction to a previous post that somebody may have clicked upon recently.
I read thru the original posts, and add anything other thoughts that may be new. Things seem to be getting nuttier and nuttier, and yours truly wonders if he is a part of that nuttiness. Trying not to be!
2/27/24: The original post follows below:
Each election cycle seems to get crazier than the last. It is evidence of something, and it may not be good. There is already some troubling rumblings out there. If true, this may be the last election held in this country as weknow have
known it.
It has been called the silly season in past cycles, because it seemed rather harmless. However, these latest developments are like what Thomas Jefferson described as a "firebell in the night". Jefferson was referring to the sectional controversy that existed prior to the Civil War. This situation isn't exactly like that one, but the differences are stark, and the stakes are high.
A presidential election preceded the last Civil War. This Civil War, if it comes, may well come down to the results of a presidential election. If so, who will be most responsible for the breakup of the Union? What will be the issues that are being fought over?
Some might say personalities. But it isn't about Trump's personality at all. The personality aspect is part of the rampant dishonesty that is part of the silly season. It isn't about Biden's mental faculties either, despite the fact that he really has some issues there. So what is the real issue here?
We'll be lucky if that question gets asked. The silly season is rampant with phony issues. It's like what the late Herb Cohen once said: "Once you get past the phony tinsel, you get to the real tinsel." We'll have trouble getting past the phony tinsel part the way we're going. More Russian collusion. Please spare me the nonsense.
There is no honesty and integrity out there. On that count, I'd say Trump has it all over Biden. The Democrats are hell bent on gaining and keeping power. There is no such thing as a loyal opposition for these people. If there was respect for a loyal opposition, would the Democrats be trying to destroy Trump? None of their accusations are made in good faith based upon something real. The Democrats are conjuring up a monster, while ignoring their own monstrous behavior. The persecution of this man is unreal. All he did was to beat them at an election. For this, he has committed the greatest "crime" ever committed. What kind of mentality could think that way? Not one that has been the long time tradition of this country, which included the freedom to disagree.
But if they really respected the institutions, such as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, would they treat the opposition so shabbily? The founding documents allow for a loyal opposition. There's something terribly wrong when it becomes a crime to disagree with the powers-that-be. It is downright un-American. That is, it would have been said to be so at one time in the past, but not so much now. The country has lost its sense of self.
Make America great again? I'd settle for making America its true self again. The greatness came from that. The spirit that made this country great is on trial now. The outcome of that trial is in doubt. There's nothing silly about that one. If you are inclined to pray, then this country needs one right now. Perhaps it is too late for that. Better to do it anyway with all the humility and sincerity that you can muster. That is, if you care enough to be concerned about it.
Here's where the Chief Executive earns his paycheck. An good executive can find solutions to problems. If he cannot, then he won't be a successful executive. How do I know this? I read it in a book. lol
Seriously, there HAS to a solution that the GOP can live with. Trump has to sell it to the Congress-critters, and they need to get it enacted. So here's a suggestion. Forget about casting votes on the same day. Instead, set a date in which all counting must commence. It will be much harder to do some hanky panky about "finding votes" after it is certified that there will be no more votes accepted.
The trouble comes when the cheaters see that they need more votes, and manufacture them out of thin air. When all the votes are in, THEN count them. AND NO SOONER. The vote cans must be sealed so that they cannot peek. Know what I mean, Vern?
6/29/26, 8:00 PM:
The SCOTUS has screwed us with this mail-in ballot decision. It should be obvious as one's nose upon one's face that this is pure fraud. What gives with these people? How did they get so dumb? Were they born that way, or did it take a lot of practice?
6:23 AM:
Maybe the firebell reference was a bit over the top? Another question is if the silly season is now a permanent feature of American society?
There's just not enough time to deal with these questions right now.
So I do the reaction posts. This is a reaction to a previous post that somebody may have clicked upon recently.
I read thru the original posts, and add anything other thoughts that may be new. Things seem to be getting nuttier and nuttier, and yours truly wonders if he is a part of that nuttiness. Trying not to be!
2/27/24: The original post follows below:
Each election cycle seems to get crazier than the last. It is evidence of something, and it may not be good. There is already some troubling rumblings out there. If true, this may be the last election held in this country as we
It has been called the silly season in past cycles, because it seemed rather harmless. However, these latest developments are like what Thomas Jefferson described as a "firebell in the night". Jefferson was referring to the sectional controversy that existed prior to the Civil War. This situation isn't exactly like that one, but the differences are stark, and the stakes are high.
