Here’s a list of her illustrious “legislative accomplishments”. Try to suppress your gag reflex:
global warming
fuel economy standards
legal protection to forests
violence against women act
1994 assault weapons ban
legislation banning/limiting sales of firearms
LGBTQ+ rights and the legalization of same-sex marriage
helped shape “policy on criminal law, national security, immigration, civil rights and the courts,” according to her Senate office biography
Oh, and by the way, she was every bit the war pig as was her counterpart Crash McCain.
Please note that everything the hag worked for served to expand the role of government in controlling the lives of this nation’s citizens.
The despicable Chuckie Schumer and the quisling Thom Thillis were among the first to cry crocodile tears over her. And I’m sure Governor Hairspray will exceed himself in appointing a successor as soon as possible, given that the present situation could produce a 49-49 split in the Senate if Bullion Bob Menendez gets the boot. (Look for a black Chinese LGBTQIA+ illegal alien as the most likely candidate — you heard it here first.)
Adios, Feinswine. You’ve put your finger in your last bullet hole.
I suppose that I’d prefer that you fly a flag that represents who you are — one with which you actually identify. But if you are having trouble with that, let me suggest something.
Instead of flying the state flag of a distant corrupt criminal government whose innocent people are being slaughtered in the name of globalism, how about this?
Fly the flag of fellow citizens of one of the alleged united states, who need our support far more.
Yes, it’s upside down. That’s the commonly accepted sign of distress.
Or, perhaps better yet, one that (allegedly) represents the indigenous people of that state who are currently being manipulated by members of the same set of globalist oligarchs referred to above?
We must focus closer to home in all things if we are to survive as a free people.
I used to be a contributor to and occasional editor on Wikipedia. But wokeism sickened the service early on, making it no longer reliable or valuable from my perspective.
I have had a love-hate relationship with Gab from its beginning. I admire Andrew Torba’s commitment to maintaining an open forum (as long as laws are not broken), regardless of how odious some topics may be to others.
On the positive side, to my knowledge, Gab is the only social media platform that has never self-censored nor succumbed to pressure and threats from any entity seeking to impose censorship for any reason.
On the negative side, because of its integrity, it allows a lot of content that is — again in my opinion only — neither credible nor valuable. This is content that I have to wade through despite being very careful about whom I follow.
All in all, Gab is one of only two social media that I still use. (I must confess that I still use Facebook because there are people with whom I want to keep in touch who reside there. I’m working on a strategy to rid myself of the hideous Zuck monster, but it’s proving hard for me to do.)
I was alerted to Wikipedia’s “description” of Gab and found it a remarkable example of pretzel logic. It manages in one paragraph to dismiss Gab’s assertion of free speech by listing examples of what is clearly as positive an attitude toward free speech as you can expect. Wikipedia leads off its attack as follows:
Gab is an American alt-tech microblogging and social networking service known for its far-right userbase.[2][3][4][5] Widely described as a haven for neo-Nazis, racists, white supremacists, white nationalists, antisemites, the alt-right, supporters of Donald Trump, conservatives, right-libertarians, and believers in conspiracy theories such as QAnon,[6][7] Gab has attracted users and groups who have been banned from other social media platforms and users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms.[8][9][10] Founded in 2016 and launched publicly in May 2017,[3][11] Gab claims to promote free speech, individual liberty, the “free flow of information online”, and Christian values.[12][13][14][15] Researchers and journalists have characterized these assertions as an obfuscation of its extremist ecosystem.[13][16] Antisemitism is prominent in the site’s content and the company itself has engaged in antisemitic commentary. Gab CEO Andrew Torba has promoted the white genocide conspiracy theory.[13][14][15][17] Gab is based in Pennsylvania.[18]
Researchers note that Gab has been “repeatedly linked to radicalization leading to real-world violent events”.
As for the notion that “researchers” have allegedly noted, I’d have to see proof before condemning it. Gab has been involved in several cases where entities have attempted to throttle Gab by requesting that they remove controversial positions. Gab has repeatedly refused, stating that as long as it does not stray into criminal intent, it remains in the domain of free speech.
I continue to support Gab, even though I find little value to me in its content. I continue to support it because I think that their commitment to free speech deserves support, over and above its utilitarian value.
As we learn more each day about the Maui conflagration, for example, we almost can’t help experiencing an uneasy feeling. Things just don’t seem quite right. The more we find out, the more things just don’t seem to make sense.
At the same time, we know that disasters often reveal that in real life we are not as secure as we tend to think we are in our minds. Unsinkable ships sink. Elections don’t turn out the way we thought they would. Wars are fought for causes we may not discover until many years later, and then only if history reveals them inadvertently, or sometimes despite all efforts to couch them in an official narrative.
In these times, we find ourselves blaming the government in one way or another for a whole variety of things that just don’t add up. Usually, one side blames the other in loud voices that drown out the whisper that there aren’t any differences between the two. Individuals get blamed, as if they were operating in a vacuum, despite the sheer overwhelming mass of individuals who are actively involved in operating a national government.
I retitled this blog recently because I think it important to point out at the very top that what I say herein is not fact, nor should it be taken as such. It is, at best, an attempt to encourage whoever may read my words to stop and think — if only for a minute — about the subject at hand. I do not desire to tell you what or how to think; I pray that you will think critically.
Today, these words ring truer than ever:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.
The Second Coming, William Butler Yeats
Innocence is drowned. We no longer believe in the institutions of our heritage. There is no more free press, no constitutional republic, no nation under God. And so, unable to point to an individual among us who is to blame (no, the only conviction that you can assign to Donald of Orange is that his “bull in the china shop” approach to governing revealed that the empire has no clothes), we blame “government”.
But folks, we are the government. No, we don’t actually get to choose it anymore, but we submit to its yoke, to its excesses, and thus we are complicit by neglect, if not by action. If you don’t agree with what the government does, what can you do? We have it in our power to hobble government — granted not alone, but if enough individuals agree to pay the price, we can halt any abuse the faceless entity can throw at us.
But the price! Oh, it is very very high. (For verification, just ask Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.)
It all begins with each of us alone. We may organize into groups, we may rally, and we may act in small cells or large congregations. But it all comes down to the individual.
The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Robert A. Heinlein
It’s down to me. And it’s down to you. I am ready to start. To paraphrase a couple of folk heroes: I am a reasonable man, but I am intending to do some perhaps unreasonable things. I aim to misbehave.
