We Gotta Fix This ~ Ep. 1431 ~ The Dan Bongino Show

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode in his Show Notes (a.k.a. Newsletter!):

In this episode, I discuss the extremely dangerous path we are headed down in the coming weeks, and what we can do to turn it around.

I won't disagree with what Dan tells us in this episode.  Violence is not the answer.  Yes, Dan is right about that.  But, what if the opponents start going further than taking us out online?  What if their idea of canceling is permanent?  

I didn't see this episode until Sunday evening.  I had already started wondering about what was going to happen to us.  I'm sorry, but this episode didn't quite boost my optimism a whole lot.  No, Dan didn't say anything wrong.  The problem is, he told us the truth about what may be coming.  The fact is that so far, he has already been right on the money. 

And what I'm saying now, is something very difficult.  More than just our fortune may be at stake.  Let's do our best to stick together, however it is possible.  It won't be on Twitter, apparently.  Just sayin'...

Because I know that Dan Bongino would prefer that I embed the Rumble.com video here, I am now doing that! It finally came to me how to do it, and I am very pleased, because it doesn't require me to use the JavaScript code to do it! So, when you are watching, you will not be seeing it via youtube.com again. Nope, not here. Ever!  No more screwtube embedded video here! Forevs! So, it's now RUMBLE all the way, Dan.  For Dan's show page on Rumble.com, click here.

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The Big Lie In Georgia ~ Ep. 1427 ~ The Dan Bongino Show

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode in his Show Notes (a.k.a. Newsletter!):

In this episode, I discuss the explosive new revelations about the Georgia election and the ridiculous media spin behind it.

I really do wish that I didn't get behind on posting Dan Bongino's Show Episodes.  It can make it difficult to not "jump ahead" and be talking about the current events.  I'm really in that predicament today, as I just saw this episode, but as I don't live under a rock, I saw some major events today, unfolding before my eyes.  How so I fit in the events I witnessed today in with this writing about Episode 1427?  Or, should I?  I think it would be a good idea, for one main reason.   Our sanity is being attacked, and we need to hear something sane... and with much wisdom!

Yep, in two weeks, things could start happening that are very disturbing.  And I have heard people who  have the same thoughts as I do about how sickening this would be if such complete control of the White House, House, and Senate by the Demonicrats should happen.  We all prayed that it wouldn't happen.  But it did.  Now what do we do?

I guess that we should do what I did:  Pray for His strength and guidance to help us through this!  When I saw the previous episode, I really saw how Dan was struggling, but he got through it.  Bongino isn't letting his cancer hold him back, whatsoever.  Same with Rush Limbaugh.  They both have something in common.  They both have the faith of knowing the Lord, and they both have their love for us (this country!). They battle through their health issues, but keep on doing what they can.

We can do that, too!  The idea is that we have to not hang our heads, but look up, and see that there is always going to be some hope for the future!  The Lord has it in control.  You know, where something happens, somehow miraculously, and that is unexpected?  Oh, like say, the radical Left in the Demonicrat party tries to get something through, and a Democrat or two object to it on moral grounds, and refuse to vote it into law?  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, that can happen!  And then, there is always the Supreme Court that could come save the day, too, if they can manage to show any courage for once.

So, turn off the network news programs for a bit, and start thinking about all the possible ways that this coming dumpster fire in a train wreck may not spell the end of America.  Rioting, or insurrection, or a revolution should not be options.  Just sayin'...

Because I know that Dan Bongino would prefer that I embed the Rumble.com video here, I am now doing that! It finally came to me how to do it, and I am very pleased, because it doesn't require me to use the JavaScript code to do it! So, when you are watching, you will not be seeing it via youtube.com again. Nope, not here. Ever!  No more screwtube embedded video here! Forevs! So, it's now RUMBLE all the way, Dan.  For Dan's show page on Rumble.com, click here.

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What’s Really Going Down on Jan 6 at 1P? ~ Ep. 1424 ~ The Dan Bongino Show

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode in his Show Notes (a.k.a. Newsletter!):

In this episode, I discuss the controversy brewing over the powers of both Congress, and the Vice President, in a disputed election, and the continued efforts by Facebook to interfere in the election.

You will definitely want to watch the first segment, in the first 20 minutes of this episode.  It involves the counting of the Electoral College votes on January 6, 2021 at 1:00 PM.  Dan uses the article, in his show notes, from The Epoch Times, "Power of Vice President to Count or Reject Electoral Votes Disputed," to provide the information about what the dispute is.  It has to do with the challenges in Congress of which electors are accepted when there is a dispute.  Dan then suggests that you make your own decision about which side of the dispute you would side with.  Does the Vice President make the decision, if the House and Senate disagree, or is it up to state legislatures, or their Governors?  However, would this not be a great case for the Supreme Court?  Do you think that the Supreme Court would actually accept this legal battle to make a decision, for a change?  I really don't know what they will do if it should come up to them. 

