To the Editor,
Kudos to Jeff Erding for writing “Fact Checking the Haters,” April 20, 2020; as a counter to the misinformation and outright lies put out by the left-leaning mainstream media. As expected, the leftist media is exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to smear him as a complete “failure” and even describing him as a “sociopath” while gleefully discussing how this pandemic can help the Democratic Socialists in 2020.
Why do Leftists hate America? America is a massive refutation of their utopian fantasy, universal equality. They compare America with their vision of a perfect country which has never existed. Rather than change their false theories, they lash out at America and conservatives, including Trump.
If we consider a “perfect” country, it is not hard to find problems in America: racial prejudice, economic exploitation and inequality, greed, etc. However, countries do not exist in fantasyland; they exist in the real world. However, the world that surrounds us is not too idyllic. If we compare the US to its surroundings, America is the one that begins to resemble an idealized paradise. Otherwise, why do so many foreign nationals risk life and limb to get to America?
In any election, the overriding consideration in voting should be the political ideologies associated with candidates and the direction America should take. Is it:
a. American Conservatism, promoted by Republicans and founded on Biblical/Christian principles that have resulted in the greatest country to have ever existed? Or,
b. Democratic Socialism, based on godless Marxism that has resulted in catastrophic failure with over 100 million people murdered by their governments in the 20 th century alone, with millions more living in poverty and misery whenever and wherever it’s been tried? Venezuela is a current example.
Gerald J. Boyum
Rochester, Minn.
cindy says
well the people from the left side just are mad cause there can’t push trump around so there have to dig in his passed well dig in to Biden and see what you come up with that is all I have,to leave
Wake up America! says
To anyone reading: This entire article is Trump/Republican propaganda. Ask yourself… Is the American military socialism? Everything is provided for you in addition to a monthly salary. By the whole “Democrats are Marxist/socialists!” Argument, you completely overlook the biggest example of socialism in America. Who funds it more? Yup! Republicans! But the real question is: why is socialism such a threat to you?
Kenneth Darling says
Except You Have Everything Twisted, But Then Again You Have A Perverted View Of Reality That Clowds Your Authoritarian Mindset.
The Fact You Bring Up The American Military As Any Kind Of Socialist System Doesn’t Make Anyone Mad… It Makes Them Incredibly Saddened. Your Ignorance Is Just Astounding.
You Are Apart Of The Belief System That Worships Government As GOD…
You Somehow Think That GOVERNMENT Creates Wealth..
You Along With ALL The Other Really Stupid Leftists Think The Government Earns The Money It Spends All By Itself…
You Obviously Slept In Civics And Free Enterprise Or Any Other Capitalism Class You May Have Taken When You Weren’t Attending Your Underwater Lesbian Basketweaving Major..
ANY DOLLAR That Is Thankfully Put Into Military IS THE TAX PAYER DOLLAR
So You Did Have ONE Thing Correct.
REPUBLICANS Always Adds More Funding To The Military Because We Care More About The MEN AND WOMEN Who Wilfully And Who Volunteers Their Lives To Protect Yours. So While You Sit Down In Your Moms Basement As A Keyboard Warrior Cancel Culture Idiot Marxist, They Are Risking Their Lives. As You Struggle Under The Weight Of Your Victimhood Mentality To RUN AWAY From Every Hardship You Face, They RUN TOWARDS Every Conflict, They Run Towards Gunfire, Grenades And Death…
I Think They Should Have A Reasonable Amount Of ANYTHING They Want When They Come Back To This Weird NEW Ungrateful Feministic Surrender For Peace Nation We Call America.
Its Really Funny Because Republicans Raise Military Spending Every Time, While ALSO Lowering Taxes From The American People…. While DemonCrats RAISE Taxes From The American People, While ALSO LOWERING Military Spending…. Hmm
Its Because Democrats Have Been Taken Over By This Radical Left Wing Anti-Semitic Anti-Liberal Anti-American China Sucking Authoritarians. They Have Abandoned All Reality For Feelings Of Grandeur. They Use Tactics Invented By Some Of The Most EVIL People To Ever Walk The Earth, Satan Included. Adolf Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, Maduro, Lenin, FDR And Mussolini ALL Fall Under Leftism And Socialism At The Cost Of Millions Of Lives.
It’s No Shock Really. The Democratic Party Has ALWAYS Been Headed By Some Of The Worst Americans In Our Short History. The Democratic Party Was And Still Is The Party Of Racism, Violence, Elitism, Hypocrisy And Worst Of ALL Slavery. Using Indoctrination In The Education System And Leftist Propaganda In The Media, Both Tactics Perfected In Nazi Germany, They Have Really Dug In And ALMOST Ruined America For GOOD. Thank God For President Donald John Trump!
We Can Have The Good America Back, The Pre Obama America Can Be Restored And Greater Especially For African Americans, Latinos, Asians At Same Time If We Allow President Trump Another 4 Years And Republicans Presidency For A While After Trump Atleast Until The Democratic Party Fixes Itself And Their Extremism Is Adjusted To A Reasonable Middle-Left As They Have Had To Do Previously When The Nutjobs Have Forced Control.
MYA LUCERO says
DEMOCRATIC COMMUNISTS, THEY WANT TO STEAL OUR MONEY AND OUR COUNTRY. They want it all and refuse to Work hard for it. Many are bitter radicals who behave like children and hopeless millennials. They have been purposely dumbed down by communist media and entertainment. THEY ARE exploiting the thought process of crybaby- hapless millennials.
Instead of getting and education and working hard and being elected into positions power, they want to hijack AMERICA. These losers would never be considered into our government. So they chose to deceive us. THEY BEAT IT INTO OUR HEAD! That America is a terrible place. WE ALL KNOW ITS A LIE! THOSE LIARS ARE COULD NOT SURVIVE in CUBA, VALENZUELA AND SYRIA WITHOUT DEPENDING ON AMERICAN BORN RIGHTS. I WISH WE COULD SEND THEM ALL TO VALENZUELA OR CUBA FOREVER. I’d love to see them cry and beg for help! These people won’t give up their own freedom to in exchange of starvation and no freedom. They want to bully their way to the top so they can extort every penny from all of us. They would run AMERICA INTO THE DIRT AND BLAME US FOR IT. AMERICA is not perfect Nor is any other county. AND THESE COMMUNIST MORONS ARE TO EVIL TO REALIZE It. THESE PEOPLE ARE MINI HITLERS, whom should never be in power.
David says
All I can do is answer that question for myself. I hate America’s corrupt government that is bought and paid for by the wealthiest oligarchs. I hate a president that has told 20,000 lies and only in it for himself, enriching himself with taxpayer and foreign money at his properties. He won’t even confront Putin on hits on our troops. I hate that 150,000 Americans have died from coronavirus because it has been so bungled at the federal level. No other country is close to the number dead. I hate we have to fight disinformation and conspiracy theories and the source of truth are called fake news because the US is stupid (#31 on the list of countries IQ levels). I hate the how many racist people live here. I hate that half our government to bought and paid for by the NRA and another 35,000 people die from gun violence a day. I hate that our government is so ineffective and corrupt we still don’t have a healthcare system that works. I hate that we spend more money in defense than the other top 11 countries combined and for what? Schools are broke, infrastructures falling apart and we have arts are defunded. I hate that other countries now pity us and our inability to get the virus under control and they see the lies we are constantly being told by the president. I hate that America doesn’t believe in science and we refuse to change to save the planet from climate change. I hate the way we treat immigrant families, caging children. I hate not being proud of my country.
Anonymous says
Your reply saddens me because you are a hater and there are so many of you. You say things like Trump has told 20,000 lies which is such a falsehood. You are so misinformed by the MSM which is owned by Marxist who take hold of weak minds and feed them lies so they will vote like you. You and people like you will be the end of America and you will replace it with pure evil and you will yearn for the America of today. I feel sad because you have convinced yourself that what you say is true and cannot see through the real liars, socialists and oligarchs. The oligarchs own CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, google, Facebook, Amazon, Washington DC. Walk up and think critically and be wise because you are being used by the true oligarchs who are counting on you not thinking for yourself and to blindly believe their blatant lies. I hope you and people like you will wake up and see truth.
