They shot an arrow in the air, knowing its target, to "Kill Bill"!

Many of you may already know O'Reilly was fired by Fox as sexual harassment

charges have been filed against him. In typical corporate behavior Fox paid to

'settle' rather than bare the greater cost to litigate, even if the charges are false.

Time and again we have seen intimidation works against celebrities and  any

large organization that appears 'ripe for the picking'.

In this case it was reported sixty companies cancelled their ADs on  O'Reilly. 

This is quite a large number deciding to depart the highest  rated show on cable 

within the narrowest time-frame, and may be more than a coincidence.  

It appears an orchestrated attempt was made by Left leaning groups to  'Kill Bill', 

a formula used succesfully by the intolerant. And with technology of  'robo-calls'

ten complaints to a corporate sponsor can 'become' 10,000!

I am sure most of the companies did not delve into the allegations to determine 

whether charges were worthy of cancelling  their ADs. The 'pressure', supported 

by a NY Times report was enough for them to decide to leave.

This is another 'arrow' used to intimidate, one never used  against Left leaning

media which is why disgraced Dan Rather and Brian Williams reappeared.

The companies deciding to leave O'Reilly have no idea that each of them could
at some future point be in the same cross hairs O'Reilly is in. In fact, the next step
might be the demand these same sixty should stop sponsoring Fox News totally!

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Its time to end the anarchy........

No need to look backwards to understand the problem, it is staring the American

people in the face, our nation is under attack from within. The unmentioned enemy

is clear, does not hide, and on a continuous attack against our nation, institutions,

and founding principles.

As a citizen far removed from the powers of American governance, even I see it. 

So do people outside the seats of governance, but knowledgeable enough to write

detailed books of what is going on, warning that something must be done to save 

our nation! But, such warnings remain ignored!

Even the politicians that we rely on to defend our sacred institutions and form of 

governance either do not see the severity of the problem or refuse to  acknowledge

what is happening.

They are the same people who see Russia as an unproven threat but not American 

born anarchists influenced by entities well hidden, but in full control that direct
the anarchy at places and times of their choosing.

This is one Hitler comparison worth understanding. During Hitler's reign he had
the Brownshirts, his paramilitary group using violent intimidation. Although we
cannot point to a single 'leader' today, Brownshirts  are remarkably similar to the
masked, black clad protesters who arrive in select location at a  moments notice,
equipped and organized to protest, riot, assault and destroy property! These are
not spontaneous occurrences!

Even universities are ripe for these 'protests' where hundreds would show up,
cause chaos to intimidate schools, and speakers.  This is not acceptable, and it
is long past time for it to end!

But, how many recognize what is occurring?  Is "anarchy" too strong a word to
describe their actions?  Are these protesters betraying our country and attempting
to overthrow the govt? If so, it is reasonable to call it what it is, "treason"!

The blueprint was not even hidden, although the media refuses to bring it to light. 

There are many 'founders' of this initiative. One is David Brock, whose memo on 

the link below identifies the effort that will be used today and references earlier
effort to undermine American governance.

The Link:

https://www.scribd.com/document/337535680/Full-David-Brock-Confidential-Memo-On-Fighting-Trump#from_embed

We can talk about what can be done, how to protect our form of governance from

desires of those who do not want civil discourse, or even accept results of elections.

Where can we look for this protection? Not Congress, its indifferent to the
unsettling, but not unfamiliar action, that is occurring across our country,
even at major universities which hides behind 'right to protest' rather than
demand civil discourse.

Since elected officials refuse to address this problem we need to look to people
who understand it, are equally concerned and have the authority and means to
 'kill it'!

We need to look to the Executive Branch starting with President Trump who has
the power of the Executive Order to shut down the dozens of non-profits that fund
these protests. Taking away non-profit privilege and charging complicity when a
'money trail' can be proven is an important first step.

Second, the Justice Dept. AG Session should use the power of Federal prosecution
against groups that aid and abet the anarchists, when providing funding of these
riots! 