In the next segment you need to see, is when Dan remarks on the latest Fakebook fact-checking on a post he put on his Facebook page.  Hey, guess who's going to win this round of censorship?  I'd put my money on Dan in this one, for the reasons that he gave during this segment.  Hint:  He doesn't care!

There is much more to this episode, so be sure to watch it all if you can!  And have a safe New Years Eve tonight!  I'm hoping that 2021 will be a much better year, although, for many of us, 2020 just made us tougher and more able to overcome a crisis, like I did after the Iowa Derecho on August 10, 2020, that knocked out my electricity for nearly two weeks.

Because I know that Dan Bongino would prefer that I embed the Rumble.com video here, I am now doing that! It finally came to me how to do it, and I am very pleased, because it doesn't require me to use the JavaScript code to do it! So, when you are watching, you will not be seeing it via youtube.com again. Nope, not here. Ever!  No more screwtube embedded video here! Forevs! So, it's now RUMBLE all the way, Dan.  For Dan's show page on Rumble.com, click here.

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Did Trump Really Threaten to Veto the Stimulus Bill? ~ Ep. 1421 ~ The Dan Bongino Show

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode in his Show Notes (a.k.a. Newsletter!):

In this episode, I discuss the behind the scenes strategy the Trump team likely used to box in Pelosi on the Stimulus Bill.

Dan explains how the "pocket veto" works, and how President Trump is using it to stymie Nancy Pelosi's effort to pass the latest porkulous bill for "Covid-19 relief" funds.  Yes, Congress put an enormous amount of foreign and domestic spending (a.k.a. Pork) into the bill that was supposed to give relief to Americans that were adversely affected by the Chinese Virus pandemic (because the state and local governments made many business shut down).   The President regards the mere, paltry little $600 check Americans would receive as an insult after all this time, and that it should be $2,000.  And Pelosi rightly deserves the credit for delaying the bill that would help Americans, by not wanting it to go through before the election, to hurt the President.

Be sure to watch the whole episode, too, so that you don't miss Dan's segments about the teacher's unions and the Soviet-style media, and the Marxist left's insistence that Joe Biden create a "department of truth" to keep the media in line with their Socialist agenda.  In other words, they want to keep people like Dan Bongino, or me, silent.  And they definitely don't give a flip about our First Amendment rights, or any Constitutional Rights, for that matter.

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!  I relaxed for a couple days,  and I'm getting excited now to see Dan's next episode on Monday! And, just in case you missed it, you can see Dan's Episode 1420 and my remarks about it here.

Because I know that Dan Bongino would prefer that I embed the Rumble.com video here, I am now doing that! It finally came to me how to do it, and I am very pleased, because it doesn't require me to use the JavaScript code to do it! So, when you are watching, you will not be seeing it via youtube.com again. Nope, not here. Ever!  No more screwtube embedded video here! Forevs! So, it's now RUMBLE all the way, Dan.  For Dan's show page on Rumble.com, click here.

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A Special Announcement ~ Ep. 1271 ~ The Dan Bongino Show®

From the Dan Bongino Show's description of this episode on youtube.com/Bongino or in his Show Notes:

In this episode, I address the continued media misinformation campaign about the protests and the Wuhan virus. I also address the hiding of this key Spygate player, and the potential reasons why. I also discuss this enormous threat to policing in America.

Thank you, Dan Bongino, you keep me pumped!  Except for today, and not because of this episode.

As much as I like watching Dan's shows and then writing about them, my ability to discuss things is almost totally gone tonight.  Today, I was supposed to go get tested for the Coronavirus.  In Iowa, now, they are testing everyone that wants to be tested. That is something that probably should have been done a month or two ago.  It might have helped to gather actual data so that they could make informed decisions.  And after that block about the asymptomatic people, I really wish they'd get their story right.

Well, I had a slight brain fart today, and forgot to take along a printed copy of the email with a bar code they included.  There would be no test without it.  And I still had about 50 minutes to drive home and get that email printed out, and get back to the testing site.  That didn't go well.  The drive home took about 45 minutes because of detours from road construction.  I pretty much had a meltdown, to be honest.

Yes, it was that kind of day.  After several calls, I was finally able to get my test rescheduled for tomorrow.   I have printed out that bar code and have it in my car, now.  Trust me, this time I didn't schedule the test at a time when I'd be dealing with rush hour traffic like I did today.  That was just a bit nerve-wracking.  Several weeks ago, I wouldn't have had problems with traffic, the roads were pretty much clear all day.  But not now.  The economy will be coming back soon, from what I see!  That's the good news that I can take away from my crazy day.

Honestly, if you haven't yet seen this episode yet, you must, and here it is:  There is some information about Spygate you can't miss.  Dan has some info about FBI Agent Stephen Somma, Case Agent 1, and why he is needed to testify.  Definitely a thriller you can not miss!

Okay, I am off here for today.  I've been itching to start watching Ep. 1272.  You'll know why sometime tomorrow when I can fill you in on it.  Thank you for bearing with me today.  My brain is pretty much mush after the things I went through this afternoon.  My reset button had to be pushed.  I'm just sayin'...