Thomas Giboney says
You are a Russian troll spreading misinformation. Trump is evil, along with most Republicans. That is the truth.
cindy says
well the people from the left side just are mad cause there can’t push trump around so there have to dig in his passed well dig in to Biden and see what you come up with that is all I have,to leave
Dave says
All I have to say to you, and any other person that can’t stand this beautiful, God loving, gun toting, bacon eating, beer drinking, English speaking, land of the free because of the brave place we call America is… GET THE F OUT!!! We don’t need you, or your snowflake, millennial, craybady, do nothing and expect everything handed to you, worthless leeches on society in this amazing USA. Seriously, I’m sure every red, white, and blue bleeding American will gladly chip in, and even help you pack just to see you get on that plane and head elsewhere. We don’t need people bringing down this country and trying to turn it into something it’s not. USA became #1 in a short couple hundred years, most other countries have been around for thousands of years and still can’t get their $#!& together… that means we are doing something right. And president trump is bringing our country back after obama ran us into the ground. Like I said earlier, if you really think it’s that bad here, feel free to leave, trust me, no one is stopping you. And PS… thank you to all of the military, past and present, for keeping this great land free and safe from the terrors outside and inside of our great nation. God bless America
Albert says
The rioting and vandalism and looting that you see taking place right now will become the norm if Biden is elected in November.
Under a Biden administration, the criminals will go free, while those trying to protect themselves from the criminals will be prosecuted. Recall the couple from St. louis.
David m Oeser says
Absolutely. We must defeat the democrats to preserve our way of life, and our freedom. They want to erase God , Patriotism and the American family. I don’t know why any American loving or baby living person could ever vote Democrat. Look at the people who give money to the Dems and the Clinton’s in particular. They end up later being Harvey Weinstein in need blurbs 10 yrs later. Even if you hate Trump, if you have any love at all for America, you cannot vote Biden and whatever unqualified person he picks to succeed him.
David says
All I can do is answer that question for myself. I hate America’s corrupt government that is bought and paid for by the wealthiest oligarchs. I hate a president that has told 20,000 lies and only in it for himself, enriching himself with taxpayer and foreign money at his properties. He won’t even confront Putin on hits on our troops. I hate that 150,000 Americans have died from coronavirus because it has been so bungled at the federal level. No other country is close to the number dead. I hate we have to fight disinformation and conspiracy theories and the source of truth are called fake news because the US is stupid (#31 on the list of countries IQ levels). I hate the how many racist people live here. I hate that half our government to bought and paid for by the NRA and another 35,000 people die from gun violence a day. I hate that our government is so ineffective and corrupt we still don’t have a healthcare system that works. I hate that we spend more money in defense than the other top 11 countries combined and for what? Schools are broke, infrastructures falling apart and we have arts are defunded. I hate that other countries now pity us and our inability to get the virus under control and they see the lies we are constantly being told by the president. I hate that America doesn’t believe in science and we refuse to change to save the planet from climate change. I hate the way we treat immigrant families, caging children. I hate not being proud of my country.
Deborah Woods says
You have been brainwashed by the far left media and far left leaders, and this comes from a life-long Democrat. They are NOT Democrats any longer. You are right that there are a few who own this country nowadays, and that is on both sides. However, Trump was elected because of that fact. Trump takes what he is paid for being president and give it to charities. Did you know that fact? Of course you did not because you just watch CNN/MSNBC, etc. You are brainwashed if that is all you watch. You need to always know all sides of the story. Our media has caused almost all of the hatred coming from the left. Our left media and left leaders have turned us against each other on purpose. This country is far from being perfect, but compared to all countries in the world, this country is at least one of the best, if not the best. I believe it is the best. Someone told me years ago that the left kept black people down and scared just to keep their vote. I told them they were crazy and that was not true, because we Democrats are the good guys. I started listening/reading both sides and paying attention. It is definitely true, as much as I did not want to believe it. Democrats have turned into the bad guys now., like it or not. Obama divided us more than any president has ever divided us. He started all of this racist crap. The vast majority of Americans were NOT racist. And I say “were”, because all of this is making some Americans racists, and blacks are more racist than any others in this country. That is a fact. I could go on and on. Democrats nowadays believe in guilty before being proven innocent and are the lawless ones. They are destroying this country and do not care in the least. They will do anything to get the power back. Unfortunately, I voted for Obama twice. I have never regretted votes as I do those two. If you watch/read the other side of this story, you will find that Trump is NOT a racist, homophobic, or whatever. In fact, long before he was elected president, he had two gay guys working for him and they got married. He let them stay in one of his motels free for their honeymoon. Does that sound like a homophobe the left have tried to paint him as being? I have seen him host dinners or whatever for black organizations many times. You have been brainwashed if you only watch one side. They brainwash you just like cults brainwash people. They have turned our Democratic party into a cult. Look up the definition for cult. A cult has to have someone to hate and make their followers be afraid of and hate. Trump is that person for them. They divide and conquer. They are horrible. They use propaganda just as Hitler did. I always wondered how Hitler brainwashed an entire country. Now I see it happening in my country. While Trump may not be the greatest in the world because of his big mouth, he stands for the people taking our country back and spitting in the fact of the few millionaires who own this country now on both sides. Remember, the Republicans were not thrilled with Trump being president. They hate him because he cannot be bought. Trump actually loves this country. People like you have got to open their eyes. Biden could not run anything. I have never in my life seen an election where they would not allow someone running for office to debate. They know he cannot do it. If he does, there will be so many rules, it will be a fake debate. He can’t even make a speech. Wake up! People who have been brainwashed into hating their country in history, their countries have been destroyed. We have been taken over by a bunch of marxists/communists/socialist. They want to destroy us and I worry about the country my children will have to live in because of uninformed people like you. There’s so much more. All you had to do was watch how they treated Brett Kavenaugh. There was absolutely no evidence whatsoever against him and they made him guilty. I could not believe that would happen in my country. They are destroying us. The Democrats we used to be would have thrown a fit over how they did Brett Kavenaugh. Wrong is wrong, no matter what side it is on, but nowadays Democrats will go along with anything. That will definitely come back to bite them. Wake up!!!
Alexandra T says
Deborah, what you are describing is exactly who I’ve been: a Democrat who voted for Obama, and now regerting my decision every day. I don’t like Trump for his unpolished way of expressing his thoughts through words, that big mouth that gets him in trouble, but I support him for what he has done as the President of this country. He is no racist, he is no homophobic as he is painted in the media. And I’m tired, absolutely exhausted of the left-wing propaganda and biased media.
Anonymous says
That is spot on, keep up the fight and we will win with Gods help. God bless you and your family. ( :
thomas says
americas founding fathers created the constitution that all men are created equal but dems who are pure socialists and communists who only want money and power are mentally ill and will wind up destroying what our country is made of. we must vote all dems out unless we want totol destruction of our great country and marxism
Rhina says
90percent of illegal aliens are here to kill and destroy America those who protect them and help them are traitors plain and simple. Americans Patriots stand for freedom and will continue to dye defending our values and our country. Political correctness or identity politics does not belong in America.
Anonymous says
May I ask why you think that illegal immigrants what to kill and destroy the US? They ran away from Mexico to not be sold into child slavery and what not. They just want a better life. Not to destroy America. They want a chance at a good life. What did they do wrong aside from crossing the border illegally?
Anonymous says
Where in the world could you possibly find evidence to support this completely baseless claim? And, it sounds like you don’t belong in America.
Read a book, figure out the difference between die and dye, and join a century that resembles the one you currently and unfortunately live in.
Nikhil Melgiri says
Ummm… What are you basing your idea that Democrats are mentally ill, money hungry, and desire to destroy the country? You know the Democrats are just as American as you are, they have American citizens in them.
Just so you know, we liberals don’t hate America. We just don’t like the way you guys are making America. Liberalism =/= socialism/communism. Liberalism also entails libertarianism and social democracy.
DemsAreEvil says
All you need to do is take an honest, hard look at democrats like Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, and the list goes on. Do you honestly believe these people are not corrupt and self-serving psychopaths? If so, then you probably need a bit of mental health therapy yourself. Open your eyes to reality.
