The people's voice of reason
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The Biden administration has issued 535 executive orders on immigration since taking office, leading to a significant increase in the influx of Haitian immigrants into the United States. As of September 24, 2024, an estimated 852,000 Haitians reside in the country, with this number continuing to rise each month due to various immigration programs. One significant program is the Humanity Parole Program for Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians, and Venezuelans, announced by the President in January...
October 1, 2024 - Today marks a milestone for an iconic figure in American history. President Jimmy Carter turns 100. Only a fraction of people reach this age. Let us take a moment to reflect on his life and pay homage to the former President. Jimmy Carter entered this world on October 1st ,1924, becoming the first American president born in a hospital. While attending Georgia Tech, he participated in naval ROTC and secured an appointment to Annapolis in 1943. Graduating in 1946, Carter served...
Before the Democratic National Convention, a Reuters poll revealed that over 25% of young Black men are considering supporting Republican candidate Donald Trump in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. This information was disclosed in an NAACP poll released earlier in the month. While Black voters have traditionally been a loyal Democratic constituency, there has been a decline in confidence among some younger Black voters and Black men of all ages during President Joe Biden’s term. D...
October 4, 2024 - Michigan - More bad news out of Michigan for the Harris campaign. The same day, Trafalgar, the second most accurate polling organization from 2020 according to 538, released a poll showing Kamala Harris trailing Donald Trump by 2 points. Mitchell Communications released a similar survey. In this one, the former president leads by 1%. Four out of the last five polls from the Great Lakes State have Trump on top. Last week, Rep. Slotkin expressed her concerns about the Harris...
October 4, 2024–Dear Congress: Helene victims need help now. Could you please tear yourself away from campaigning and go into a special session to make FEMA actually do its job? Or let the US Military help secure Americans in mortal peril? I realize that nothing is more important to you than making the world safe for re-election, and you don’t get kickbacks and massive donations from ordinary Americans, but occasionally your constituents need help, too. After all, you weren’t elected just to se...
There are moments in American politics that make history, not just because of the message but because of the sheer energy that transcends time, place, and circumstance. Donald Trump’s return to Butler after his brush with death was precisely that — not just a rally but a momentous wave of support that signals the resilience and dynamism of the American people. With nearly 100,000 people in attendance, it was, without exaggeration, perhaps his greatest rally to date. Thousands waited for ove...
October 9, 2024–Anthropomorphic animals as a vehicle for telling morality tales has a history that stretches back millennia. Orwell's Animal Farm is perhaps the best known contemporary form of this style that combines a sweeping morality tale with biting political commentary. These types of stories are difficult to write, as the author has to walk a fine line between the reality of the situation he or she wishes to skewer and the suspension of belief needed to accept talking horses, pigs and g...
The decision by the Joe Biden inner circle to allow the poor fellow to get out of the Presidential race was a godsend for the Democratic Party. It gives new life to the Democrats’ chances to keep the White House. The ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to the top of the ticket breathes new life into a dead campaign. Biden’s demise, mentally and physically, assured a Democratic presidential defeat on November 5, but also guaranteed the Democrats’ loss of the U.S. Senate, as well as their ho...
Just as I was finishing this Robservation, President Biden announced that he is out of the running. More to come later. ****************************************************************************** So, here we are. I am writing this one week after the Trump assassination attempt. Like many of us, I am troubled. Not so much that an idiot kid would try to do something like this but rather the mess the Secret Service (SS) made out of the entire situation. In no way am I going to condemn the...
There are two schools of thought on the Constitution; either those that are strict Constitutionalists or those that believe it is a living, breathing document that changes with the times. Certainly there were assumptions at the time the Constitution was written when most of those in government were protestant. Though not in any judicial position, I tend to argue a strict Constitutional view. It’s the same with the Bible, the Bible is either the infallible, inspired, Word of God or is subject to...
This past May, June, and July, 2024, along Highway 231 in Wetumpka, our “illustrious” Alabama Highway Department has been hard at work from the Wal-Mart north to the old Montgomery Highway with construction cones all over the place. Somehow, the department had decided that dozens of raised “islands” in the highway’s center would help make traffic safer and more expedient. Do these contraptions really have any value? Do they enhance safety? Do they help the traffic flow? And how much extra tax...
Desperate people will say anything. And the Radical Left is getting desperate as they look to the November election. They can’t run on the economy. The voters know that inflation has wiped out any financial gains, and they have less buying power than they had four years ago. They can’t hide behind the COVID pandemic as they did in 2020. Increasingly, Americans are realizing that the lockdowns and compulsory vaccinations probably did more harm than good. They can’t run on foreign policy – not...