SHOW NOTES for Episode 1271

Panic Merchants and Hysteria Traders are Everywhere ~ Ep. 1215 ~ The Dan Bongino Show®

From the Bongino Show's description of this episode on youtube.com/Bongino:

In this episode, I address the hidden pork in the “stimulus” bill which will infuriate you. I also address a real plan going forward which would save our economy and our children’s prosperity. I discuss the media panic merchants and their latest lies and distortions designed to spread hysteria.

As you watch this episode, I am sure you will also be asking questions. One being, who the heck is going to pay for that $2.2 Trillion "stimulus" bill? Our children, grandchildren, AND great grandchildren? But along the way, is there ever going to be some point where the U.S. is not going to be able to borrow money without a gigantic interest rate? Well, that is how it works in the real world. As Dan reiterates all of the time, "All debts are paid."

There will be a big reward for those of you that stick through the whole episode. Dan explains the bed "quitters" principle, where some people can not control their emotions, and they panic. Those that can control their emotions will be much more able to FIX THE PROBLEM, rather than get hysterically panicked with the situation. So, just because I'm not writing a long essay about this episode, it is because I want you to see it for yourselves. That is the responsible thing for me to do. Kind of like "social distancing" is the right thing to do. Oh, and I am even skipping doing the related stories from the Bongino Show Notes this time, too. There is a much easier way to see all of the stories. Just go to the page, by clicking here. Only one extra click for you, and hours of work saved for me, so I can keep getting content out, and stay up to date.  Problem fixed.

Panic Merchants and Hysteria Traders are Everywhere

Nunes drops a bombshell, reacts to reports of Russia trying to help Trump ~ Video ~ Fox News Channel

Rep. Devin Nunez (R-CA) is on The Breaking Story on Fox News Channel, and reacts to the reports of Russian election interference. It was reported that Rep. Nunez had gone to the White House after the classified intel briefing, which proved not to be true. However, somebody had leaked, supposedly, to the NY Times and Washington Post, that Russians were already trying to interfere with Election 2020.

Here's the story: Either somebody leaked classified information (could maybe Rep. Adam Shifty Schiff be a suspect?) to the media, or, the Washington Post and New York Times are knowingly reporting disinformation. Probably directly from the Russians? Hopefully, Rep. Nunez can find out which is true.

And before you even watch this video, be sure to think about who the Russians would want to help: President Donald Trump or Bernie Sanders?

Obama's legacy: A nuclear Iran ~ By Armstrong Williams

Iran’s supreme leader spoke in recent days of “devilish” actions by the United States, underscoring the Iranian belief that our nation is “the Great Satan.” As always, the crowd began a familiar chant, “Death to America.” The administration did not condemn these vile realities. Instead, it asserted that this was intended for a “domestic political audience” and that it somehow proved that the United States needs to negotiate a deal with Tehran.

When someone, or in this case an aspiring dominator of the Middle East with a track record of supplying money, arms, training and other support to terrorist organizations, says that our death is their goal, we should take them at their word. The best way to safeguard our national security, stand with our allies and protect our interests in the Middle East would be actually preventing the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism from acquiring nuclear weapons, not merely creating delays. 

The president seems to think the American public is stupid. He campaigned on promises of “hope and change.” Lofty rhetoric, but we never saw much of either. Now, if the president signs an agreement that legitimizes and permits an Iranian path to a nuclear weapon, the only change he will have made is that we will have no hope left.

It is probably a good thing that Congress is stepping in, and legislating a role in the Iran nuclear agreement, and sanctions against Iran.  For Obama, it is probably a very good thing.  It was a lousy deal, and everyone knew it.  When everything falls apart before June 30, 2015, Obama will probably blame Congress for interfering. And if you ask me, I think he was hoping that Congress would get him out of such a bad deal for all of the reasons that Armstrong writes about.  But, now what?  Just sayin'...

Obama's legacy: A nuclear Iran
Armstrong Williams rips BHO for allowing Tehran to walk radioactive path

Armstrong Williams

By Armstrong Williams

Friday, April 10th, 2015

From wnd.com Commentary

As if the Islamic Republic of Iran’s determined pursuit of nuclear weapons, track record of bloody terrorism, aggressive geopolitical power grabs, abhorrent human-rights violations and history of lies were not enough – President Obama’s recent interview should prove to everyone just how dangerous the framework agreement announced in Lausanne on April 2 really is.

In an interview with Tom Friedman, President Obama said, “I’ve been very clear that Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on my watch.” That last bit bears repeating: “… Iran will not get a nuclear weapon on my watch.” This confirms what many of us have suspected all along: The framework agreement will enable Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon; the mullahs in Tehran will just have to wait a little while.

Hiding under skillful rhetorical cover, Obama basically said that he believes a 10-year agreement keeps nuclear weapons out of Iran’s hands until dealing with the Islamic Republic becomes someone else’s problem. He essentially told the American public that our fears are true: He apparently cares about the fate of America’s national security and the security of American allies only while he’s sitting in the Oval Office.