G-love says
What an odd editorial. Are all leftists Marxists? Are all Americans who call themselves democrats Marxists? It’s hard to follow exactly what you are talking about or what your argument is. Your basic political categories are poorly defined, for one, and include many who would claim they are not who you say they are. For example, your idea that democratic socialism is based on godless Marxism is simply false. Rather, Marx offers us one example of socialism that presupposes a certain form of atheism. Democratic socialism is something different all together. Second, putting aside the philosophical claims, your factual claims are wrong too. The vast majority of Venezuelans identify as Christians. Furthermore, many communist and socialist countries around the world adhere to principles of freedom of religion and even justify their socialist practices and policies on their religious faith. Russian identity affirms Eastern Orthodoxy. And many would argue, the Israeli kibbuts is a form of socialism.
GERALD BOYUM says
What you or any other person actually believe, and to what extent, would determine what “category” you would be in, and where on that given spectrum (from radical Left to radical Right) would be. Those people who’ve swallowed the radical left’s propaganda “hook, line, and sinker” and believe in overthrowing the government by any means, including violence, would be “hard” or “radical” leftists. Liberals would be more towards the middle.
“All leftists Marxists?” Actually no, but it’s the predominant one that we hear about most often. Maoism would be another source, but with some differences. Marx focused on industrial production whereas Mao concentrated on agricultural production because of the huge population of farmers in China. However, all leftist versions share the following common elements of socialism/communism:
1. God does not exist, and hostility to organized religions. Religion is the “opiate of the masses.”
2. There are no absolute moral standards. If God does not exist, there are no absolute moral standards (relativism) and no accountability in an afterlife. “Nobody” is watching”; everybody does what’s “right in their own eyes”, and all things are permissible. The “ends justify the means.”
3. The State is the ultimate authority and vehicle for establishing universal equality. It should have enough power (no limits) to bring about universal equality which is the ultimate objective.
4. Individual rights are determined by The State. What the State gives, the State can take away. Rights are not unalienable.
5. Means of production are controlled by The State. Factories, farms, forests, etc.). are owned or controlled by the State using central planning.
6. Capitalism and private property ownership are “evil”. They promote greed and inequality, the ultimate sins.
7. There is only one party. It controls all aspects of society to include media, education, entertainment, etc.
8. The end result is the same. Utopian promises have always resulted in dystopia because it is based on falsehoods, such as the nature of man: primarily good (people, especially, leaders) can be trusted to do what’s best for the common good.
“Are all Americans who call themselves democrats Marxists?” This answer should be obvious- we’re talking about Democratic Socialists. Again, list what “democrats” believe in and compare it to what Marxist ideology involves.
“Political categories are poorly defined.” OK then, define what they should be. There are almost as many variables in defining political spectrums as there are people writing about them.
“…democratic socialism is based on godless Marxism is simply false.” This is false; socialism is socialism- read paras. 1-8 again, and “democratic” supposedly means electing their leaders. Right!! In practice, it’s been one election and then the need for more elections disappear.
“The vast majority of Venezuelans identify as Christians.” So were the majority of Germans when they “voted” for Hitler. What matters then and now is the ideology supported by the person you vote for, and the real-world track record. Make/Keep America Great or make America Venezuela! Read the last sentence as many times as required to understand and vote accordingly. If all voters did that, Trump would win in a landslide. In our upcoming election, it’s American conservatism vs. “democratic socialism” which is, in reality, anything but democratic based on the utterances of some of its leaders, and then of course, there’s the Marxist-hijacked BLM and its influence on the so-called “Democratic Party”. We’re getting a preview right now of what’s in store for America if Biden/Dem. Socialists are put in charge.
“…many communist and socialist countries adhere to principles of freedom…” Name them, but don’t mention Scandinavian countries- they are capitalist countries with large social programs. While I’m at it, socialism and social programs are not the same. Social programs such as social security, Medicare, welfare, etc. can be administered under any political system, even communism. Socialism is a political and economic system which I’ve described above.
FS says
Well said!!! You really have insights! Wisdom is in the discernment.
Karen says
Democrats say capitalism is greed and evil. No. There’s nothing wrong with someone who works and and wants a nice home and other nice things. It is not oppressive. The right are not the radical ones. But the left are. They condone and encourage blm an the marxist. And there is no room Christian people in a social/communist country. Christians are be killed for there beliefs and faith.
Anonymous says
Please provide evidence of these Christians being killed for their beliefs and faith. Also, please google Marxism so you can actually understand what it means and what it stood for. Then google Jonestown and cults and see the similarities of those behaviors and that of Republicans.
Then google fascism and explain to me why you’re ok with that, but socialism is so radical and evil.
Anonymous says
All your missing is wisdom from above and lots of Jesus!
Kirk says
Perfectly explained!
Denise says
I consider myself a democrat and I live America. All I want is decent healthcare, equal rights for all and to not be have believe in god. Is don’t bother anyone and I have many friends from both parties. I don’t think I deserve to be hated. I’m a child advocate, pay my taxes and stay out of trouble. But I get labeled a libtard and I American. This country is so full of hate because nobody can respect a persons political choices. I don’t like Trump but that’s because of the crap he did before he became president. None of the dems I know are anything like this man described. I’m 58 and have never seen the hate I see today. It’s really scary.
Jim says
It’s your right to choose Denise, no one has the right to tell you otherwise. Myself I come from a Democratic family, we (my brothers & sister) were raised democrats, but we are DIVIDED now. I don’t know if it’s because one half of us is awake and the other half is asleep or not, but politics is a sore subject when we talk to each other, so we leave it dormant and don’t even bring it up. I don’t make my voting choices because of the way my family votes, I truly don’t care.how they vote, I vote for myself. With that said, I’ll say this; I listen to the candidates that are running for office, I want to know what they are going to do for the American people, how are they going to help us.
For years all we ever heard from all of them is; “I WON”T RAISE TAXES,” I think everyone of us was getting tired of hearing that campaign LIE. every four (4) years….
When president Trump ran for office, I didn’t vote for him. Why? Because my thoughts were, oh yeah as soon as he gets in office, he’s going to take care of all his RICH buddies and forget about his campaign promises. I thought he was just looking to put another check mark on his list of Billionaire accomplishments. Boy was I wrong.
I watched after President Trump got elected to see if he was going really do anything.
Well once again I was impressed with President Trump.
Here was a president that wasn’t sitting around waiting to be sworn in before he went to work to repair our country, he jumped right in. Starting with the overhaul of “OBAMA CARE” (which I never liked).
Another thing that impressed me about President Trump was he was actually talking to us America’s citizens) and keeping us (America) informed as to what he doing and the progress he was making..
While at the same time the HATRED was rising up from the Democratic party (sore because they lost), I don’t ever remember the Republican party acting this way when they lost to OBAMA. The republican party just let President Obama (who also had no political experience) run the country. There was no Republican vendetta against Obama because they lost the election nor did they show HATRED towards him (as the Democrats have shown towards President Trump).
I’ve found President Trump to be strong willed and meaning what he says President, he bows down, nor surrenders to no one, President Trump has to be the strongest President I have ever seen. I’ve often wondered how he retains his energy, he seems to never sleep, I don’t believe (unless I missed it) he ever stops to actually enjoy himself (no work).
President Trump has done a lot since taking office, but the media and the Democrats don’t want those who could possibly turn and vote for him in this upcoming election to know this.
For Instance President Trump formed a new trade agreement between Canada the United States & Mexico (CUSMA)
President Trump stopped letting China take advantage us with their tariffs. We were paying high Tariffs on goods being sold in their country while China was paying outrageously low tariffs on goods sold in our country.
President trump has brought businesses back to the U.S ending outsourcing. With that accomplished, unemployment dropped to an all time low in the U.S.
President Trump also got Steel factories up and running again (they’ve been down for years)..
“MADE IN THE USA” is President Trumps goal for our future
He’s has addressed the nuclear arms issue with North Korea & Iran and imposed embargo’s.
Our border wall, which the Democrats don’t like. I don’t know how you feel about the border wall, but everyone using the words “we are a free country” has nothing to do with the wall. We have no problem with people entering our country as long as it’s done legally. The wall is to keep those who want to immigrate to our country, honest.
The Democrats want to give away our tax money to people who are not U.S. citizens. Of course they will debate you, but California’s Governor (Democrat) has been on tv saying this is just one of things he would like to do. So American citizens starve while he and his constituents give away our hard earned money to someone that is not a U.S citizen?
