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BETO: MORE JOHN KERRY THAN JOHN KENNEDY

No matter what label you choose to use, the description is the same: all-powerful big government purporting to act in the best interests of the people using elite experts who know best how we should allocate our resources and live our lives. What they don’t say is that this system of governance does not work and has led to the death and suffering of millions of innocent people. That this time it will be different is little more than a semantic ruse because of four structural flaws in the proposition.

One, the elites begin to exert more and more force on the populace to maintain their leadership position when their grand schemes of centrally-planned economies and governance fail.

Two, political power is gained and maintained by creating and managing scarcity and not, as we see in capitalism, growing and expanding resources to accommodate more people.

Three, the solution to achieving a successful managed outcome is not Malthusian population control, anti-industrialization, and wealth re-distribution.

And four, there is no accommodation for those who have a different view of world governance using a religion-state model and constitute approximately 25% of the world’s population.

“Beto,” the Hispanic-nickname for Robert Francis O'Rourke, does not know if he is a progressive…

Beto O'Rourke & Democrats: 'I Don't Know' If I'm a Progressive Representative Beto O’Rourke said Friday that he does not know if he is a progressive, and that he is “not big on labels.” “I don’t know,” O’Rourke said when asked whether he could accurately be described as progressive. “I’m just, as you may have seen and heard over the course of the campaign, I’m not big on labels. I don’t get all fired up about party or classifying or defining people based on a label or a group. I’m for everyone.” [OCS: This is the same line of bullpucky used by former President Barack Obama and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to describe themselves as “post partisan” politicians that are willing to serve all of the people. In both cases, both men were leftists and shunned input from both the moderate and conservative Republicans. Even though Schwarzenegger ran as a Republican, it was clear from the first day that he was governing as a Kennedy-like Democrat, even down to the sexual infidelity.] The former Senate candidate, who lost in November to incumbent conservative Ted Cruz, defended his record of striking a delicate balance between a Democratic party moving increasingly leftward and the needs of constituents from traditionally conservative Texas. [OCS: Like all politicians, Beto will say or do anything to gain and maintain political power. He will walk the tightrope of a leftist running in a conservative district until elected and then veer wildly left if the opportunity to advance to the national stage appears viable.] “I am who I am,” O’Rourke said. “I laid out my vision for Texas and this country over the last two years without taking a single poll to find out where people were on the issues or how popular it was or how it would track in this community or that — said the same thing in Amarillo that I said in Houston, Texas, so I mean, go figure.” [OCS: I wonder how he knows what his constituents want or think? But like most politicians, he simply follows the dictates of big-money, politically-connected special interests who provide campaign funding, voter support, and media attention in return for unnamed favors to be granted after a successful election.] As he considers a 2020 presidential run, O’Rourke has been criticized both for being too progressive and for being insufficiently left-wing. Some liberals have criticized his acceptance of donations from oil-industry workers and worry that he will not fit in with a Democratic party that is rapidly shifting to the left. Conservatives, meanwhile, have decried his support of Medicare for All and left-leaning policies on immigration, climate change, drug legalization, and the military. <Source>

Let us look at the issues…

** Medicare for All – this is a misnomer, it would be single-payer government control of the entire healthcare industry, nationalization if you will, under the guise of an Omni-powerful Medicaid welfare plan. Medicare, employer-assisted insurance programs, and private doctors would all be a thing of the past. Only the wealthy or politically-connected would receive a guarantee of superior healthcare under a system managed by bureaucrats and administered by clerks. Physicians and other medical personnel would become government employees dependent on panels, commissions, and politics to set their reimbursement rates. Outstanding performance would no longer be rewarded and mediocrity would become routine.

** Military – the progressives cannot be trusted with the defense of America and Americans. Recently we saw President Obama weaken the military, provide aid and comfort to our enemies, and disparage and disadvantage our allies. The result was a disaster in Libya, Lebanon, Syria, and elsewhere in the world.