As we all know, Iran has mastered the tactics of intransigence, deceit and waiting the Western powers out over the years. Indeed, a key component of Iran’s strategy has always been to buy more and more time through extensions of diplomatic talks and the stonewalling of transparent inspections and verifications of its nuclear facilities.

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Congress: Save yourselves if grid fails ~ By F. Michael Maloof

Pry pointed out that the federal government, particularly the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, has known about the EMP threat for more than 50 years.

Yet, the EMP threat has only come to the attention of most policymakers and the public relatively recently.

Such a concern only began to come to the public’s attention in unclassified reports in 2004 and 2008 by the congressionally mandated EMP Commission. The panel determined that the secrecy surrounding an EMP event was a greater threat to the nation than revelations of its destructive nature to the U.S. electrical grid system and the life-sustaining critical infrastructures.

Pry said that passage of the CIPA, introduced by Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., would “immediately mobilize thousands of emergency planners and first responders at all levels of government and educated millions of others, about EMP and how to prepare for it.”

Writing about events in the past, as in historical accounts, is called History. These are nonfictional stories about what previously happened, and if anything, get their value as a teaching tool. For as we all know, repeating mistakes of the past and expecting different results is called insanity.

Writing about current events is called News. It's weird, but I'd swear that the news we get to deal with is about the insanity in this world because of all the people that didn't pay attention to History, or thought that they could repeat history and get different results.

But, try writing about a future event, and it's called everything from speculation to paranoia. People tend to not take it seriously. And that is the problem here. I've said it before:

When you see this column posted here today, please do not conclude that it is is just more fear-mongering paranoia. This is not posted here because of a paranoid threat of World War III starting tomorrow. There is much more to this column than the reporting on a military threat from...

Is it the threat of an EMP that F. Michael Maloof may seem to be a little obsessed with?  It may seem that way, and it may even seem that I am, too.  However, it is the fact that Congress is ignoring the threat, and refusing to take any action on limiting the results of an EMP, whether natural or caused by man, that is the real obsession. Just sayin'...

RELATED STORY:

• Dec. 31, 2012 ~ Multiple scenarios for EMP catastrophe ~ By F. Michael Maloof ~ Rogue states, terror groups, even sun all pose grave threats to unprotected U.S.

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Congress: Save yourselves if grid fails
Experts warn EMP event could wipe out 90% of U.S. population

F. Michael Maloof

By F. Michael Maloof

Published: 05/16/2014 at 8:46 PM

From wnd.com

WASHINGTON – The lack of congressional action on critical infrastructure legislation is hampering national preparation for a natural or man-made electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, event that could kill 90 percent of the U.S. population due to starvation, disease and societal collapse, charges an expert on the threat.

Peter Vincent Pry, executive director of the congressional advisory Task Force on National and Homeland Security and director of the U.S. Nuclear Strategy Forum, contends that the failure to pass the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, or CIPA, is preventing action at the federal, state and local levels to protect the nation from a catastrophic EMP event.

Pry has warned that a natural or nuclear EMP event could black out the national electric grid for months or years and collapse all of the other critical infrastructures essential to sustain a modern society and the lives of 310 million Americans.

The critical infrastructures include communications, transportation, banking, finance, food, water and emergency services.

Pry calls passage of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act to create a new National Planning Scenario focused on the EMP threat “urgently necessary.”

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'Modern jurisprudence' has emasculated Constitution ~ By Henry Lamb

Congress can control the courts in a variety of ways. The Senate can strongly influence the courts through their advice-and-consent process. Were senators to reject those judicial appointees who believe that "modern jurisprudence" outweighs the clear language of the Constitution, this disease could be eliminated.

Congress can control the courts and the executive branch only if it is populated by individuals who know and believe in the Constitution. The people decide how Congress is populated. It's up to us.

What Henry Lamb examines in this column is important for all of us to be aware of, and should be a guide for us in choosing our candidates in all elections. In Henry's conclusion (above), he says that Congress would need to be "populated by individuals who know and believe in the Constitution" in order to control the courts and the executive branch of our government. I agree, but it needs to go one step further. We can only stop the "modern jurisprudence" in regard to the Constitution if all the individuals inhabiting government offices from the federal level right down to the local government levels know and follow the Constitution.

However, we won't be able to put a halt to the progressive dilution of the Constitution in just one election cycle. It could actually take generations to do so. The deterioration of our Constitution didn't just happen overnight. Too many people that have gone through the public indoctrination centers have been taught that the Constitution is an outdated document that doesn't apply in today's world. It will take a lot of effort to get the academic institutions turned around and teaching the Constitution the way the Founders intended it to mean.

Like Henry Lamb had said, "it's up to us." We can start by trying to elect people into Congress that honor the Constitution, but that is just a start. I'm just sayin'...

'Modern jurisprudence' has emasculated Constitution

HENRY LAMB

By Henry Lamb

May 21, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Editor's note: Listen to this column online.