Also have you ever stopped to think about the BLM (I call them terrorist), here are armed soldiers in battle dress uniforms terrorizing the city of Portland (Democrat State), while the Governor, who has the power to call up the National Guard and restore law & order, does nothing. And… why does the Governor want the President to pull the federal agents he sent; out of Portland? Same thing in Chicago & New York (also Democrat States). None of these Cities have done anything to protect the American people nor the assets of the city. These are the people you want running the country. NOT ME.
I’ll stop there, but the list is much, much longer. Plus everything you say you want in the President you vote for… well that’s exactly what President Trump wants for you and every other American citizen in our country, He fights everyday for America’s Rights & Freedoms and he gets treated like dirt by the Democrats.
Do you realize that the HOUSE has not done one dang thing in four (4) years; there are BILLS in Washington that have been up there since I was a kid, but have they looked at them? “NO!” They’ve been to busy trying to overthrow our President? Four years?, that is the most time I have ever seen or heard of them (politicians) actually being at work in Washington, I didn’t say doing work, I said being at work. Now that is pure HATRED. But as you have seen, it hasn’t swayed our President in the least, he still presses on trying to straighten out the mess that has been created over the years.
Oh “YES,” I will for sure vote for President Trump this time. I’m not for the government telling me how to dress, where, when and what I can eat, if I can come out of my house or if I have to stay in, who I can talk to, who I can’t, how close I stand to someone, if I can see my family or not… I love my rights and freedoms to much to relinquish them to the the democratic party, my eyes are wide open, I see what their agenda is and I refuse to let them control my life.
Mikey says
It is incredible the lengths Democrats and more specifically Progressives will go to just to paint themselves and their views as virtuous. When in reality what do their views boil down to? Destroying the 1st and 2nd amendment. They used to say that was just Conservative conspiracy yet here we are, June 2020, and Progressives are rioting and demanding anyone with old tweets that they see as bad be shut down or fired from whatever job they hold. Demanding Police allow criminals to flee after assaulting police if they are Black. The open attacks on the right to bear arms is very clear from the endless proposed bans and laws. California puts out new restrictions every year. Now we have the NYT promoting journalists who write how much they have White men yet shut down any conservative op-eds. The Hypocrisy is insane.
Anonymous says
Denise,
So you consider yourself a “democrat” and you love America- I do not doubt it. However, be advised that the so-called Democratic Party is definitely not the party of your parents or your younger years (think JFK and Harry Truman who were staunch anti-communists); now it would be hard to tell the difference between this party’s platform and that of the Communist Party USA’s!). If you are “hated”, it’s most likely for your support of socialist politicians who will attempt to use a political ideology that has ruined every country where it’s been tried: Soviet Union, North Korea, East Germany, Cuba, etc. Now, it’s Venezuela, once the richest country in South America. Leftism/Marxism destroys everything it touches as seen in many of our cities that the Dem. Socialists have controlled for years. Rioting and looting are continuing in some of these cities.
A lot of good, well-intended people have had the wool pulled over their eyes for quite some time by political activists who masquerade as unbiased journalists who favor one political party. They are functioning more like a propaganda ministry than a free press which is critical in the democratic process associated with self- government. However, much to their credit, over 2/3rds of the American people don’t trust them, and rightly so. The main rule in dealing with a propaganda ministry is to ignore them or assume that whatever they say, the actual truth is closer to the opposite! Compounding the problem is an education system that indoctrinates students instead of educating them; i.e., teaching students what to think instead of how to think.
The most critical consideration, especially during a presidential election, is the political ideologies associated with the candidates. You are not electing just the “Chief Executive”, but also the people who will be working with the President and elsewhere. The most critical responsibility of any leader is:
1. Defense. The #1 priority is to protect the American people and American interests at home and abroad. Failure here and nothing else matters. Trump:
– Directed rebuilding of US military, acting to counter Iran and block its path for acquiring nuclear weapons, and acting to strengthen NATO
– Is working to build border wall despite fierce obstruction from a party that places political power over national security and personal safety.
– Formed new Space Command to counter weaponization of space by potential enemies.
2. Promote American prosperity. A strong economy benefits all people and is a major factor in defense considerations. Trump:
– Withdrew US from job-killing deals such as Trans-Pacific Partnership and unfair Paris Climate Accord.
– Jump-started America’s workers and economy by cutting taxes and getting rid of job-killing regulations
– Unlocked America’s vast energy resources. Energy policies have resulted in America as the #1 energy oil producer with many more job opportunities.
– Is defending essential rights such as freedom of religion, right to life, and self defense..
3. Biden Proposals. A Biden victory in the next election will mean a 3rd term of a former president who will try to undo all the good that Trump has accomplished- “fundamental transformation”. Biden,under direction from the radical left, will promote:
– Reduced spending on military and police.
– Rejoining Paris Climate Accord.
– Cutting off spending for border wall and possibly even tear it down.
– Increased taxes on businesses and individuals.
– Renewed attacks on Christians, conservatives, law enforcement.
In summary, as noted by past actions and comments, Biden and the radical Dem. Socialists are anti-God, anti-America, anti-Christian, anti-fundamental rights such as freedom of religion, right to defend oneself, anti-rule of law, anti-capitalism, anti-family, etc. In short, they are against everything that the West and America stand for. The choice could not be clearer: American Conservatism/Republican with Trump who gets the right things done or Dem. Socialism with that other guy. Is it going to be a prosperous future with individual liberty that has resulted in the greatest country to ever have existed, or possibly catastrophic failure and misery that has failed every time it has been tried in the real world? If you and others who claim to love America, then vote accordingly. Try to overcome all the propaganda and indoctrination designed to increase political power of one party and the wealth that goes with that power. It’ll be the top party hacks and the managers of the means of production who consider themselves “more equal” than the rest of us. And the rest of us do not matter at all! “For the people” means only certain elites”!
GERALD BOYUM says
Reply to Greg Rendahl’s Response, May 26, 2020
1. Nice try in your non-answers and non-sequiturs in an attempt to dodge the questions. These items are not rhetorical questions; to get anywhere in a discussion of reality, I need good, realistic answers. I’ve listed fundamental issues- some are mutually exclusive (like a coin toss- either heads or tails); i.e., God either exists or He doesn’t. The evidence for a Creator God is all around us, starting with us humans and the natural world. “The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth shows his handiwork.” (Psalms 19-1)
2.“… hard won socialism…”. The items you’ve listed are social programs, not socialism which is a political and economic system. There are huge differences, but too many people use them interchangeably. These programs can be administered by any form of government, including socialist and even communist ones.
Here are some of the key elements of a socialist government: ultimate authority, The State; anti-God, anti-Christian, anti-America, anti-family, etc.; government ownership of the means of production and distribution of goods, no limits on government power, centralized planning of economy, diminished individual liberties, one-party system, control of media and education, etc.
3. Compromise. There is a spectrum of beliefs, from Hard Left to Hard Right; not all Leftists would agree with all of the Hard Left positions just as most American conservatives would not agree with the Hard Right positions. Examples of Hard Right would be Iran. Left positions in the real world are those of North Korea, former Soviet Union, Cuba, etc. where people are killed or imprisoned for not supporting the current regime.
Key fundamentals are non-negotiable; any compromise on these means that a person no longer believes in them. However, some polls use a spectrum of “Strongly Agree” to “Strongly Disagree” and “Undecided”, The sum of answers will determine where a person stands on these major issues and the subsequent positions. Incidentally, I’ve seen only one survey that uses the fundamental belief or foundation that starts with the existence of a supernatural creator:
a. God either exists or He doesn’t. It’s a “YES/NO” answer. This is the most important decision a person can make. Ideas have consequences and theological ideas have tremendous consequences.
The answers to this vital question separate the “wheat from the chaff” right up front and will determine how a person, especially politicians, would respond to the following choices. No survey is really valid if the starting point or foundation is omitted. As I’ve mentioned before, the political ideology supported by candidates, especially at the federal and state levels is the key determinant as to how a person should vote: it determines the future path of our country.
Put me down as “Strongly Agree” or ”Yes” on the critical choices. Strong Atheists would respond as “Strongly Disagree” or “No” for #1. This is irrational- a person would have to have the knowledge of a god to make such a statement- ability to know what’s in the whole universe and all its dimensions!