Third, Federal charges should be filed against the anarchists too.  Sessions can
work with Kelly of Homeland Security that can provide security staffing at major
protest events, make arrests on Federal charges, not misdemeanors that are a slap
on the wrist. When the boundaries of political discourse have been breached,
prosecution on the seriousness of what they do should occur, even treason for
putting our nation at risk.

Harsh?  Not really, when you consider the boldness of the words and deeds
meant to undermine elected governance.

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This is "American Exceptionalism"

Its easy for the public to become upset with Congress, no matter which
party is in the majority and runs the legislative process; and why polls
have shown its popularity ranges between ten and twenty percent.

Yet, despite embarrassing polling, the last thing members of  Congress
share is embarrassment, and reason it has done little to gain favor of the
people who elected them.

The standard communication constituents receive is peppered with excuses
and finger pointing for not getting the business of the people completed.

Year in, year out the public learns at "the last minute" budget agreements
can not be made and extraordinary steps (but not extraordinary enough to
be considered rare) need to be taken to avoid a government shutdown.

We also find campaign promises get sidelined or forgotten entirely, unless
these are promises made to donors and lobbyists in Washington, not the people back home.

We have seen, no matter the amount of work before Congress, its leadership
will not keep Congress in session, preferring to begin its planned recess, and not returning; at this time itsl May, working only eight days in April!  

I think the American people would agree, "Eight is NOT enough!"

Even the desires of our new president to get things done, if they must go through Congress don't expect them move swiftly.

Promised tax cuts?  Don't expect them anytime soon.  Replacement of
failing health care system? The leadership can't even get its own party
to produce a bill. Immigration reform? Nothing accomplished in decade,
so why expect new legislation now? Fiscally responsible?  Impossible
when 25% of our spending is borrowed.

This is the Congress we elected. These are the people who represent us.

For our country to run at all has little to do with the efforts of Congress,
rather our success is thanks to the labor of the American people!

This is what we can rightly call, "American Exceptionalism"

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"A house divided cannot stand"

The United States from the day it was born was torn between opposing interests

both believing their positions was the best for our nation. The battles were hard

fought and with the exception of the Civil War the country unified without a shot

being fired.

Most battles were about form of governance, state sovereignty and limits of 

government overreaching. But none was as dangerous as the one being 

fought today.

As it was from our founding, political discourse has torn people apart and in

many cases they will never bind again. One side appreciates American 

governance and respects the results of elections, the other will not accept

results which takes away their power.

No country can survive such a divide, a reminder Lincoln told the nation,

"A house divided cannot stand", but forgotten today. 

I offer this opening for the following commentary from Rush Limbaugh

concerning the deliberate undermining of the efforts of the Trump 

Administration.  Limbaugh cites what most have not, but its vital for

all Americans to understand; governance as intended is under threat.

The Limbaugh commentary:

RUSH:  It was Sharia Islam that I was comparing the Democrats. It’s all rooted in the fact that the Democrat Party. is controlled by the Left. Forget Democrat Party. The left, the leftists, communist, socialists, no longer respect the authority of the Constitution.

The only authority that they respect is their power, and therefore there is no such thing as bipartisanship with them. And this is the mistake that I hear Republicans continuing to make even now on campaign trails. You will hear many to this day campaigns on the notion that we need to be able to reach across the aisle and to reach compromise, and show that we can govern together. This is not who Democrats are. They don’t want compromise! They don’t respect us. They insist we are not legitimate. We are enemies, as big an enemy as any other enemy they have.

The Left's objective is total rule over the United States, not sharing power one election to the next. They do not respect the authority of elections. They refuse to accept that they lost. They’re never gonna behave as though they lost, because they don’t respect the authority of the Constitution. The Constitution is what every elected official swears an oath to. The reason for that is the Constitution is the glue.

Folks, think of it this way. We have this massively unique, greatest country ever. There isn’t a country that’s ever even been close! We are the first country in the history of the world to enshrine in our founding the principle that people of the country are free by virtue of their creation, and their rights come from God, not from other men or governments.

And we are the first and the only country founded and created, enshrined with the values that it is the people who run this country. And elections are the mechanism by which we choose the people who will lead it. And what holds this together? All it is is a series,of many pieces of paper the Constitution. That’s it. Throughout our nearly 250 years, we have had a majority of our population accept and agree and obey the notion that the Constitution is the defining authority of our country, that it is the glue that holds us together as a culture, as a society.

