Democrats proclaim, “Black Lives Matter!” Really?

Seriously?

Really?

Most recently, Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, have been fighting to keep federal crime assistance, offered by President Trump, out of Chicago.

These “concerned” politicians prefer the status quo, which was 58 people shot and 8 killed over the Labor Day weekend, and dozens shot and killed over any other normal weekend, not to mention those shot and killed during the week!

Black communities bear the brunt of these shootings and killings.

But Pritzker and Johnson say crime statistics are improving, and they don’t want, or need help.

What do you think the families and friends of the hundreds of people who have been shot, and the families and friends of the hundreds of people in Chicago would have to say about that?

Pritzker and Johnson call on their democrat friends to “stand up and fight” against “federal occupation,” and to “defend the land” against President Trump.

Really?

Again, these “concerned” politicians prefer 58 people shot and 8 killed over the Labor Day weekend, and dozens shot and killed over any other normal weekend, not to mention those shot and killed during the week, and expect the people of Chicago to follow suit?

Since when did sacrificing the lives of these people to criminals on a daily basis become acceptable, and become the norm?

I believe the sane residents of Chicago would beg to differ.

So, do these democrat politicians still believe black lives matter?

I would ask, “matter” in what way exactly, because these black lives don’t seem to be worth saving in their eyes.

In case you don’t believe my premise of black lives being effected the most by this senseless crime in Chicago, in an article from April 12, 2022, for The Heritage Foundation, Giancarlo Canaparo and Abby Kassal ask, “Who Suffers the Most from the Crime Wave?”

“African Americans bear an increasingly large share of the harm from crime.”

“The spike in crime is hurting a lot of people, and black communities bear the heaviest burden.”

“Violent crime, like the price of gas, is rising. Not everyone is experiencing this crime wave in the same way. For some, it’s a distant issue experienced by other people somewhere else. For others, it’s a daily life-threatening concern.”

“We parsed the FBI’s crime data from 2011 to 2020 (the most recent data available) and found that African Americans bear an increasingly large share of the harm from crime. African American offenders, meanwhile, are committing an increasingly large share of violent crimes.”

“For other racial groups, the numbers are either decreasing (in the case of both white victims and offenders), increasing by much smaller amounts, or holding constant.”

“According to federal crime data, the number of violent crimes has increased by almost 50% over the last 10 years. In 2011, the FBI reported 314,907 violent offenses. In 2020, there were 640,836.”

“The most striking figure in the data is the spike in reported homicides, which tripled from 3,549 offenses in 2011 to 10,440 offenses in 2020.”

“The picture that federal crime data provide is bad, but the reality of crime in the United States is even worse. The FBI’s data is not complete. It relies on local law enforcement agencies across the country to voluntarily share their local data with the FBI. Not all do.”

Or, the data is manipulated, ala Washington D.C., to make it seem better than it really is.

“Although the National Incident-Based Reporting System is not complete, it provides useful insights into who suffers from and who commits crime because it tracks demographic data about both sets of people.”

“We utilized the FBI’s crime data to compare victim statistics to determine which groups have been most impacted by the rise in violent crime. Factoring out the cases in which the race of the victim was unknown, we calculated who has borne the brunt of the crime wave.”

“For this analysis, violent crime includes assault, homicide, and sex offenses. We found that the increase in these crimes has fallen hardest on black people.”

“The most significant changes, therefore, were that black people represent an increasing share of violent crime victims…”

“The true size of the problem is made starker when we consider that African Americans make up only 14.2% of the total population (including multiracial populations who identify as black “in combination” with another race), but 32.7% of all violent crime victims and 54.4% of homicide victims. Thus, these small percentages represent an enormous problem that, for black people, is getting worse, both in relative and absolute terms.”

Regardless…, the spike in crime is hurting a lot of people, and black communities bear the heaviest burden.

Democrats across the country oppose President Trump’s desire to make our cities safer places to live and work. The democrats prefer to fight for the rights criminals and ignore the devastating impact crime is having on their constituents.

How these democrats keep winning elections in our big cities is beyond me.

I guess, in the end, you get what you deserve, but President Trump is determined to improve the lives of the people in these big democrat run cities, whether they appreciate it or not.

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Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

September 3, 2025 0

Who do we become as we get older?

Who do “they” want us to become?

Excuse me for being a little introspective today, but I recently heard this song again by Supertramp, and it made me think.

Here are the words to the song. What do you think?

