Jun
13
2016
What if? That is a really dangerous – and many times pointless – question. The answers can range from disturbing to silly. What if Hitler had been assassinated in the July 1944 attempt on his life at his Wolf’s Lair? How many people would have lived instead of dying in the bloody invasion of Fortress […]
Jun
13
2016
To be clear, let me explain my word choice in the title of this post: driv·el ?driv?l/ noun noun: drivel 1. silly nonsense. “don’t talk such drivel!” synonyms: nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo, garbage; More informalpoppycock, piffle, tripe, bull, hogwash, baloney, codswallop, flapdoodle, jive, guff, bushwa; informal,tommyrot, bunkum; vulgar slangcrapola, verbal diarrhea […]
Jun
09
2016
Update: Some good observations from Sean Trende, with AllahPundit lamenting stubborn Trump voters – end update What if America’s Political Industrial Complex (PIC) was so isolated, so insulated, so distant from “everyday America” that they had no clue how misguided and off track they are? What if the bubble that surrounds them and blocks their […]
Jun
08
2016
So we have finally ended the primary season for 2016 – thank goodness! We can all go back to our daily lives now at least until the conventions, maybe even until November rolls around. So what have we learned from the primary season? Given Trump’s ‘unexpected’ rise to become the GOP’s presumptive presidential candidate, we […]
Jun
07
2016
Yesterday the political news media pulled the wind out of the last primaries of the season, including in California. By prematurely claiming Clinton had enough delegates, the news media just told Hillary supporters in these last primaries to “stay home”. Why do this? Bernie may not be able to win the nomination outright, but the […]
Jun
07
2016
You know what Main Street America probably hates most about the Political Industrial Complex in America? Political Correctness. That nagging, overly sensitive, “can’t call BS on government BS”, muzzling of legitimate thoughts, concerns and OBJECTIONS! Political Correctness is the shield the denizens of the Political Industrial Complex use to deflect well-earned blow back by the […]
Jun
05
2016
For people who are supposed to be the “intellectually elite” over the rest of us average Americans, the left side of the Political Industrial Complex (PIC) seems to throttled at full “self-destruct” this year. The PIC is that isolated and insulated element of American society that includes the career politicians, their extensive staff, their sea […]
Jun
03
2016
Update: Michael Goodwin asks the same question in the NY Post today I pondered when news of the San Jose violence broke: Are President Obama, Hillary Clinton and violent leftists in cahoots to elect Donald Trump? Or are they just idiots? The evidence is overwhelming that they all belong to a conspiracy — either of […]
Jun
01
2016
The rule that “fish rot from the head first” is a good metaphor to explain what it is about Hillary’s email violations that is so devastating: When an organization or state fails, it is the leadership that is the root cause. The problem Hillary has is she wants to lead a high-tech savvy nation into […]