When James Madison wrote "… nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation" into the Constitution, he really meant "for public use." Over the years, the courts redefined "public use" to mean "whatever government wants to do with your land." The Kelo v. New London decision drove the final nail into the idea of sacred private property. Another founder, John Adams, said:

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty. … The moment that the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence. Property must be sacred or liberty cannot exist.

Private property is no longer sacred. Government can take your land and give or sell it to another private individual. Government can assume control of your land – which is the defining power of ownership – by simply declaring that a wetland exists, or that an endangered or threatened species may wish to use your land. Government may prevent you from using your private property by simply drawing lines on a map and declaring that your land is in a "conservation" zone.

The Fifth Amendment to the Constitution is not what it used to be. But then neither is the Fourth Amendment, which says quite clearly that:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Indiana Supreme Court doesn't understand this clear language. Writing for the court, Justice Steven David said:

We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence. ...

What on earth is "modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence" that completely upends the clear language and meaning for the Fourth Amendment?

Modern jurisprudence must mean that courts are no longer bound by the Constitution or the law and can redefine the words to mean whatever the court wants them to mean at the moment. This disease is not limited to the courts, however. It has spread to the White House and to Congress.

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'House Republicans alone can downsize Washington'

"There is a lot of pressure on House Republicans to simply negotiate a deal with the Democrats on budget cuts or a balanced budget in exchange for a vote to raise the debt limit," said Farah. "To me it makes no sense. Republicans, by merely voting as a bloc in the House alone, can force bigger cuts in the budget than they will ever get in any deal with Democrats. Why would they trade that nuclear option. Republicans in the House hold all the cards. This is what they were elected to do last November – for a time such as this."

"The House Republicans alone can downsize Washington," he said.

If this sounds like an excellent plan, it is because it would work! It would not allow our government to spend more than it takes in with tax revenues. It would force Congress to find a way to balance the budget, in other words.

'House Republicans alone can downsize Washington'

New petition campaign demands GOP unity against raising debt limit

January 23, 2011 ~ 6:46 pm Eastern

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WASHINGTON – The House Republican majority has the power to impose the most dramatic cuts in the federal budget in decades, halting all new spending by Barack Obama and the Senate majority and significantly reducing the national debt by simply voting in a few weeks to oppose raising the debt limit, says the architect of a plan to persuade GOP representatives to unify around the idea.

A new petition campaign directed exclusively to all 242 House Republicans calls on them not to bargain with Democrats in favor of using the "nuclear option – stopping any further deficit spending for the next two years."

"Few are recognizing what an opportunity the House Republicans have to force Washington to downsize," says Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of WND and the author of the petition. "If Republicans in the House unite around this idea, there is nothing the White House or the Senate can do to exceed the debt limit. This is a golden opportunity for real change in policy that must not be frittered away in favor of deals with the Democrats."

Farah says some in House leadership are already suggesting they will support raising the debt limit in March in exchange for the promise of budget cuts by Democrats.

"Why Republicans would bargain for budget cuts that Democrats themselves will be forced to implement if the debt limit is not raised makes no sense," he says. "By definition, a vote to raise the debt limit permits the Democrats to spend more money than Washington collects. Republicans will, in effect, give Democrats license to keep overspending and increasing debt by approving a debt limit increase."

On the other hand, Farah says, all Republicans in the House have to do to force Democrats to cut spending radically for the first time in decades is to stick together in opposing a hike in the debt limit.

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Follow your spleen ~ By Patrice Lewis

So what to do when your internal organs conflict with each other?

The early Chinese felt the spleen was the central organ in charge of life-sustaining postnatal energy, directing the critical flow of nutrients to keep the body functioning. So in this absurd metaphor of organ function, I've decided to assign a new responsibility to the spleen: issuing common sense. Common sense, you see, is an intelligent balance between head and heart.

You've heard the phrase "follow your heart" ad nauseum, I am sure. Patrice Lewis expounds on why we shouldn't only "follow our heart" in making critical decisions in life, and how it can lead to bad things. Just think about all the people who followed their hearts when they voted for Barack Hussein Obama, and look how that worked out! (No, Patrice doesn't say that in her column... That was my own editorial example.)

Follow your spleen

PATRICE LEWIS

By Patrice Lewis

January 01, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Recently, my daughters and I were at a friend's house where a television was on (we don't get TV reception in our home). The girls, instantly mesmerized by the idiot box, stared at whatever dribble was showing. But since my kids have been raised without that questionable medium, they are much more critical of what they see on the screen.

Since it was shortly before Christmas, everything – from advertisements to previews of upcoming shows to the program itself – was Christmas themed. The overall message the TV station attempted to convey was holiday warmth and mushiness mixed with commercialism. "Follow your heart!" gushed an announcer's voice.

At once both my girls started making gagging noises. "I hate that term!" exclaimed my oldest, who just turned 15. "It's because people follow their hearts that they have so many problems!"

Out of the mouth of babes. I realized my sensible teen had nailed it.

I will now embark on a series of mangled metaphors that will make any physician nauseous, but bear with me.