Iran, a theocracy, would be a “Strong Right” selection followed by Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries that execute people for not “believing. America now would be closer to the middle, whereas in colonial times, it would have been farther to the right
b. Origin Of Man. Divine Creation or Evolution of Man. “Yes” or “Strongly Agree”. There is no evidence whatsoever that supports “molecule-monkey-man evolution.
c. Man’s Nature. Flawed, not changeable vs. basically good and changeable. It is impossible to develop any system involving human interaction, especially government, without answering this question. It was the reason why the Founders designed our government with separation of power (three branches) and limits on government (Bill of Rights). The Soviets tried for 70 years to develop “The New Soviet Man”, but they failed as did the Soviet Union.
4. “…President I was not ashamed of.” You can clarify this statement by identifying what a Chief Executive of the United States is responsible for; i.e. a “job description”. Candidates are “interviewing” for this position as are all the others for “key open positions” in Federal and States. We, the voters, will be making “hiring choices” and you’d think that this would be obvious, but it’s not. Why not? Is it the attitude of media and education that we really don’t want an educated citizenry, but one that can be manipulated by propaganda and indoctrination? Do I have to develop this critical item? I don’t mean you or other citizens; I’m talking political parties, think tanks, higher education, etc. Of course, if any of them actually would tackle this critical element; it would most quickly devolve into vague nonsense, non-actionable generalities and emotional appeals designed to confuse and manipulate the public as is too often now. The founding documents would be the first places to start when writing job descriptions.
For the presidency, I’ll start with the #1 priority for any leader and others in the Federal and state governments: defend America from all foreign and internal enemies. Failure here would render anything less meaningless. Just ask the French during WWII and South Koreans during that war.
Greg Rendahl says
On your point 2, virtually all progressives want more and better “social programs.” Your concerns over communism and socialism approach the hysterical. The Trump Administration is constantly seeking more authority both directly from Trump and from the endless string of sycophantic subordinates. Today’s cult iteration of conservative Christianity is an anti-Christ movement that makes a sick joke of Christ’s teachings. Money and power, the God of Mammon takes over. The Federalist Society with Trump and Republicans are shoving corporate-loving, money-loving judges down our throats that will plague our nation for years.
GERALD BOYUM says
1. On Point #1. No response yet, but I’m not surprised by the inability or unwillingness of leftists to articulate foundational elements of their belief system. I would definitely re-examine my belief system, especially the source, if I had concerns about discussing it publicly.
I thought that you wanted to talk “realities” and the best way is to begin with the foundation of a belief system which is the “Ultimate Reality” or source of absolute truth and moral standards. This reality is the source of law and governing political philosophies that are used as the foundation of every social order. As has been demonstrated many times throughout history and mentioned in the Bible, a false foundation is a prescription for disaster.
2.“all progressives”. I can remember when “progressive” meant “communist” as in “progressing” from capitalism to socialism to communism, the end goal.
3.“sycophantic”. Leftists have a well-developed capability for “projection” – accusing others what they are guilty of in spades. When Obama was in the White House, much of mainstream media fell all over themselves in fawning over him and covering up for him; other public figures even called him “The Messiah” or “Savior”, and teachers had their students sing songs about him. Now, where else in the world were (or are) things like this done?
4. “Anti-Christian, money and power, etc.” also describes many leftists, including the Clintons. Weren’t they almost broke at one time, but now have a net worth of over $150 million? It must have been all those good investments in the stock market. Trump certainly has fulfilled many of his campaign promises already; however, he did America a huge favor by keep one of the most corrupt individuals out of the White House.
Other comments: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” Speaking of “stones”, “Let he who is without sin throw the first stone.”
5. “Federalist Society”. Never heard of them, but I’m not a lawyer or legal scholar. However, it sounds as though they’re on the right track by pushing for justices and judges who read FROM the Constitution and other legal documents, not INTO them using their personal beliefs as though they were the original writers. Here is the source of “legislating from the bench” which is about as unconstitutional as it can get.
BTW, much of the Dem. Socialist playbook comes from Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals” which is all about gaining political power by whatever means necessary. Both Obama and Hillary were quite familiar with Alinsky and his work.
Devout says
On the 4th point, just saying “Yeah BUT THE ENEMY DOES IT TOO” is an extremely childish response. How do you base so many of your claims on the Christian faith and yet back a man whose greed and gluttonous manner precede any mental picture of him you could possibly paint?
Greg Rendahl says
Hello, Mr. Boyum. On your point 1, I and most folks don’t care about the opinions of Alexander (?) or David Barton. On point 2, “smallpox blankets” are a speculative possibility, but other cases of mass killings of Indians are undeniable facts. The 5,000 mile forced march on the Trail of Tears left thousands dead. The massacre at Wounded Knee was so despicable that large numbers of medals of honor were given to our soldiers. On point 3, yes, Christians were a very important force that led to the end of slavery in the British Empire and in America. 1% or less of black slaves were owned by free blacks. Large southern farmers were the driving force in the continuation of slavery. They worshiped money over decency which nearly destroyed the United States. Despicably, one still sometimes sees the most evil symbol in American history, the Confederate flag. On point 4, you make the totally false statement that one political party seeks to “eliminate charitable organizations.” Interestingly, none of your Bible verses come from The Gospels. Conservative Christians seem to always spend more efforts on the opinions of ancient figures other than Christ. “Sell your possessions, and give to the poor” Luke 12:33. “You can not serve both God and Money” Matt 6:24. The man with two shirts must share with him who has none, and anyone with food must do the same” Luke 3:11. “sell everything you have and distribute to the poor” Luke 18:22. and Mark 10:21 “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God” Mark 10:25. See also: Luke 6:20, Luke 14:33, and Luke 16: 10-15. Now days there are growing numbers of fake Christian ministers who preach the “prosperity gospel” aimed at those who hate Christ’s teachings.
GERALD BOYUM says
1.“… I and most folks”? Here is a bandwagon logical fallacy that implies that most everyone believes or is doing it-be with the “crowd”. Is this perhaps the case of “does truth determine your agenda, or does your agenda determine what you’ll accept as truth? I suppose I could have taken the same close-minded approach about “opinions” of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Howard Zinn (wrote “A People’s History of the United States” with no references. A better title would have been “A People’s History of the United States Through the Lens of Marxism’s Trinity: Class, Sex and Race”), et.al. But reading “The Communist Manifesto” and the history of communism/socialism has been worthwhile in understanding where the Dem. Socialist primary beliefs and playbook come from. I know several people who lived under Communism in eastern European countries who escaped before emigrating to the US. They all said the same thing: “I can’t believe we’re hearing the same crap over here that we heard then. We’ve been warned by former Russians who lived in the Soviet Union many times, and currently by Venezuelans about the dangers of communism/socialism. However, we have people here who think that they’re smarter than the Founding Fathers, and even God. Smart people learn from their mistakes; really smart people learn from other people’s mistakes. People whose political philosophies are based on emotion and fantasy are incapable of learning and must “learn the hard way”. Problem is that all will suffer if they are successful.
2. Mass killings of Indians are well-documented and undeniable. I have not encountered anyone denying this. When people bring up examples of “man’s inhumanity to man” they are confirming a truth of the Bible, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. [except Jesus] (Romans 3-23) It’s why a savior, Jesus, is required.
3. Black slaves owned by blacks. Here is an attempt at minimizing the significance of this fact. As I mentioned previously, black African chieftains and slave “catchers” were the origins of this slave supply chain- the number most likely was much higher than 1%, and it may be closer to 100%. 1% may seem insignificant, but it’s the impact that counts. Would you feel reassured if your doctor told you that he/she has good news from your diagnosis; only 1% of your body cells are cancerous?
4. “… the most evil symbol in America, the Confederate flag.” Really? I would have guessed, according to radical leftists, that it is our country’s flag that represents an evil country. At any rate, it is part of southern history that represents their efforts to preserve their states’ rights, the right to secede. I wonder if you would feel comfortable writing or saying that statement in Georgia, Alabama, etc.