** Immigration – the open border crowd seeks to dilute the American culture of individualism in favor of collectivism and a reliance on government entitlements. One look at California, the single-party “progressive” state where much of the state’s revenue comes from the capital gains of billionaires as they cash out their over-priced shares before the bubble bursts. One need only to look no further than the employment and housing impact on minority citizens to see what illegal aliens have wrought with their illiteracy, poverty, disease, and crime. Even beneficial immigration can be overwhelming and burdensome on our limited social safety nets.

** Drug legalization – the “hippie dream” of unlimited recreational drugs is already having an impact in Colorado, affecting productivity and an increase in accidents.

** Climate change – the science would be further subverted by politics and as the progressives point out, we need to abandon capitalism in favor of socialism to save the planet from the coming catastrophe that only exists in the silicon-silliness of flawed models being fed stage-managed data to produce media-worthy scary stories.

And lest you not forget…

** Gun control – which defies the common sense that tells you that criminals, crazies, and terrorists do not respect or obey the law or other social norms. By disarming the law-abiding citizen, not only do you create larger victim pools who will be totally dependent on government to protect them (and left begging for mercy), but gut the only provision in the U.S. Constitution that speaks to the ultimate redress to governmental tyranny – the Second Amendment. The progressives are the ones who coddle criminals, accept plea bargains on serious gun-related charges, want to abandon the death penalty and continue to release criminals back into our communities.

Why Beto is dangerous …

Poll: Beto Leads in Dem White House Hunt

“In the latest MoveOn.org poll of its hard-left members, failed U.S. Senate candidate Robert O’Rourke is coming out ahead of former Obama Vice President Joe Biden for White House favorites. In his support for gun regulation and increased federal largesse, O’Rourke clocked in at 15.6 percent ahead of Biden’s 14.9 percent and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders’ 13.1 percent, but it’s an eternity until actual votes are cast, and at least 29 percent of those polled indicated they’re undecided. O’Rourke has also fulfilled the far-Left fantasies of a politician who will pledge to abolish ICE, ban AR-15s, and push the Leftist fantasy of single payer healthcare. He’s called for impeachment of President Trump as well.” <Source>

Bottom line…

I don’t care what name Beto uses or how Beto defines himself. In Barack Obama, we have seen what an articulate, telegenic, and charismatic progressive can do to our country. Enough with the cotton-candy and craziness. It is time for tough politicians to stand-up for their country.

We are so screwed.

-- steve

MORE POLITICIZED NEWS FROM THE WASHINGTON POST

In a disgusting display of partisan politics, the Washington Post deliberately politicized a tragedy totally caused by the victim’s own actions and tried to suggest that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s policies should be inspected. As if that were an adequate answer to the preventable death of a child by a parent who knowingly endangered his own daughter. If indeed it is his own daughter?