A presidential election preceded the last Civil War. This Civil War, if it comes, may well come down to the results of a presidential election. If so, who will be most responsible for the breakup of the Union? What will be the issues that are being fought over?
Some might say personalities. But it isn't about Trump's personality at all. The personality aspect is part of the rampant dishonesty that is part of the silly season. It isn't about Biden's mental faculties either, despite the fact that he really has some issues there. So what is the real issue here?
We'll be lucky if that question gets asked. The silly season is rampant with phony issues. It's like what the late Herb Cohen once said: "Once you get past the phony tinsel, you get to the real tinsel." We'll have trouble getting past the phony tinsel part the way we're going. More Russian collusion. Please spare me the nonsense.
There is no honesty and integrity out there. On that count, I'd say Trump has it all over Biden. The Democrats are hell bent on gaining and keeping power. There is no such thing as a loyal opposition for these people. If there was respect for a loyal opposition, would the Democrats be trying to destroy Trump? None of their accusations are made in good faith based upon something real. The Democrats are conjuring up a monster, while ignoring their own monstrous behavior. The persecution of this man is unreal. All he did was to beat them at an election. For this, he has committed the greatest "crime" ever committed. What kind of mentality could think that way? Not one that has been the long time tradition of this country, which included the freedom to disagree.
But if they really respected the institutions, such as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, would they treat the opposition so shabbily? The founding documents allow for a loyal opposition. There's something terribly wrong when it becomes a crime to disagree with the powers-that-be. It is downright un-American. That is, it would have been said to be so at one time in the past, but not so much now. The country has lost its sense of self.
Make America great again? I'd settle for making America its true self again. The greatness came from that. The spirit that made this country great is on trial now. The outcome of that trial is in doubt. There's nothing silly about that one. If you are inclined to pray, then this country needs one right now. Perhaps it is too late for that. Better to do it anyway with all the humility and sincerity that you can muster. That is, if you care enough to be concerned about it.
Monday, June 29, 2026
Old food pyramid is not for our own good... It is there to cause harm...
"Not an accident." I do get the sense of malevolence being directed against the entire culture. Of course, anybody with a brain should understand what I'm referring to. I've BEEN referring to it, and in other ways than this topic. Good to see that this malevolence is not going unnoticed. But is it too late? Too much damage already?
Sunday, June 28, 2026
Flying monkey circus
6/28/26:
The worst part of all that nonsense back then was the Star Chamber quality of the proceedings. Basic respect for the truth would've allowed a closer and more honest look at what actually happened on January 6th 2021. Instead, the neo-Con Cheney wing of the GOP decided to join with the commies in the Democrat party, and try to turn the USA into a one-party totalitarian state.
We came very close to that. Maybe it could still happen. Or perhaps folks are waking the hell up? No thanks to Cheney and Co. They won't be helping Trump now, either. If that succeeds in undermining Trump, the commie left may succeed after all.
7/27/21:
The first hearing of the Wicked Witch's brew of a Star Chamber will start today, if I am not mistaken.
Seems like Arch-Heretic Liz Cheney will lend her services to discredit anybody who interferes with "her holiness"-da witch. She claims to "get to the bottom" of the Jan. 6th affair, which people refer to with different descriptive names; such as Insurrection, Riot, or Attack.
I'll refer to it as an affair of tawdriness, most likely emanating from the rotten bunch on the commie side of the aisle. The entire charade is meant to cover up their guilt in causing the ruckus in the first place, or at least so I have long suspected.
There seems to be something of a threat to go after other GOP members. I smell another commie plot being unveiled. This is one of their best tools, to inspire fear amongst people. Too bad this latest stench is coming from someone who claims to support this country.
Cheney is helping Pelosi break the GOP, which probably does need some major repairs. But Cheney is one of the broken members that needs replacing. Those who are worth anything are likely to be subjected to the Wicked-Witch and her flying-monkey-recruits' attacks. It is all theater intended to help their sagging prospects in next year's mid-term elections.
The real drama here is if the GOP can repair itself and become a real opposition party. The other side of the drama is from the Wicked Witch' mad attempt at total and complete one party totalitarian rule. They are greedily licking their lips in anticipation of a kill.
Let's see if the GOP can decide what they will be when they grow up, or grow a spine.
The worst part of all that nonsense back then was the Star Chamber quality of the proceedings. Basic respect for the truth would've allowed a closer and more honest look at what actually happened on January 6th 2021. Instead, the neo-Con Cheney wing of the GOP decided to join with the commies in the Democrat party, and try to turn the USA into a one-party totalitarian state.