It recent years, feelings – classically described as originating from the heart – have become gods. It's gotten to the point where how you feel supersedes rational thought. These feelings – following your heart – are not always the best guide for proper action and behavior.

When you think about it, how many times has following your heart gotten you into trouble? Your heart might say this is a great guy to marry (he's handsome, sexy and buys you roses) but your head knows he's risky (he's been married four times, had an affair while you were dating and can't keep a job).

Your heart might fall for your brother's latest plea for a loan – after all, isn't he family? – but your head knows darned good and well he's going to fritter the money away and ask for another loan next month.

See my point? Simply put, the heart is seldom a good judge of what should be done.

In the last 40 years, feelings have become supreme. We used to be guided by sensible documents such as the Bible and the Constitution. Now those sources are deemed too pitiless, too much at odds with the warm gushy feelings that rule society. Today we take our guidance from People magazine and Oprah.

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A great New Year's resolution ~ By Henry Lamb

The subject of this column by Henry Lamb may not be easily understood by the average American citizen. For the most part, none of us were around before the 17th Amendment was ratified. And I doubt that the importance of the 17th Amendment was discussed in your high school civics or history classes. We have only known that U.S. Senators are elected by popular vote. But it wasn't always that way:

The idea of people-powered government control of society offered by Marx ran head-on into the unregulated activities of laissez-faire capitalism. This produced a new system of political thought dubbed "Progressivism" by Theodore Roosevelt and others, in the late 19th century. This new hybrid political system pursued government policies that regulated economic and social activity without the government actually owning the sources of production – as Marx advocated.

Woodrow Wilson, a champion of Progressivism, ushered in the Federal Reserve, the income tax and the 17th Amendment – which destroyed the carefully balanced, unique structure of the American government. The 17th Amendment removed the states from the federal government altogether by allowing senators to be elected directly by the people rather than by the state legislatures.

Henry goes on to explain, "Since the Progressives sent Wilson to the White House, the states have had no voice in the approval of federal law to which states must conform."

In all honesty, I can't say that I was aware of the critical significance of what the 17th Amendment did until recently, and I'm still learning about it, with the help of the following two videos:

Restore the Republic - Part 1 ~ 26:04
Restore the Republic - Part 2 ~ 17:06

If you could spare the 43 minutes to watch the two videos above, along with reading Henry's entire column, you will probably understand much more about why the Constitution was written as it was, and why the 17th Amendment is leading the United States of America away from being a Republic as it was founded, and is being transformed into a Democracy, a "tyranny of the majority."

A great New Year's resolution

HENRY LAMB

By Henry Lamb

January 01, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

In hopes of returning to a previous, "better" condition, millions of Americans will resolve to: quit smoking, lose weight, or engage in some other activity to make their life better in some way. Suppose there were an activity in which Americans could engage that would make the entire world better, especially that portion of the world we call the United States of America. There is!

We can resolve to restore the original, unique republic created by our founders.

George Washington, Ben Franklin, James Madison and the handful of other great Americans who assembled in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 used nearly half of the Convention time debating the single issue of representation in the new government. Shall the new government be a government of the states, or a government of the people?

The Articles of Confederation created a government of the states, and any amendment to the Articles required unanimous approval. This arrangement was inadequate; no state could be compelled to comply with any directive from the government. James Madison's Virginia Plan proposed a new government of the people; Andrew Hamilton wanted a strong central government, with the president to be elected for life.

Small states argued that the Virginia Plan would essentially erase the small states because the large states would always have more delegates to the new government and could always outvote the small states. Delaware delegate John Dickenson nearly ended the Constitutional Convention by declaring that Madison's plan would exchange the tyranny of the king for the tyranny of the large states – tyranny to which small states would never submit.

Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, of whom Thomas Jefferson once said: "… here is a man who never said a foolish thing in his life," suggested a compromise. His compromise would make the lower legislative chamber consist of representatives elected by the people based on population; the upper chamber, the Senate, would consist of two representatives from each state, chosen by the state legislature.

Madison compared such a government to a centaur – half man and half horse. Sherman's compromise government would be empowered half by the people and half by the states. This new form of government – unique in the world – would allow competition between the two sources of power, which would serve as a check and balance on each other to ensure that neither became domineering or tyrannical.

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Please stop 'helping' us ~ By John Stossel

When will the political do-gooders realize that the most vulnerable people in society can't take any more of their kindness? (John Stossel, from this column)

John Stossel explains how the law of unintended consequences has affected lower income people with the passage of the CARD Act. When Congress passed the CARD Act, it made it more difficult for many people to get credit, and thus they turn to other sources for emergencies, and end up paying by far more in interest for their money. Todd Zywicki, law professor at George Mason University, says the following to the credit card reformers:

"In the 1960s, the second-biggest revenue source of organized crime was illegal lending. Is that the world we want to go back to, where we get rid of payday lending, and we're so morally outraged that we're going to put people in the hands of the leg-breakers and the loan sharks? They charged an interest rate that was well over 1,000 percent, and their collection techniques were a lot tougher than your local pawn shops."