The child’s death was clearly was not the fault of BCP…

The Washington Post 7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion By Nick Miroff and Robert Moore (December 13 at 9:55 PM) A 7-year-old girl from Guatemala died of dehydration and shock after she was taken into Border Patrol custody last week for crossing from Mexico into the United States illegally with her father and a large group of migrants along a remote span of New Mexico desert, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. The child’s death is likely to intensify scrutiny of detention conditions at Border Patrol stations and CBP facilities that are increasingly overwhelmed by large numbers of families seeking asylum in the United States. [OCS: Instead of lauding the Border Patrol and pointing out the heroic and expensive efforts to save this child’s life, the miscreant reporters and their equally culpable editors and publisher seek to politicize the tragedy and seemingly question the actions of the BCP.] According to CBP records, the girl and her father were taken into custody about 10 p.m. Dec. 6 south of Lordsburg, N.M., as part of a group of 163 people who approached U.S. agents to turn themselves in. More than eight hours later, the child began having seizures at 6:25 a.m., CBP records show. Emergency responders, who arrived soon after, measured her body temperature at 105.7 degrees, and according to a statement from CBP, she “reportedly had not eaten or consumed water for several days.” After a helicopter flight to Providence Children’s Hospital in El Paso, the child went into cardiac arrest and “was revived,” according to the agency. “However, the child did not recover and died at the hospital less than 24 hours after being transported,” CBP said. The agency did not release the name of the girl or her father, but the father remains in El Paso awaiting a meeting with Guatemalan consular officials, according to CBP. The agency is investigating the incident to ensure appropriate policies were followed, it said. [OCS: The father should be criminally charged and prosecuted for premeditated child endangerment. He should be imprisoned and then deported. He is not worthy of sympathy for the loss of a child whose death could have been prevented had he not used his child as a key to pick the lock of American sovereignty.] Food and water are typically provided to migrants in Border Patrol custody, and it wasn’t immediately clear Thursday if the girl received provisions and a medical exam before the onset of seizures. “Our sincerest condolences go out to the family of the child,” CBP spokesman Andrew Meehan said in a statement to The Washington Post. “Border Patrol agents took every possible step to save the child’s life under the most trying of circumstances,” Meehan said. “As fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, we empathize with the loss of any child.” The ACLU blamed “lack of accountability, and a culture of cruelty within CBP” for the girl’s death. “The fact that it took a week for this to come to light shows the need for transparency for CBP. We call for a rigorous investigation into how this tragedy happened and serious reforms to prevent future deaths,” Cynthia Pompa, advocacy manager for the ACLU Border Rights Center, said in a statement. [OCS: Is anyone surprised that the ACLU (American Communist Lawyers Union) was quick to politicize this tragedy which is clearly the fault of the father who endangered his child’s life by trekking through a desert without adequate food and water? If anything, the ACLU should investigate why the progressive socialist democrats and their fellow travelers are resisting the type of legal and constitutional border protection that may have prevented this tragedy. Or investigate the attorney’s who coach illegal immigrants how to request asylum and those who knowingly allow our detention facilities to be overrun with illegal aliens surrendering to Border Patrol Agents knowing they will be released in the United States with a notice to appear for a hearing in a few years.] Though much of the political and media attention has focused in recent weeks on migrant caravans arriving at the Tijuana-San Diego border, large numbers of Central Americans continue to cross the border into Texas, Arizona and New Mexico. The groups sometimes spend days in smugglers’ stash houses or walking through remote areas with little food or water before reaching the border. Read more…

 

Bottom line…

What can one say about this shameless political exploitation of a dead little girl by the Washington Post?

-- steve

BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE: OUTRAGE OVER OUTRAGE

How far will progressive socialist democrats go with their victimization of everybody and everything; destroying innocent individuals and institutions in their wake?

Consider the outrageously obscene, racist, misogynist, and homophobic lyrics of modern-day rap songs. Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Where are the editors blue-penciling the lyrics? Where are the program directors self-censoring airplay? Where are the talking heads and pundits demanding that we abolish “hate speech?”

Why is it that a “modern music genius” like Snoop Dogg can rap, "Bitches ain't sh*t /but hoes and tricks / Lick on these nuts and suck the d*ck." but an innocent song created 74-years ago  like Frank Loesser’s ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ became the anthem of date rape?

The answer is, of course, manufactured progressive outrage to capture media attention and to promote the progressive agenda.

Even worse, the loudest, and most ignorant voices are echoed by those virtue-signaling performers who do not realize that their livelihood, being able to create music, is being challenged by those who seek to regulate political thought and free speech.

Maybe we should tell the truth? (With apologies to Frank Loesser)

 

I really can’t stay. (but baby, it's cold outside)

I must get away. (but baby, it's cold outside)

I will be direct. (let me interject)

You’re so politically correct. (a little self-respect)

And, that’s not okay. (let me just say)

Baby, it’s cold out .. side.

Bottom line…

We all know that opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. But when assholes start promoting their opinions, why are we surprised when the result is sh*t.

We are so screwed; especially when decades-old allegations replace evidence and you are guilty until proven innocent.

-- steve