We came very close to that. Maybe it could still happen. Or perhaps folks are waking the hell up? No thanks to Cheney and Co. They won't be helping Trump now, either. If that succeeds in undermining Trump, the commie left may succeed after all.
7/27/21:
The first hearing of the Wicked Witch's brew of a Star Chamber will start today, if I am not mistaken.
Seems like Arch-Heretic Liz Cheney will lend her services to discredit anybody who interferes with "her holiness"-da witch. She claims to "get to the bottom" of the Jan. 6th affair, which people refer to with different descriptive names; such as Insurrection, Riot, or Attack.
I'll refer to it as an affair of tawdriness, most likely emanating from the rotten bunch on the commie side of the aisle. The entire charade is meant to cover up their guilt in causing the ruckus in the first place, or at least so I have long suspected.
There seems to be something of a threat to go after other GOP members. I smell another commie plot being unveiled. This is one of their best tools, to inspire fear amongst people. Too bad this latest stench is coming from someone who claims to support this country.
Cheney is helping Pelosi break the GOP, which probably does need some major repairs. But Cheney is one of the broken members that needs replacing. Those who are worth anything are likely to be subjected to the Wicked-Witch and her flying-monkey-recruits' attacks. It is all theater intended to help their sagging prospects in next year's mid-term elections.
The real drama here is if the GOP can repair itself and become a real opposition party. The other side of the drama is from the Wicked Witch' mad attempt at total and complete one party totalitarian rule. They are greedily licking their lips in anticipation of a kill.
Let's see if the GOP can decide what they will be when they grow up, or grow a spine.
Debacle
6/28/26:
If Trump was really a neo-Con, as some are accusing, then why didn't they come to his aid in 2020? Indeed, why did they work hard to get him out of office? The debacle in Afghanistan happened because the neo-Cons don't like Trump. Otherwise, as indicated in the post, Trump would've been able to successfully challenge the stolen election of 2020.
Instead, they continue to oppose Trump. But if it weren't for them, the Taliban wouldn't have succeeded in Afghanistan. Or, it wouldn't have been the debacle that it turned into.
The neo-Cons are fake conservatives. They align with Democrats. Which means that they prefer to fight conservatives, as opposed to helping conservatives WIN.
Aug 15, 2021:
There's no question that the fall of the US backed regime in Afghanistan is now officially a debacle. The White House is blaming Trump for this, but Trump didn't make these decisions for the last nearly 8 months.
These guys must be trying to relive the high that Bush got when 911 happened. At first they were saying "Bush let it happen". Once the approval numbers came out, and Bush was at 90% or thereabouts, they had to quiet down with that talk.
For the next nearly eight years, they subverted Bush so much that by the end of his presidency, his numbers had completely collapsed.
This stuff runs on politics. History didn't end when Bush left. But his work was at the mercy of others. Now Bush is going to have to pay the price for that. However, let's look more deeply into the chess board. Why did Biden act the way he did? He cannot credibly blame Trump for his own decisions. If he found fault with Trump's policy in Afghanistan, why didn't he change it? He had enough time. That was Biden's decision. He may be claiming that it was Trump's ideas, but if he was running the show himself, it was his own choices that led to this.
Biden and his handlers must believe that they can turn this to their advantage somehow. Otherwise, why do something that looks so bad? Even if he is able to shuffle some of the blame off on others, he still is accountable for what he did or didn't do himself. Trump has been gone for nearly 8 months now. You cannot blame him when he is not there.
The neo-cons come out of this badly, too. They've been undermining Trump all along. Trump was handling things just fine. Afghanistan wasn't in the hands of the Taliban when he left. If the neo-cons had been more helpful, Trump would still be there, and the Taliban would not have been. If Trump had been in the White House when this happened, then they could say that. But not now.
Nor can the neo-cons be happy about this. Unless the neo-cons really didn't care about keeping the Taliban out of power. But that is not how they have acted previously. It seemed like a pretty important deal to them at the time. So, in the light of this, are we to believe that Trump really caused this to happen, or was it Biden? Didn't Biden really double-cross the neo- cons?
And the neo-cons are going to have to join the commies so as to have the fallout not rain down upon themselves. That may "work" for them, but most people I would think, would see this for the total failure that it is. For that, the neo-cons deserve plenty of blame. They sided with the commies so as to get rid of Trump. Now they have egg on their faces, thanks to Biden. They might profit with their continuing support of this failure, or come to their senses and rejoin the sane world.