5.“… totally false statement…” I probably could have worded it differently. I was primarily thinking about the leftist war on The Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of Catholic nuns who minister to the poor and adhere to their church’s teaching on sterilization, abortion, and contraception. Also, other cases involve bakers who have refused to provide cakes for same-sex marriages and have been threatened with lawsuits that could put them out of business. At any rate, the Left has worked to ban crosses and nativity scenes from the public square, Christmas symbols including the colors red and green Christmas carols, voluntary prayers, and posting the Ten Commandments, voluntary prayers, etc. from public schools. Then, there’s Hollywood that puts out movies (10 pieces of garbage for every one that treats Christianity respectfully), blasphemous performances mocking the Catholic Church at award ceremonies, and artists painting blasphemous pictures.
6 “ …none of your Bible verses…” As a person who seems to be reasonably familiar with the Bible, you should know what is coming:
a. Jesus recognized the two divisions of the Old Testament as divinely authoritative. “Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. (Mathew 5:17,18).
b. Jesus cited 14 different Old Testament Books. For example:
– Marriage, from Genesis. Mark 10:6-8.
– Ten Commandments, from Exodus. Luke 18:20.
Greg Rendahl says
Mr. Boyum, I find it vastly interesting how people can view the same reality in such different ways. I’ll finish up here with just a couple of points. First, I think you worry excessively over communism. It absolutely ain’t gonna happen here. Secondly, Howard Zinn did America a great favor by writing A People’s History. In high school we learned about some Presidents and some dates and some wars, blah, blah, blah… Zinn brings alive the struggles of workers, women, minorities, etc. He shows how so many brave people fought for their rights, because without fighting, either peacefully or violently, the downtrodden will never get anywhere.
GERALD BOYUM says
1. Are we actually viewing the same realities? Reality is defined as the state of things as they actually exist, what we consider to be true, as opposed to an idealistic idea of reality. Let’s see where we may differ.
Reality #1. Ultimate Authority. The question of authority is inescapable. All belief systems have a starting point or foundation that must be accepted by faith. Is it God as He has revealed Himself in the Bible, or Man’s institution, The State, based on godless Marxism and secular humanism?
2. This ultimate authority is then used to evaluate the truths of subsequent beliefs or presuppositions that are assumed to be true:
a. Reality #2. Origin of Man. Divine creation or evolution from lower life forms? The answer is vital in questions involving “right to life” such as abortion, euthanasia.
b. Reality #3. Individual Rights. Endowed by our Creator or determined by The State? If the latter, rights are not unalienable; i.e., they can be invented or taken away.
c. Reality #4. Man’s Nature. Flawed and unchangeable or basically good and changeable? People, especially leaders, will do what’s right for the common good. History says otherwise. This is a primary reason why socialism fails.
d. Reality #5. Purpose of Government. Protect fundamental individual rights and secure blessings of liberty or establish universal material equality?
e. Reality #6. Purpose of Law. Establish “will of the masses” as defined by leaders, or punish and restrain evil (man’s behavior), and provide justice for all people. Without absolute moral standards as a foundation, justice and order are not possible.
f. Reality #7. Role of Property and Economic System. Private or government owned/control of the means of production? Creator of wealth and key part of individual liberty, or sources of greed and inequality?
g. Reality #8. A vision is a road map for the future of any organization, including countries.
Is it “fundamental transformation” from a Biblically-based foundation that has resulted in the greatest country to ever exist, to a system based on godless Marxism that has failed wherever it’s been tried in the real world, sometimes catastrophically? President Trump with his “Make/Keep America Great Again” closely mirrors the Founders’ vision. Democratic Socialism contradicts almost everything associated with the Founders vision and American Conservatism. The political ideology supported by a presidential candidate and other politicians is the most important factor in determining who should lead us. A focus on reality vs. emotions and fantasy based on lies and falsehoods should indicate which path America should take.
3. Worry about communism? No, we shouldn’t be concerned about a growing trend, especially among younger people who’ve not experienced the Cold War and are most susceptible to the leftist propaganda of “free stuff” and other appeals to emotion who seem to favor a political system that has failed miserably and sometimes catastrophically in the real world? In a way, I agree that it “ain’t going to happen here”. The route to communism is socialism which will fail before the end state of communism is reached.
“The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But under the name of ‘liberalism’, they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened.” Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist Party presidential candidate 1940,1944, and 1948.
Greg Rendahl says
Mr. Boyum, I see you are basically an either/or kind of guy without moderations or compromise, I don’t know if you think the hard won socialism that we have, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, college help, etc. are evil Marxism or if you have grudgingly (?) accepted them. I don’t know if you think if was a good idea for Trump and the republicans to cut taxes mostly on the wealthy and give us trillion dollar deficits. I don’t know if you think we should have the freedom to infect grandma in the nursing home with covid or the check out girl in the grocery store. We need compromise to decide what freedom we should have. Some might like to drink and drive and not worry about dang old lane guidelines on roads. Personally, I’d love to have a President I was not ashamed of.
Aaron Bishop says
Greetings Jeff, you seemed to miss my last post to you on your article.
It is quite difficult to know where to begin. Lot’s of “He said, he said” arguments, as far up the chain as I dare go.
Let us just start this whole thing off with this rather true statement from our President. “Leadership: Whatever happens, you’re responsible. If it doesn’t happen, you’re responsible.” Pre-Candidate Trump on Nov 8, 2013
You said: “S] “Trump fired the Pandemic Response Team.” [Van Gorp]
A] Such a nasty lie. John Bolton had orders to streamline and reorganize the National Security Council. Senior Director of Global Health Admiral Tim Ziemer resigned in May 2018, but the pandemic response staff stayed on and continues to serve, a key part of NSC.”
John Bolton had orders to streamline. True. Two notables: 1. Orders from whom? Well, orders from whom is simple. Ultimately, Bolton was acting on behalf of Trump’s orders. The President didn’t specifically fire individuals, however, he certainly gave that authority to Bolton. Essentially, Bolton’s actions were signed off by the President, who is (in his words) “responsible”. And 2. Streamlining meaning what exactly? And how?
You claimed “the pandemic response staff stayed on and continues to serve, a key part of NSC”. I think it would be more accurate to say that the Pandemic Response Team was largely disbanded, but *some* members were reassigned to relevant roles, not all. The CDC team assigned in to China was particularly hard hit by this “streamlining” process. The Administration via Bolton under President Trump cut staff by more than 2/3rds in China, according to a report from Reuters. “The CDC’s China headcount has shrunk to around 14 staffers, down from approximately 47 people since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, the documents show. The four people, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the losses included epidemiologists and other health professionals…” (Taylor, 3/25)” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-slashed-cdc-staff-inside-china-prior-to-coronavirus-outbreak-idUSKBN21C3N5
Indeed, it appears some of the Pandemic Response Team were reassigned and continue to work within the NCS. As in many cases, there are half-truths and misunderstandings abound.
You said: S] “Medicare for All would save $450 billion and 68,000 lives per year.” [ Van Gorp]
A] What a whopper. While the leftist media touts those numbers, competent experts including MIT Professor Simon Johnson estimate an increased cost of 13.5 to 47.5 TRILLION over 10 years. When did a government administrated system ever operate on budget or deliver equal results for less money? Saving lots of lives? I doubt it.
Let us delve into what *more* MIT Professor Simon Johnson had to say on the subject, not just his cherry-picked comments you provided. I believe this is the same source from which you retrieved your information, but it is hard to tell because you did not cite your sources in your original article.
“Johnson collaborated with Donald Berwick, who served as CMS administrator during the Obama administration, on his analysis. Johnson emphasizes that he does not work for the Warren campaign but was asked as an independent expert to review it. Berwick helped Warren formulate her Medicare for all plan, according to many media reports. Johnson has cowritten a second analysis, with Betsey Stevenson of the University of Michigan and Mark Zandi of Moody’s Analytics, that assesses Warren’s plans to raise enough revenue to properly fund Medicare for all.
The bottom line, he says, is that the revenue-raising and cost-cutting estimates in Warren’s proposal, relative to the Urban Institute’s estimates, are credible. “Every projection has to deal with some uncertainty, but we feel confident there is less here because we were evaluating very specific and plausible policy choices,” Johnson says. “The baseline government forecast of what will happen to costs under the current law is considerably more likely to be wrong on the downside—that is, in being too low—than Warren’s plan for the simple reason that in a single-payer system, you can control health care costs,” he says.” -https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2019/12/so-how-much-would-medicare-all-really-cost-good-question
You said: S] “Normal wasn’t working.” [Van Gorp]
A] Really? The Free Market has created more wealth and raised more living standards than any other system. America was booming, and it will again. Socialism never works. Prove me wrong.”
