Things Worth Pondering 2

Now consider the consequences of these two tragic bits of information.  https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/mumps-chicken-pox-quarantine-ice/index.html  and  https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/06/1   4/ice-has-thousands-of-people-detained-for-exposure-to-mumps-and-chicken-pox-heres-what-you-need-to-know-n2548268?     Do Nancy and her left wing compatriots care.  Not even. Otherwise they would drop their obstruction and work with Trump to fix the problem.  The optics of their obstinacy just worsens their already freyed public image.  Here is more evidence of how bad the Democrats and their never Trump Republican pals are on the serious matters along our southern border.  None of these reprobates have the interests of US Citizens at the forefront of their demented thinking.  They are driven to irrational behavior by their inexplicable hatred of Trump.  That is not what on which they should base any of their foolish antics.    https://ilovemyfreedom.org/trump-dares-pelosi-to-block-his-4-5b-border-bill-says-hell-take-away-her-toys-if-she-does/? 

This great Supreme Court Justice is a great man. My kind of guy.  He is no wilting flower and in this piece demonstrates the kind of common sense that scares Democrat socialist to death.  He is of the mind that past court decision which demonstrably prove to be bad rulings should never be used as precedence for current and future court rulings. They even need to be overturned.  Quote: "“By applying demonstrably erroneous precedent instead of the relevant law’s text — as the court is particularly prone to do when expanding federal power or crafting new individual rights — the court exercises ‘force’ and ‘will,’ two attributes the people did not give it,” Thomas wrote. Justices should be using “mere judgement” by following “the correct, original meaning of the laws we are charged with applying,” Thomas contended."   https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/17/justice-thomas-asks-supreme-court-to-overturn-demonstrably-erroneous-decisions-766094? 

This move by the Supreme Court is a really good thing. Public sector civil service unions have incessantly stifled much needed changes to remove many unsavory practices that had evolved over time. Quote: "The Supreme court ruling Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees might not have received the same media coverage as something like say, what Donald Trump serves for meals... But noted or not, all the same, the implications of the landmark case have been far reaching indeed as public sector unions are finally forced to relinquish their grasp on the hundreds of thousands of unwilling members whose wages they'd been garnishing under federal protection for years. Reason reports,  "Given the choice of no longer paying to support unions they didn't want to join in the first place, lots of public sector workers took it. Two of the largest public sector unions in the country lost more than 210,000 so-called "agency fee members" in the wake of last year's Supreme Court ruling that said unions could no longer force non-members to pay partial dues. That case, Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, effectively freed public workers from having to make "fair share" payments--usually totaling about 70 to 80 percent of full union dues--in lieu of joining a union as a full-fledged member. Now, annual reports filed with the federal Department of Labor show that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) lost 98 percent of its agency fee-paying members during the past year. Another large public sector union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), lost 94 percent of their agency fee-paying members."    http://wec6.punchingbagnews.com/read/archive?   One of the biggest problems was that they consistently funded left wing political causes and political candidates using forced union dues from members without regard for members holding differing political positions. Another problem was union rules supporting employees made it virtually impossible to remove bad apples from the work force, a matter which I personally experienced several times while serving in federal management positions.

Remember as your read these two pieces that these are the kind of people Democrat socialists support and welcome into our country.  Quote: "Palestinian Sheikh Abu Hanifa Awda said in an address at the Al-Aqsa Mosque that was uploaded to the internet on June 2, 2019, that Jerusalem is the “heartland” where the banners of the Caliphate will flutter, where military convoys and brigades will assemble, and where policies will be designed in order to herald the “dawn of justice” and the birth of the Islamic Caliphate. Sheikh Awda said that the “army of Islam” will set forth from Jerusalem to conquer to world and that it will have a brigade dedicated to each of these tasks: the liberation of Palestine, the “ravaging of the homes,” the destruction of the enemies’ property, the taking of revenge against Bashar Al-Assad and Russia, the liberation of all the plundered Muslim countries, the laying of siege to Rome, the turning black of the White House, the imposition of the jizya poll tax on London, and the praying at the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Andes in order to fend off fear and danger."    https://gellerreport.com/2019/06/islamic-sermon-conquer-world.html/  And,  https://europe.infowars.com/syrian-teens-terrorize-german-train-riders-for-entire-weekend/      Do they sound like peaceful and friendly people looking to come here and adapt to our way of life???  Is it a good idea the Democrats have???