Please stop 'helping' us

JOHN STOSSEL

By John Stossel

December 29, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

Last year, Congress passed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act. It was supposed to really end the alleged abuses perpetrated by the credit-card companies. The law forbids some penalties and interest-rate increases on existing balances.

It is one of President Obama's proudest achievements.

"Enough's enough," he said. "It's time for strong, reliable protection for our consumers."

Reform, he said, would not come at the expense of honest businesses. "Unless your business model depends on cutting corners or bilking your customers, you've got nothing to fear."

Finally! Protection! A new bureaucracy will stop greedy credit-card companies from unfairly penalizing you. And it won't threaten the credit business. Yippie!

How has it worked out?

Not so well. George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki points out that the new restrictions hurt more consumers than they help.

Since the Card Act passed, mortgage and Treasury bill rates have dropped a little, but credit-card interest went up – from 13 percent to nearly 15 percent. Some banks also stopped offering credit to some people. JPMorgan Chase cut off 15 percent of its customers.

So the real result of this "consumer" regulation? "Hundreds of thousands of people can't get cards who used to be able to have cards, and all the rest of us now have to pay more," Zywicki said.

But maybe the people who can't get credit cards are better off because they couldn't handle credit wisely?

"Just to say they don't have a credit card doesn't mean that they don't have credit," Zywicki retorts. "They'll just go to more expensive places – the local payday lender or the local pawn shop."

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Why violent revolt lies in our future ~ By Larry Klayman

Of course, when Larry Klayman's column is read, most people will undoubtedly say, "That can't happen here." With all of the things going on that Larry discusses in this column, will you still be able to say, "what is there to worry about?"

And, we all know the reaction that the progressives had about the Tea Party movement. Tea partiers were criticized and called derogatory names by the leftists, with claims that tea partiers were potential domestic terrorists. Why all the leftists' lies about the tea party movement? Could it be because they are concerned that the "tipping point" could be reached soon with all of their tyrannical and socialist agenda being passed, like ObamaCare? Of the various signs of dark times to come that you will read about in this column, do you know if any of them will push this country over the edge and spark a violent revolt? Will you be prepared if it happens?

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Why violent revolt lies in our future

LARRY KLAYMAN

By Larry Klayman

December 18, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

President Ronald Reagan used to say that the scariest words in the English language are: "Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help." Two hundred or so years earlier, our Founding Fathers had essentially the same thoughts when they declared independence from the British Crown based on its refusal to take into account the grievances of the colonies and its peoples, and instead attempted to beat them into submission.

Today, as we observe the holidays and ready ourselves for a Republican takeover of the House of Representatives in the New Year, in the face of continued control of the Senate and White House by the Democrats and President Barack Obama, these words and thoughts ring louder than ever. Never before in the history of our sacred nation has the "State of the Union" been worse and indeed more hostile to the needs of the American people. And both Democrats and Republicans are responsible!

I have written in earlier columns that I sincerely believe that we have entered a new revolutionary period in American history. With each passing day, I become more convinced of it. And, regrettably, I believe that we are only a year of so from violent revolt if things do not radically change "on a dime."

Here are the signs of the violent revolution to come:

First, the economy continues in a tailspin, with unemployment increasing. Families do not have the financial means, even assuming they are able to bring home a salary, to pay for their children's higher education, buy a new car, much less put good wholesome food on the dinner table. Couple this with glacial growth in the economy, our dependence on foreign capital to keep the nation afloat and the continued real-estate crisis and the picture is more than bleak. And God forbid we have another large terrorist attack or an oil field or two in the Middle East blows up – the entire world economy could easily go down for the count. People get real upset when they do not have money; plain and simple. Just ask any employer who has missed or is late on a pay period for his employees. He or she is lucky not to be lynched. Our government has not only missed several pay periods, it is taxing the populace into submission and wasting these revenues on projects and graft that return nothing but more hardship.

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How about a regressive tax system? ~ By Robert Ringer

Just before it passed through Congress, Robert Ringer had written about the tax deal that was just signed into law yesterday. While the column discusses Robert's idea about a regressive tax system, I have included two excerpts below where Robert brings up specific points about the deal that he has a problem with. Now that Congress has included a 13 month extension to unemployment benefits, (and raised the estate tax back up to 35%, which wasn't mentioned in the column), he feels that it "would offset much, if not all, of that illusory economic stimulus by bleeding vast sums into idle hands."

How about a regressive tax system?

ROBERT RINGER

By Robert Ringer

December 17, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

How refreshing it was to read Rep. Michele Bachmann's choice of words when she said, "I called for the current tax rates to be made permanent for all Americans." Finally, a Republican who refuses to use the term "Bush tax cuts" when alluding to our current tax rate.

As I have repeatedly pointed out, when politicians and media pundits talk about the "Bush tax cuts," they clearly are implying that the normal, acceptable tax rates are whatever they were before President Bush reduced them. Claire McCaskill recently summed up this warped far-left viewpoint when she said, "If they think it's OK to raise taxes for the embattled middle class because … we don't GIVE more money to millionaires, it really is time for people in America to pick up pitchforks."