The Free-Market has done wonderful things for many people. However, liberals would likely ultimately contend that the Free-Market no longer exists, nor does the “Invisible Hand”. Instead, liberals would likely argue that a heavy, yet subtle hand has been pushed on the scales of economic justice to favor the wealthier comparatively more and greater over the last several decades. As I said in my previous article about the economy, such things as the Stock Market are not good indicators for how things are going for the average American. Look at what is happening now. The recent stock market rallies, even within a time when COVID-19 is claiming tens of millions of jobs in a matter of weeks, is evidence that it benefits only a fraction of people and is therefore a reflection of only a fraction of people who hold the majority of stocks.
Your obsession with Socialism is a constant source of amusement. It’s almost as if you think that most liberals and Democrats advocate for a full-blown Socialist state, instead of Capitalism to be reigned in. Remember the heavy and visible hand weighing down economic justice? What do I mean by that? Who writes the laws? I think you may find many liberals recognize that key bills are authored by large companies (with ideas to benefit themselves chiefly) and signed on by Congressmembers who likely are financial beneficiaries of the same companies come election season. The fact is, it is not a fact that the more you work the better off you’ll be in this system we have. The ideal capital meritocracy does not exist for so many as you seem to believe it does.
You said: S] “Asian Americans are being Scapegoated for CV19.” [Buckbee]
A] Where? Big cities? No rational person would do that. China is being blamed, deservedly so. Americans are overwhelmingly decent people, not racists.”
When you say “China is being blamed” what do you mean? The government? The culture? The people? I would agree that Americans are overwhelmingly good, decent people. But it does not take a vast majority to make problems for others. This means that “Asian Americans are being scapegoated for CV19” and “No rational person would do that” and “Americans are overwhelmingly decent people, not racists” can ALL be true at the same time. It is not a dichotomy.
You said: S] “Trump called the Coronavirus a Hoax!” [Buckbee, Torgrimson]
A] Even the Left leaning SNOPES called this stinker a lie and I quote, “Trump did not call the coronavirus a hoax.” Excuse us if we don’t hold our breath waiting for you haters to publish a retraction.”
Actually, SNOPES called this a Mixture, not a “lie” (which I do not believe is even a categorical conclusion they provide). https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/
And you quoted them wrong. I could wager a guess as to why, but I won’t. What you said SNOPES said was: “Trump did not call the coronavirus a hoax” what SNOPES actually said was: “*Despite creating some confusion with his remarks,* Trump did not call the coronavirus *itself* a hoax.” And therein lies the confusion, likely from the authors you were responding to, and the media itself that reported such. This is what President Trump actually said at the Feb 28th rally: -Feb 28th https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-charleston-south-carolina-rally-transcript-february-28-2020
So, it’s clear to see that President Trump wasn’t clear about what he meant. But, to his credit, he did clarify the next day. – Feb 29th Press Conference: https://factba.se/transcript/donald-trump-press-conference-white-house-coronavirus-february-29-2020
And that is quite understandable. The problem is, there was quite a bit of time between the original statement and the clarification. Time where, due to the sincerely ambiguous remarks, the American public watching could reach their own conclusions as to what the President meant. I think something that most Republicans and Democrats alike can agree on is that President Trump is not a great orator. Hence the confusion and continue circulation of this belief. Naturally, some people on the left will likely believe Trump meant the virus itself, but backpedaled when advised to, something that is certainly not uncommon in his tactics.
You said: “S] “The Trump Administration’s response has been total chaos.” [Torgrimson]
A] Some things could have been done better. Is it fair to say a phony collusion with Russia investigation and an ill-advised impeachment attempt caused unfortunate distractions? I think so. But many leaders had let their guard down. Pandemic expert Dr. Anthony Fauci was on the radio on January 25 telling us the risk to Americans was “very, very low.” As late as March 11, Democrat politicians [Pelosi, Schumer, de Blasio, Cuomo] were on mass media urging citizens to gather, go to movies, attend parades in Chinatown, and pushing legislation in Congress to curtail the President’s ability to enact travel bans. But the pandemic staff [you know, the one Trump supposedly fired two years ago!] was intact and functioning. Despite Democrat opposition, Trump wisely implemented travel bans experts say saved many thousands of lives, and set up a task force that has held hospitalizations and fatalities far below projections.”
No. It is not fair to say that. What were the President’s responsibilities that were distracting him from this? And what did the President do during the month of February after this ended?
Dr. Anthony Fauci CDC Director Redfield were: “pretty certain that this was not transmitted human to human” given what the information coming out of China suggested in January.
As for other officials encouraging people to go out and about, my question for you is, what were their resources compared to those of the President’s? Were they right? No. They were wrong. But President Trump did not provide any federal guidelines for coronavirus concerns. Bill de Blasio’s comments about going out “If you’re under 50 & healthy” should include the context that the knowledge of how COVID19 may spread before symptoms show up wasn’t available yet. Even now: “Some reports have indicated that people with no symptoms can transmit the virus. It is not yet known how often it happens. WHO is assessing ongoing research on the topic and will continue to share updated findings” https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses.
Without the resources nor guidance from the Federal Government, mistakes by States and State Officials were made. Even after March 13th, when the Administration finally made the National Emergency Declaration, it forced states to compete with not only each other, but the Federal Government for acquiring the much anticipatedly needed medical equipment.
As far as I can tell, Congress’ push for the No Ban Act took place on March 11th, which had by far most of the co-signatures *before* the Coronavirus was even detected in China (meaning it predates all of this and wasn’t a response to the travel ban from China): https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2214/cosponsors?searchResultViewType=expanded&KWICView=false
Additionally, a key point here is that roughly 40,000 people still came to America from China after this travel ban from China was enacted. Clearly, that was enough for the virus to infect more Americans than Chinese.
Let us end with some thoughts. Crimson Contagion was a simulation designed to show U.S. blind spots. This was conducted last year. Also, how often has President Trump called upon the reduction of CDC funds (which Congress denied)? Finally, what do you think of the people marching in state capitals, even going so far as to block ambulances?
Joe says
A response this long, full of big words and vague concepts, is obviously a untruthful I don’t even necessary disagree with your viewpoint, but, boy, you can do a better job explaining yourself. This would get a grade off “C” at best on a high school opinion piece assignment.
Aaron Bishop says
Greetings Joe,
Full of big words?
Also, for more context of what I wrote and why, you’d need to go to the original article and follow the comments.
Cheers!
Jon Trouten says
How many commentaries and letters to the editor does the FCJ need that assert why their neighbors who have different opinions hate the country and them?
Greg Rendahl says
“American Conservatism…founded on Biblical/Christian principles…” Yes, murder the Indians, enslave blacks and later try to never let them have full human rights, deny women the right to vote, deny LGBTQ folks equal rights, fight against Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps while endlessly pushing riches at the wealthy… “Democratic Socialism, based on…” the teachings of JESUS. Jesus was possibly the greatest promoter of the poor and denigrator of the wealthy in the history of the world. Surely, you must know that.
Gatekeeper says
LORD JESUS I REPENT OF MY SINS AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE MY LORD AND SAVIOR. AMEN The truth will set you free.
Christ says
Liar, I’m ashamed and embarrassed you bring your pony-ass fairy tales into your definition of America, grow up.
God says
Gatekeeper,
For the love of ME, stop your babbling!
Jeffrey Erding says
@ Mr. Rendahl, you are not just your usual ” frequently wrong” this time, you are amazingly, spectacularly wrong!
Blaming Republicans for the persecution of native Americans?? How could that be, when the Republican party didn’t exist until the early 1860’s, and was organized mainly to oppose any expansion of slavery? It’s unfair to judge those who lived many decades ago by modern standards, but Democrats like Andrew Jackson were the driving force behind the relocation of Tribal people beyond the Mississippi to western reservation lands deemed worthless to white settlers.