“When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle, oh, it was beautiful, magical

And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily

Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me

But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible

Logical, oh, responsible, practical

Then they showed me a world where I could be so dependable

Oh, clinical, oh, intellectual, cynical

There are times when all the world’s asleep

The questions run too deep

For such a simple man

Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned?

I know it sounds absurd

Please tell me who I am

I said, now, watch what you say, they’ll be calling you a radical

A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal

Oh, won’t you sign up your name? We’d like to feel you’re acceptable

Respectable, oh, presentable, a vegetable

But at night, when all the world’s asleep

The questions run so deep

For such a simple man…”

Life is really fairly simple.

But there are those that love to complicate things for their own benefit. “Those” being the government, elected and unelected, and “the haves.” These people are just interested in protecting their positions, power, and wealth.

Once we get to a certain age, we don’t have the luxury of being so care free anymore. We have responsibilities, and we are just trying to survive, and give ourselves and our families the best lives we can.

Most of us just want to feel safe and comfortable, but it seems that is too much to ask for now. “They” just can’t help themselves from demanding more, and more, until they ruin it for everyone, including themselves.

And, please be aware about the line that says “they’ll be calling you a liberal,” that conservatives are really the new “liberals,” while the democrats are all about being “the man” now.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

February 26, 2024 0

Instead of stepping down, Biden doubles down.

Before I get started, I want to give my wife credit for this title. Nice one, Honey.

While we waited for “president” Biden to come out for his unscheduled press conference last Thursday night, my wife and I speculated what our fearless leader was going to say, given that earlier in the day the special counsel released their findings about their look into Biden’s handling of classified documents as a Senator, a vice president, a private citizen, and finally as president.

Would Biden say he had decided not to run for re-election?

Would Biden say he has decided to step down?

Glenn Thrush for The New York Times reported, “While Mr. Hur decided not to prosecute Mr. Biden, 81, [Did anyone ever actually think he would be prosecuted?] some of the reasoning he cited for his decision immediately created a new political crisis for the White House. In recounting his interviews with the president, Mr. Hur portrayed him as unable to remember key dates of his time in the Obama White House, or even precisely when his son Beau had died.”

“‘Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview with him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,’ Mr. Hur wrote.”

Is that really a thing? This is how they decide to prosecute people, or not, who have committed a crime(s)?

“The inquiry found that the president had willfully retained material after finishing his term as vice president and had shared sensitive information with a ghostwriter.”

So, Biden and his crew could argue against Mr. Hur’s findings, but then wouldn’t they be arguing against the reason Mr. Hur chose not to prosecute Clueless Joe?

Can they have it both ways?

Sorry. Stupid question.

It is a bit of a conundrum, but not for this bunch.

Instead of coming out in his interview and calmly and coolly thanking the special prosecutor for choosing to not prosecute him, while begging to differ on his cognitive assertions of him, he came out and attacked the special prosecutor and anyone else who questions his mental acuity, while then proceeding to confuse the President of Egypt with the President of Mexico.

I have to tell you, after watching Tucker Carlson’s interview of Vladimir Putin, and watching him talk off the script for over two hours, and seeing what an intelligent and sharp man he is, Mr. Putin, along with along with all of the other leaders and people around the world, must be having a good laugh at “president” Biden, America, and her people. You and I.

Thanks again “president” Biden.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

February 13, 2024 0

Has anyone actually been charged with “insurrection” regarding January 6th?

The “insurrection” word gets thrown around ALL the time by democrats, but the truth is NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6^TH.

Let me say that again.

NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH.

Although hundreds of Americans have been charged with various other crimes, regarding the events of January 6^th, NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH.

Let me say that again.

NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH.

You may wonder how that could possibly be, and the answer is probably because it, in reality, was not an “insurrection,” at least by the protesters and rioters that have been targeted by The Department of inJustice.

Kaylee McGhee White, for The Washington Examiner writes, “Reminder: Not one person involved in Jan. 6 riot has been charged with ‘insurrection.’”

“For all the Democrats’ talk of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot being an ‘insurrection,’ it’s important to remember that not one person involved in the riot has been charged with that crime.”

“My colleague Jerry Dunleavy writes, ‘One year after the Capitol riot, no one has been charged with sedition or insurrection, despite initial Justice Department claims that such charges were likely and former President Donald Trump being impeached for allegedly inciting an insurrection.’”