I understand that lefties like McCaskill are hopeless, but I often wonder if I'm the only one who finds it odd when a Republican legislator says, "You don't raise taxes in the middle of a recession." Such a statement implies that it's OK to raise taxes when times are good. Sorry, but there's no such thing as a good time to raise taxes.

If raising taxes is a bad thing to do during a recession, why would it be a good thing to do when the economy is strong? What would be the objective – to try make a strong economy weak? If high taxes are good for the economy, let's have high taxes permanently. But if they're bad for the economy, let's get rid of them altogether.

Republicans will be shooting themselves in the foot if they finalize a deal that includes an extension of unemployment benefits. Why don't we stop kidding ourselves and admit that this insidious transfer-of-wealth program is evolving into a guaranteed minimum income (via never-ending extensions). Sorry, Nancy, but unemployment benefits accomplish just three things: They 1) increase the deficit, 2) cause unemployment and 3) slow economic growth.

No one knows the exact degree of the tradeoff, but the big picture is that in a compromise scenario people would get to keep more of their own money because taxes would not be increased (for now), and some would use it as an opportunity to expand their businesses and create jobs. But the increase in unemployment benefits would offset much, if not all, of that illusory economic stimulus by bleeding vast sums into idle hands.

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Conviction: What conservatives lack ~ By Robert Ringer

Just after the election on November 2, 2010, I wrote the following tweet:

Republicans, do not ever, ever COMPROMISE!! Read this for further information: http://bit.ly/9M9UhM

It was my worst fear that once the election was over, and especially once the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives was seated in January, that Conservative Republicans would start compromising in order to get their bills passed. Compromise is the negation of conviction! One of the definitions of compromise that I read is, "a settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modification of demands." Now, when you read what Robert Ringer says about the difference between "preference" and "conviction," and you will understand why I so vociferously told the Conservative Republicans NEVER EVER compromise!


Conviction: What conservatives lack

ROBERT RINGER

By Robert Ringer

December 10, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

Thomas Paine could just as well have been referring to the year 2010 when he said, "These are the times that try men's souls." Valley Forge was an epoch event in our history, an event that played a major role in giving birth to the greatest nation the world has ever known. But today men's souls are being tested at a time when that same nation is collapsing before our very eyes.

Which brings us back to preference versus conviction. When the American Revolutionaries made a choice to declare themselves free of King George III, they pledged to each other "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor." Their desire to be free of the king's tyranny was not a preference; it was a conviction. They made the choice to risk death by standing by their belief that they had a natural right to be free.

Today, politicians are not faced with death if they do not go along with popular opinion. Instead, they are faced with the possibility of being voted out of office. I say, bless those progressive politicians who are still willing, even after the recent bloodbath elections, to vote for what they sincerely believe in – more government control over people's lives and more redistribution of wealth. But a pox on those conservatives who claim to believe that these things are immoral, yet vote for legislation such as extending unemployment benefits on the grounds that it's "the compassionate thing to do."

An even worse excuse that we often hear politicians use is that "anyone who is familiar with the way Washington works knows that you never get everything you want – that compromise is the only way you can ever get anything done." Translation: They are devoid of convictions.

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Washington is leaking oil ~ By Herman Cain

The oil light is on, and the Democrats still don't seem to have a clue.

As Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and others have stated, Washington still does not get it. The Democrats still do not get it. They did not hear the very loud message of the election results. Stop ignoring the people!

It was a good analogy by Herman Cain to explain how you can know that you have some severe problems to deal with, but yet, your priorities have nothing to do with taking care of the problems facing this country. It seems that the Democrats are only happy when they do things to try to satisfy their leftist base. That is not good for the rest of us.

Washington is leaking oil

By Herman Cain

December 06, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2010

My first car as a teenager was an old car with a lot of problems, but at least it was functional. It had an oil leak, and I could not afford to get the leak fixed. It was cheaper for me to add oil occasionally to prevent the engine from totally locking up, or worse yet, catching fire.

The president, his administration and Congress are functionally leaking oil, and the American people are nervous about a total government shutdown, or worse yet, economic collapse. We are not too big to fail as some people seem to believe, and Uncle Sam does not have a "sugar daddy" to bail us out.

Leaking of classified information by WikiLeaks has compromised our national security, and has put our military warriors in and out of uniform at risk. We have yet to see definitive action by the administration to address the issue, even though we have seen and heard a lot of news stories that make us uncertain that the situation is under control.

Economic uncertainty continues to thwart economic growth while Congress and the administration continue to bicker over extending the existing tax rates. Extending all of the tax rates is the right thing to do for the economy, instead of playing class warfare once again to try to gain a political victory.

If Congress and the president do not act, then we will all see tax increases on Jan. 1, 2011. This would be a devastating blow to our economy. A sense of urgency by Washington does not seem to be a priority, as if they have the option to extend the 2010 calendar year. Thankfully, they do not.

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