Slave owners and the politicians that supported them were all DEMOCRATS, not Republicans. The Ku Klux Klan was formed and composed of ONLY DEMOCRATS, and continued to be so in the modern era with prominent DEMOCRAT politicians providing support and leadership.
Republicans formed a party and nominated Abraham Lincoln as a successful presidential candidate. Republicans prevailed over Democrats in the Civil war that ended slavery, and 100 years later overcame stubborn opposition from Democrats to grant equal rights to Black citizens.
Republicans do not oppose equal rights for LGBTQ people, but we do reserve the right to refuse participation and support for actions which our properly held beliefs deem morally wrong, as is our right under the Constitution.
Democrat policies have wreaked mass damage on the black community, destroying the family structure that children need to thrive, encouraging fatherlesness, discouraging marriage, creating a welfare state and government dependence with their poisonous, sickening bigotry of low expectation.
The best social program is a JOB. and the Trump Administration and Republicans have done more good for minorities and the poor in 3 years by accident than Democrats under Obama did on purpose in 8.
Democrats, the party of Jesus???My goodness, what an imagination one must have to support that fantasy. Mr. Rendahl, your logic on that line of reasoning is just as faulty as your understanding of history…. which is to say, incomprehensively bad.
Greg Rendahl says
Hi, Jeff. You made a simple mistake with your response. I said nothing about republicans. I spoke of American conservatives. You also have not done well studying history if you blame political parties of long ago with today’s far different variations. Yes, a job is a wonderful thing. It’s also especially nice if that job pays enough to live on and includes health insurance. Sadly, many jobs simply keep people down while hoping they don’t get sick. If you think Jesus would oppose food stamps, health care, and other assorted social programs then I feel sorry for your understanding of the Gospels.
Jeffrey Erding says
@ Rendahl, now you are trying to say you like Republicans and blame ” Conservatives”?? I know what you meant and so does everyone else, and splitting that hair does nothing to hide your stupendous lack of historical awareness…. either that, or the truth is no more important to you then it is to all the leftist zealots that pretend to be journalists in the MSM.
Republicans don’t oppose social programs for those unable to work. America has a robust safety net for those who cannot pay for their own medical care. America is the fairest, most liberty oriented, greatest country the world has ever seen. The policies you and your leftist friends advocate have always failed miserably. You delude yourself if you deny that.
As far as following Christian beliefs, anyone who truly knows me would laugh in your face if you questioned my beliefs. If you have done more than I in the service of our Lord, then you have been a very busy person.
Greg Rendahl says
Jeff, I did not split any hair. Your understanding of American history is obviously very limited. Why is Trump trying to cut food stamps during this plague? Why does Trump want the Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare and end coverage for pre-existing conditions? Why did so many republican governors refuse to improve Medicaid for their citizens? America’s “safety net” has been forced on America even though most conservatives fought tooth and nail against their adoption. Again, do you have any real knowledge of history? And finally, if you are truly a follower of Christ, then I challenge you to read the Gospels. I believe there are quite a number of people who call themselves Christians and are very glad that Christ died for their sins, but also glad that he is no longer walking around praising the poor and denigrating the wealthy.
Kim wentworth says
Silly guy, I always thought you were a little bit off, but your latest response shows you are whacked. Blame a Republican on slavery??? Do you ever get tired of being laughed at?
GERALD BOYUM says
1. Before I get to some of your comments:
Democratic Socialism. “There is no difference in principle, between the economic philosophy of Nazism, socialism, and communism, and fascism and that of the American welfare state and regulated economy.” (Alexander’s Essay – March 10, 2011)
“…ultimately there is no consequential societal distinction between Marxist Socialism, National Socialism, or the most recent incarnation of this beast, Democratic Socialism. The conclusion of socialism by any name, once it has replaced Rule of Law with the rule of men, is tyranny.” (Ibid)
This should be no surprise; they all have the same foundation- atheistic Marxism. “Every human government ever established, was the product of definable political theory; that is, each embraced a philosophy which, at least in its own eyes, justified its existence and manner of conducting affairs. The American government was no different. (David Barton, in “Original Intent”)
2. “Yes, murder the Indians,…”
a. No leftist should bring up appeals to emotion and feigned moral indignation by using the term “murder” which implies “genocide” when governments based on godless Marxism killed over 100 million people in the 20th century alone.
b. Many Indians perished as a result of diseases they contracted from exposure to smallpox, cholera and typhus. Typical leftist tactics: distort, deceive, disinform, demonize, deny, etc. per Saul Alinsky’s “Rules for Radicals”!
c. The people we call “Native Americans” or “Indians” were not the 1st people to occupy America. What happened to these former occupants, and how do you suppose the Indians acquired that land? Dominant tribes, kingdoms, countries, etc. became “dominant” by subduing others, an activity practiced throughout history. This in no way is an attempt to justify such actions, but that’s the way it’s been from Biblical times on, and things haven’t changed that much since. “Might makes right”. This is why “peace through strength” is such an important national strategy. BTW, various North American Indian tribes indulged in torture and slavery of captured enemies as well, but I don’t think that they engaged in human sacrifice and cannibalism like the Aztecs did.
3. “Enslave blacks…”. Here is another activity that was practiced throughout the world since the dawn of time. What is uniquely Western is not slavery, but the abolition of slavery, thanks primarily to Christians. From America’s founding to the end of the Civil War, there were black slave owners in America. In 1830, there were 3,500 American black slave owners who together owned over 10,000 black slaves. It also should be noted that it was chieftains and “slave catchers” in Africa who supplied traders with the slaves they transported and sold to other parts of the world, including America.
4. “Democratic Socialism, based on …’the teachings of JESUS.”‘
a. Here is the leftist distortion, “Jesus the Socialist” which is exactly the opposite of what Jesus taught. Socialism is based on atheistic Marxism. This would mean that Jesus did not believe that He was the Son of God, co-equal with God The Father, because the philosophy of atheism is “the natural world is all there is; God or gods do not exist.”.
b. Jesus did not suggest that we give our earnings to lazy people (help needy, not greedy), nor did He mention that Caesar should take money from the producers and give to the non-producers. He taught that our excesses should be given voluntarily to those in need, not like socialism which gives to all, including sluggards. Guess which political party members have acted to eliminate charitable organizations. Here is what the Bible teaches concerning this topic:
– 2nd Thess. 3:10, “…if any will not work, neither let him eat.”
– Isa. 65:22. “They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat…”
– Proverbs 14:23. “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
c. While we’re on this topic, here are some more teachings from the Bible in the book of Exodus: (we all have violated most, if not all) of the Commandments as individuals; however, Leftism, as a political ideology, is built on violations of all Ten Commandments. Here are some of the main ones:
– 20:3. “You shall have no other gods before me.” Leftism/liberalism denies the existence (or relevance) of God.
– 20:15. “You shall not steal.” They embrace redistribution philosophies of Marx in the quest for “material equality”.
– 20:16. “You shall not bear false witness.” The “ends justify the means” which includes lying about opponents of leftism.
– 20:17. “You shall not covet.” Man’s inherent covetousness is used as the driving force behind all leftist/liberal economic policies; i.e, economic envy and class warfare.
d. Other comments about Liberalism/Leftism and the Bible: 2 Corinthians 11:4 addresses masquerading as doing “good” by deceptive “feel good” sound bites that promise “equality”, “tolerance” and “social justice”. A lot of good, well-intended people have had the “wool pulled over their eyes” by politicians, educators, and media for a long time now. It’s no wonder that over 2/3rds of American no longer trust much of mainstream media now. The actual real world history tells a different story. Socialism has failed everywhere it’s been tried- sometimes catastrophically. There will be “equality” alright- equally miserable in poverty, except for the elite who will designate themselves as :more equal” than others. People from Venezuela and others have warned us many times about their “socialist utopia”. A vote for socialism is a vote against America!
Ken says
Thank you
Kim wentworth says
Maybe write a book, good grief.
Jeremy Olson says
That’s actually a great idea. If you write a book, I would definately buy it! You have very good insights and I agree 100% with everything you have said. Thank you!
Anonymous says
I agree!
Olivia says
I agree! Very insightful , I enjoyed very much.
Kim wentworth says
Silly guy, I always thought you were a little bit off, but your latest response shows you are whacked. Blame a Republican on slavery??? Do you ever get tired of being laughed at?