“Surely, if the rioters’ actions were as seditious and Trump’s foolishness [their words, not mine] was as dangerous as Democrats have claimed, we’d be seeing criminal charges that reflect the seriousness of those alleged crimes. But that hasn’t happened.”

“According to the Justice Department, more than 225 defendants had been charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers; at least 275 defendants have been charged with obstructing a congressional proceeding; and about 40 defendants have been charged with some sort of conspiracy charge.”

“But, again, no one has been charged with sedition or insurrection.”

Let me say that again.

NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION, REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6TH.

“Perhaps that’s why the vast majority of voters on both the Left and the Right don’t agree with Democrats’ characterization of the Capitol riot as an insurrection. A CBS News poll released this week found that 70% of the people who voted for President Joe Biden and 84% of the people who voted for Trump considered the Capitol riot to be a ‘protest that went too far.’”

Now we see multiple states attempting to keep President Trump off of this November’s ballot because he, according to their belief, “incited an insurrection” on January 6^th.

The same January 6^th where NOT ONE PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION REGARDING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6^TH, INCLUDING PRESIDENT TRUMP.

In truth, President Trump offered to deploy 10,000 National Guard troops to the Capitol that day, but his offer was rejected by Pelosi, who as the Speaker of the House at the time, was in charge of Capitol security.

Now why would she do that?

The idea has been floated she denied troops to help with security because “it would not have been a good look.”

But the Capitol surrounded by fences and razor wire and troops after the fact was a good look?

In reality, I believe she did not want the troops there because they would have actually kept the protestors in line, which was contrary to what Pelosi, and her counterparts, the FBI, desired.

It has been well documented that FBI operatives incited the protestors to march on and enter the Capitol building, and even assisted them with their entry.

All so Pelosi and the democrats could use this event to further their never ending parade of witch hunts against President Trump, and further promote their narrative of the evil MAGA contingency.

And, why was Nancy Pelosi, who was responsible for Capitol security, never brought before the January 6^th Committee to testify?

I think we all know the answer to that question.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

February 9, 2024 0

Is Ukraine really Synonymous with Democracy and Freedom?

We hear every day that we need to continue our support of Ukraine in the fight for democracy and freedom versus Putin and Russia.

But is Ukraine and Zelensky really that much better than Russia and Putin?

Is Ukraine any better at all?

According to Allan Ripp, reporting for NBC News, “Ukraine’s Nazi problem is real…”

“Of the many distortions manufactured by Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify Russia’s assault on Ukraine, perhaps the most bizarre is his claim that the action was taken to ‘denazify’ the country and its leadership. In making his case for entering his neighbor’s territory with armored tanks and fighter jets, Putin has stated that the move was undertaken ‘to protect people’ who have been ‘subjected to bullying and genocide,’ [In Biden’s own words, with video cameras rolling, he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: ‘I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you’re not getting the money,’” Biden recalled telling Poroshenko. “Well, son of a bitch, he got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time,” Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations event, insisting that President Obama was in on the threat.] and that Russia ‘will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.’”

“Putin’s destructive actions — among them the devastation of Jewish communities — make clear that he’s lying when he says his goal is to ensure anyone’s welfare.”

“On its face, Putin’s smear is absurd, not least because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish [and Joe Biden is Puerto Rican!] and has said that members of his family were killed during World War II. There is also no evidence of recent mass killings or ethnic purges taking place in Ukraine. Moreover, labeling enemies Nazis is a common political ploy in Russia [and in the U.S., by the way], especially from a leader who favors disinformation campaigns [did somebody say Creepy Joe Biden?] and wants to stir up feelings of national vengeance against a WWII foe to justify conquest.”

“But even though Putin is engaging in propaganda [isn’t everyone?], it’s also true that Ukraine has a genuine Nazi problem — both past and present [well, they’ve got that in common with the democrat party!]. Putin’s destructive actions — among them the devastation of Jewish communities — make clear that he’s lying when he says his goal is to ensure anyone’s welfare. But important as it is to defend the yellow-and-blue flag against the Kremlin’s brutal aggression, it would be a dangerous oversight to deny Ukraine’s antisemitic history and collaboration with Hitler’s Nazis, as well as the latter-day embrace of neo-Nazi factions in some quarters.”

Reeeeally?