Remember too these are the very same people Obama and his Democrats friends coddled for eight years before dropping billions of dollars on them on his way out the door.  Now look at what they are openly doing.  https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ml-persian-gulf-tensions/2019/06/17/id/920666/?

This is a big problem and one both the President and Congress MUST address. Not doing so is irresponsible on the part of both parties.  Quote: "The political battles raging across the federal government seem to be consumed by trade wars, immigration and of course impeachment. Those issues will run their course in due time, but there is a much bigger problem that seems to be attracting little if any attention here at the highest levels of government. President Trump rarely mentions it, if at all. Congress, for most of the year, sweeps it under the rug as it goes about its business of recklessly spending other people’s money. Newspapers and the nightly news programs all but ignore it entirely. We’re talking about wasteful federal spending and an uncontrolled budget that threatens to bankrupt our country. In fiscal year 2020, the federal budget is forecast to produce a line of deficits totaling $1 trillion a year."   https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2019/06/14/federal-spending-like-theres-no-tomorrow-n2548156?   As you ponder this serious problem keep in mind what most if not all the Democrat presidential candidate are proposing.  Huge amounts of increased spending is their grandiose idea of fixing the problem. Increasing our taxes to pay for all sorts of crazy ideas, most of which they claim are free things like college education, healthcare, freebies for illegal immigrants and more, things like enormous funding for fictional global warming.  We hapless tax payers know better. We are the source of THEIR free stuff.  They qualify as fiscal lunatics.

The malfeasance of the Democrat party's whole made up Russia Trump collusion mess continues to be exposed.  This piece says Obama operatives have been lying to us all along by claiming that Hillary's paid for fake dossier did not factor in the creation of or the appointment and execution of Mueller's failed investigation. Quote: "During an interview with Sean Hannity, Nunes told a stunned viewing audience that he finally read the mysterious “scope memo” that authorized the Mueller probe. And Nunes revealed that the basis for the investigation is traced back to the fake news in Christopher Steele’s phony dossier."     https://patriotpulse.net/devin-nunes-found-one-smoking-gun-that-proves-robert-mueller-is-guilty-of-treason/

You know the nation is in trouble when libraries start acting as censors like so very many on the political left think they have the right to do. To them truth is the enemy of what they decide people should believe. This is pure cultural Marxist progressive unethical and irresponsibly arrogant behavior. Quote: "The book, “Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn’t Want You To Know,” disputes claims that global warming is largely a man-made phenomenon threatening the health of people and the environment. Asserting that current temperatures are neither unusual nor unprecedented, the book describes carbon dioxide as a “miracle molecule” whose increased levels have benefitted plants and made Earth greener. The book has received rave reviews from readers, including respected scientists. Sales of the book have skyrocketed in recent months, reaching as high as #10 in overall Amazon sales as recently as March and #1 in sales in five categories. A geologist of more than 35 years, Wrightstone supports his assertions with an extensive list of references to government agencies such as NASA and NOAA as well as peer-reviewed studies. He is often interviewed on radio and television, presents to professional organizations and academic and civic audiences and has testified before legislative. Wrightstone, who resides in the library’s North Hills service area, expressed frustration with Steele’s communication. “In the letter she references the importance of ‘diversity of thought’ and ‘materials representing differing points of view,’” Wrightstone notes. “Yet, I went there and found 16 books related to climate change and all 16 toed the company line on man-made catastrophic warming. Not one book was available to offer a ‘non-consensus’ viewpoint. So much for diversity of thought.” The book’s rejection is inconsistent with at least some of the library’s selection criteria."     https://www.cfact.org/2019/06/10/library-rejects-climate-best-seller-2/?   Such people are a bane on civil society.  Withholding information is little more than censorship and is the exact opposite of embracing diversity of thought.