If Trump was really a neo-Con, as some are accusing, then why didn't they come to his aid in 2020? Indeed, why did they work hard to get him out of office? The debacle in Afghanistan happened because the neo-Cons don't like Trump. Otherwise, as indicated in the post, Trump would've been able to successfully challenge the stolen election of 2020.
Instead, they continue to oppose Trump. But if it weren't for them, the Taliban wouldn't have succeeded in Afghanistan. Or, it wouldn't have been the debacle that it turned into.
The neo-Cons are fake conservatives. They align with Democrats. Which means that they prefer to fight conservatives, as opposed to helping conservatives WIN.
Aug 15, 2021:
There's no question that the fall of the US backed regime in Afghanistan is now officially a debacle. The White House is blaming Trump for this, but Trump didn't make these decisions for the last nearly 8 months.
These guys must be trying to relive the high that Bush got when 911 happened. At first they were saying "Bush let it happen". Once the approval numbers came out, and Bush was at 90% or thereabouts, they had to quiet down with that talk.
For the next nearly eight years, they subverted Bush so much that by the end of his presidency, his numbers had completely collapsed.
This stuff runs on politics. History didn't end when Bush left. But his work was at the mercy of others. Now Bush is going to have to pay the price for that. However, let's look more deeply into the chess board. Why did Biden act the way he did? He cannot credibly blame Trump for his own decisions. If he found fault with Trump's policy in Afghanistan, why didn't he change it? He had enough time. That was Biden's decision. He may be claiming that it was Trump's ideas, but if he was running the show himself, it was his own choices that led to this.
Biden and his handlers must believe that they can turn this to their advantage somehow. Otherwise, why do something that looks so bad? Even if he is able to shuffle some of the blame off on others, he still is accountable for what he did or didn't do himself. Trump has been gone for nearly 8 months now. You cannot blame him when he is not there.
The neo-cons come out of this badly, too. They've been undermining Trump all along. Trump was handling things just fine. Afghanistan wasn't in the hands of the Taliban when he left. If the neo-cons had been more helpful, Trump would still be there, and the Taliban would not have been. If Trump had been in the White House when this happened, then they could say that. But not now.
Nor can the neo-cons be happy about this. Unless the neo-cons really didn't care about keeping the Taliban out of power. But that is not how they have acted previously. It seemed like a pretty important deal to them at the time. So, in the light of this, are we to believe that Trump really caused this to happen, or was it Biden? Didn't Biden really double-cross the neo- cons?
And the neo-cons are going to have to join the commies so as to have the fallout not rain down upon themselves. That may "work" for them, but most people I would think, would see this for the total failure that it is. For that, the neo-cons deserve plenty of blame. They sided with the commies so as to get rid of Trump. Now they have egg on their faces, thanks to Biden. They might profit with their continuing support of this failure, or come to their senses and rejoin the sane world.
A solution for ObamaCare?
6/28/26:
Didn't the Democrats shut down the government over ObamaCare recently? Why, yes they sure did. It turns out that they were protecting fraudsters. Don't believe it? Watch this.
11/28/25:
I thought Dick Morris said that the ObamaCare thing could be handled? But this article seems to indicate no such proposition in the works. Just exactly what was that shutdown all about if they go right back to what the Dems wanted in the first place?
The bozos need to understand that there's no more time for nonsense. Fix the damned problems. Ah! One forgets that this is the GOP we're talking about. Or this link could be off-base, and that there really is a good solution. One has reason to be concerned, though.
11/18/25:
Didn't the Democrats shut down the government over ObamaCare recently? Why, yes they sure did. It turns out that they were protecting fraudsters. Don't believe it? Watch this.
11/28/25:
I thought Dick Morris said that the ObamaCare thing could be handled? But this article seems to indicate no such proposition in the works. Just exactly what was that shutdown all about if they go right back to what the Dems wanted in the first place?
The bozos need to understand that there's no more time for nonsense. Fix the damned problems. Ah! One forgets that this is the GOP we're talking about. Or this link could be off-base, and that there really is a good solution. One has reason to be concerned, though.
11/18/25:
Dick Morris says that Biden and the Dems enacted a repeal of a anti-"soup-to-nuts" kind of coverage that was unnecessary and costly. The reversion back to the way Trump and the GOP had no soup-to-nuts coverage requirement prior to Biden and Co.--will cause premiums to come down. In other words, drop the soup-to-nutso stuff.
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