It’s rather stunning to me that it’s lasted this long, because the only way it can work is if a majority of the people in this country — including the people elected — honor it. What is the penalty for not honoring it? Well, we’re seeing right now there isn’t one. In the Civil War, if you didn’t honor it, Abe Lincoln came after you and wiped the floor with you until you agreed to stop the secession and rejoin the Union. What penalty is there today for spitting on it, for ignoring it? There isn’t any! I don’t quite know how to express this.

It’s amazing to me that we do not require a national military or police force to keep people in line. It has been nothing but the sworn fealty to that document, the cherished belief in that cherished document of how great it is. 

Well, where we are right now the Democrat Party, the American left is demonstrating it doesn’t believe any such thing. It doesn’t want to have to respect the authority of that document, and it’s in the process of demonstrating that they don’t. Elections don’t mean diddly-squat to them. Public opinion doesn’t mean diddly-squat to them.

The only thing that matters to them is their authority. Anybody challenging their authority? There’s no negotiation. There’s no debate. There’s no attempt to persuade. All there is is an effort to destroy anybody who rejects their authority. When their leader happens to win the election, there is total respect for that leader’s authority. When they don’t win the election, the only thing they’re devoted to is destroying the leader with whom they disagree. There’s no effort to work together. There’s no compromise. There’s no bipartisanship.

All of that is a giant myth. My analogy was there’s something else like that on the planet today, and it’s called Sharia Islam. If you don’t accept the principle of Sharia Islam, you know what can happen to you, and there’s no compromise. In this analogy the GOP are the infidels, and the Democrats are the Sharia Islam believers. They’re not interested in what we think, just like Sharia Islam doesn’t care what you think of various aspects of Sharia. If you don’t respect it, you are gonna be dealt with one way or the other.

Your ideas and your heart and your mind don’t matter one hell of a bit, and that’s where we are. And you see it every day here in the way the Democrat Party and the media and the left is conducting itself. What is their number one objective today? To get rid of the people who won the election, because they do not respect or even acknowledge… It’s not even a matter of respect. They don’t even acknowledge the authority that the Constitution vests in the winners of elections. 

For all of the years of this great country, whatever opposing political factions we’ve had, at the end of the day there has been an acknowledgment that there’s something greater than either of our movements, and it’s the Constitution. There’s no giant gun enforcing it. There’s no giant military making people obey it. Some might say that what we are in the midst of is a movement committing treason against this Constitution. What is the way treason is dealt with in the Constitution? Whatever it is, is not being used against the left. When you stop and think about it, it’s inarguable.

There’s no bipartisanship. There’s no understanding. There’s no compromise. It’s simply a lack of respect and acknowledgment of the authority that the Constitution vests in the way our politics is handled in this country.

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"Oh ye of little faith, why are you so afraid?"

"Oh ye of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Matthew 8:26

This phrase comes to mind with each media "bombshell" scripted
to weaken the Trump presidency.

The latest is the 'demotion', which we have been told, but don't
actually know, of Steve Bannon, a man 90% of  American
do not know but 90% of establishment politicians hate!

While the media frenzy to destroy President Trump continues,
there is little attention given to what is being done by appointed
members with 'operational' responsibilities.

Consider his announcements made, Executive Orders, and
the decisions of cabinet members.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has advised her United Nations
colleagues America will no longer contribute to nations whose
behavior and treatment of citizens we do not condone.

EPA Secy Scott Pruitt has ends the extreme mandates on states
that tax citizens and businesses alike,

Secy. of Ed Betsy Devos has end the mandate of states meeting
federal standards rather than their own.

President Trump kept his promise to name a conservative to the
Supreme Court and has the support of Senate Majority leader
Mitch McConnell to get him confirmed!

Trump also enacted Executive Orders froze all regulations, ended
Trans-Pacific Partnership, approved the Keystone pipeline, froze
federal workforce, fast tracked of environment overviews of
infrastructure projects, among others,

Others can be found at:
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/01/all-trump-executive-actions-000288

What can be done, he is doing. Have faith, his past performance warrants this.