Comments on last month’s Ballot Box v. Jury Box column were similar in tone and intellect with responses to past columns explaining our Pax Americana, that is, our so-called ‘Peaceful Transfer of Power’ as a forced coalition of once independent States. Given the recent flow of history recorded in Butler, PA it seemed timely to analyze how dysfunctional ballots proffer more bullets. Assassination attempts are nothing new in US history - esp. under hegemony. Until provided facts to the contr...
I’ve never understood why Donald Trump seems to attract such a level of hatred and vitriol. There is nothing unusual about political candidates being vilified by opponents, but after an election or a term in office, the level of animosity usually subsides, and attacks focus on policy decisions and not as much on personality. I experienced some hostilities when I was a Republican presidential elector in 2016. It was my 4th time to be an elector from Alabama, so it was out of the ordinary when a...
I have not been writing as consistently as I used to. Entirely by choice. Meaning, there are not any problems between myself and any of the newspapers or outlets I write for. It is entirely me. First, I have been writing for over 30 years now and I guess I am stepping back to see what I think of it all. I take it that is normal. The world of media has changed. There was a shift that came along with Covid. I do not feel I have the same freedom of speech I once had. I feel this way because I have...
Imagine this….You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? You may reply, "Because someone bumped into me!!!" Nope. Wrong answer. You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup. Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea. Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out. “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The ton...
(August 2, 2024) Can the Democrats be sued for false advertising? They’ve completely abandoned “democracy“ for the third Presidential cycle in a row, so I think they should be forced to rebrand themselves to reflect what they actually stand for. Donorcrats? Elitocrats? DeathToAmericrats? Surely there’s a Consumer Protection statute or six out there that applies. Or, could be made to apply under the Bragg Precedence (namely, we don’t need a crime to charge you for…something or other). In...
An Englishman named Joseph Priestley made a discovery 250 years ago that marked the beginning of modern chemistry and continues to have important ramifications today. His remarkable find was, in a word: Unlike inventions, which create something new, discoveries acknowledge something that already exists and quantify it to explain its significance. Of course, oxygen has always existed, and its utility to human life is completely independent of the need for explanation. We know exactly what it is,...
I have to wonder who the GOP strategists are. Where is Karl Rove when Republicans need him? Would the late Lee Atwater take this route? The GOP are shooting themselves in the foot right now, the news networks are abuzz with GOP leader’s claims that Vice President Harris is the DEI choice. Trump did not do them any favors today with his comments at the Black Journalist Conference. By now, everyone has either read or listened to his words, so draw your own conclusions. Why did he go on there? A...
In an era where the cultural fabric of our nation is more fragile than ever, the contrast between the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris is as stark as day and night. It' a distinction that speaks volumes about the values, vision, and moral compass guiding these two candidates for President. If you need to understand the heart of their campaigns, look no further than the artists they feature at their rallies. Donald J. Trump, a man who consistently champions the principles that made...
In an age when Disney Princesses ranging from the classics such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella" to newer ones such as "Tiana" to "Merida" are incredibly popular and idolized by millions; in "The Princess Bellaheld" by Julie Sutter we are introduced to the true story of a real life princess who turns seventeen in AD 703. The daughter of Irish missionaries of the Culdean Church to the German principality of Thuringia, Bellaheld is nevertheless of noble stock on her father's side. But, she is...
The recent rocket strike that claimed the lives of at least 12 innocent children and teenagers in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights is a tragic reminder of what happens when our political leaders fail to stand firm in support of our allies. The Democrat Party's treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his recent visit to the United States is a glaring example of such failure, and it has led to catastrophic consequences. Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit should have been a...
(August 7, 2024) Tuesday, Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her Vice-Presidential running mate. Yes, he’s a radical Lefty—but so is Kamala. Yes, he’s an experienced politician (12 years in Congress, Governor since 2018) who’s basically an unknown nonentity outside of his own State and the hardcore political junkie class. Yes, he’s a little creepy and ookie in a whiny, aging soy boy kind of way. Yes, he was chosen in large part to satisfy the far-left wing of the party which has...
A multi-year work of art, Leonard Da Vinci, worked on painting "The Last Supper" from 1494 to 1497. Commissioned by the Duke of Milan, a great patron of writers and painters - Ludovico il Moro, it is not a work on canvas that the duke would frame and then hang on his wall. Rather, it is a mural painted on a wall in the refectory of the Cathedral's adjoining Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan . And as such, the mural began deteriorating quickly after its completion. So much...