Lastly, remember two cornerstones of President Trump's campaign promises
are dependent on Congress, cutting taxes and replacing Obamacare.

Granted some things may concern you, but remember what bothers you is
political theater, so watch it munching on a box of popcorn. Only the folks
in Washington think its more!


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Simple majority on confirmations, our Founders intent

One thing the Founders may have never envisioned, even as President Washington warned them of "factions", commonly known as political parties, was how our insidious power grabbing politicians would behave.

For the past couple of decades we have seen this in the US Senate as both parties jockeyed for an advantage using the power of the majority, even 

going to the Constitution to 'find'  favor.

So it is with the confirmation of nominees to ambassadorships, Supreme Court judges and other officers of the United States.

We are told the Senate must have a two-thirds concurrence for such nominees to be appointed. And for all we have heard, this seems to  

be the collective wisdom of what the Constitution states.

But, we need to remember the wisdom of our Founders was sprinkled   

with what some call vagueness, even using the language of the day to emphasize its intended guidance for posterity.

The Founders provided future generations with latitude with explicitness,

even using a punctuation that provided as much power as words, often

pointed to in the Second Amendment, where a semi-colon has some up in arms over whether gun ownership is for individuals or a 'regulated militia'.

A semicolon is used to connect two independent clauses in a sentence, both

given equal weight. 

In the case of government nominees the semi-colon is also overlooked in the

debate whether a two-thirds majority is actually needed for appointments.

If we accept how the semi-colon fits within the second amendment allowing

individuals to 'bare arms', than it is reasonable to appreciate how it also fits in  Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 which states....

2: He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur ";" and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

Take note how the semi-colon separates two distinct Senatorial powers, treaties and confirmations.

For us to accept a two-thirds requirement makes little sense, driven by partisanship. A simply majority is all that is required and both parties 

should stop the nonsense as both will benefit when each of them have the majority.

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Trump "tweets" as many in Washington "burn"

We should not be surprised at the shoddy treatment of President Trump

which began soon after he chose to run for the presidency when he was

called an 'entertainer' rather than the accomplished  businessman he is.

Those of us aware of his accomplishments will not take such criticism
seriously,  especially from politicians Trump said, 'all they do is talk'.

But, since his successful election the attacks have gotten worse, even
to the point he is 'illegitimate' and should be impeached!

We have been told Trump is undeserving of the presidency for his behavior, 

especially using Twitter with biting honesty that ruffles the feathers and 

disturbed sensibility of the Washington establishment and chattering class 

which prefers to be called 'journalists'.

I will only agree with critics of President Trump if THEY will use an honest
measuring stick to compare his tweets and caustic remarks with what certain
presidents in the recent past actually did, not said.

Begin with FDR who agreed with JFK's dad, Joe Kennedy, and did nothing,
not even speak out against the genocide of Jews in Nazi Germany. Perhaps
the murder of six million Jews did not rise to the "infamy" of Pearl Harbor!

If criticism of the sainted FDR makes some uncomfortable advance your minds

a decade later to Truman who sent American troops to Korea, where more than

36,000 were killed, in an war that was not "declared" by Congress, merely called

a UN 'police action, where few nation's blood spilled.

If criticism of the decision of Truman who known as the man who said the 'buck
stops here' makes some uneasy, advance a decade and half to LBJ who must have
agreed sending young men to fight in an undeclared war was fine, and sent several
million to Vietnam with 58,000 coming home to be buried by their families.

If, you haven't enough to compare President Trump's 'behavior' with, lets move

to the 1990s where Clinton's boorishness towards women made him the poster
boy including even taking sexual liberties of a young, adoring White House intern
in the Oval Office.

Nor, should we dismiss the selective condemnation of the Constitution by Trump's

predecessor Obama who used threats to sue states if they dared enforce federal
law, the IRS to target certain groups and even surveillance of journalists whose
reports were displeasing to him.

I agree with Trump's critics that he may at times not come across as 'presidential'
but when compared with these noted predecessors his behavior is a far cry from
the actions of this rogue's gallery of shameful presidential embarrassments. 

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