“On the eve of World War II, Ukraine was home to one the largest Jewish communities in Europe, with estimates as high as 2.7 million, a remarkable number considering the territory’s long record of antisemitism and pogroms [A pogrom is a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic or religious group, particularly Jews. The term entered the English language from Russian to describe 19th- and 20th-century attacks on Jews in the Russian Empire.]. By the end, more than half would perish. When German troops took control of Kyiv in 1941, they were welcomed by ‘Heil Hitler’ banners. Soon after, nearly 34,000 Jews — along with Roma and other ‘undesirables’ — were rounded up and marched to fields outside the city on the pretext of resettlement only to be massacred in what became known as the ‘Holocaust by bullets.’”

“The Babyn Yar ravine continued to fill up as a mass grave for two years. With as many as 100,000 murdered there, it became one of the largest single killing sites of the Holocaust outside of Auschwitz and other death camps. Researchers have noted the key role locals played in fulfilling Nazi kill orders at the site.”

“Nowadays, Ukraine counts between 56,000 to 140,000 Jews, who enjoy freedoms and protections never imagined by their grandparents. That includes an updated law passed last month criminalizing antisemitic acts. Unfortunately, the law was intended to address a pronounced uptick in public displays of bigotry, including swastika-laden vandalism of synagogues and Jewish memorials, and eerie marches in Kyiv and other cities that celebrated the Waffen SS.”

“In another ominous development, Ukraine has in recent years erected a glut of statues honoring Ukrainian nationalists whose legacies are tainted by their indisputable record as Nazi proxies. The Forward newspaper cataloged some of these ‘deplorables,’ including Stepan Bandera, leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), whose followers acted as local militia members for the SS and German army. ‘Ukraine has several dozen monuments and scores of street names glorifying this Nazi collaborator, enough to require two separate Wikipedia pages,’ the Forward wrote.”

“Another frequent honoree is Roman Shukhevych, revered as a Ukrainian freedom fighter but also the leader of a feared Nazi auxiliary police unit that the Forward notes was ‘responsible for butchering thousands of Jews and … Poles.’ Statues have also been raised for Yaroslav Stetsko, a one-time chair of the OUN, who wrote ‘I insist on the extermination of the Jews in Ukraine.’”

Hmmm.

Ukrainian volunteers with the right-wing paramilitary Azov National Corps with their flags demonstrate their force, during Ukrainian Volunteer Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

“Just as disturbing, neo-Nazis are part of some of Ukraine’s growing ranks of volunteer battalions. They are battle-hardened after waging some of the toughest street fighting against Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine following Putin’s Crimean invasion in 2014. One is the Azov Battalion, founded by an avowed white supremacist who claimed Ukraine’s national purpose was to rid the country of Jews and other inferior races. In 2018, the U.S. Congress stipulated that its aid to Ukraine couldn’t be used ‘to provide arms, training or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.’”

Is that so?

Who exactly is making sure this doesn’t happen?

“Even so, Azov is now an official member of the Ukraine National Guard.”

You don’t say?

In addition to the concerns about Ukrainian Nazism, Tom Vanden Brook and Rachel Looker for USA Today report, “The US has spent billions on Ukraine war aid. But is that money landing in corrupt pockets?”

“With more than $100 billion in U.S. weaponry and financial aid flowing to Ukraine in less than a year – and more on the way to counter Russia’s invasion – concerns about arms falling into terrorists’ hands [again?!] and dollars into corrupt officials’ pockets [don’t they always?] are mounting.”

“The special inspector general who has overseen aid to Afghanistan since 2012, and some House Republicans, warn of the need for closer oversight of the military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The scale of the effort is massive. The $113 billion appropriated by Congress in 2022 approaches the $146 billion spent in 20 years for military and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan…”

‘“When you spend so much money so quickly, with so little oversight, you’re going to have fraud, waste and abuse,’ John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said in an interview.”

The question is then, why is there “so little oversight?”

Because that’s the way they want it!

How can any of this money be effectively kicked back, “wasted and abused,” if we actually require to document where OUR money is going?!

“The Pentagon rejects that narrative, saying safeguards have been put in place to ensure that U.S. weapons are accounted for by the Ukrainian forces after they are transferred.”

Oh…, ok, then…, if the Pentagon says so!

‘“The department takes our commitment to Ukraine seriously, which is why we implemented strong measures to track the capabilities we are providing to equip Ukraine,’ said Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary.”

Define “strong measures.”

“The lack of Ukraine oversight draws parallels to Afghanistan corruption.”

Wow. That’s saying a lot!

“Ukraine has a history of corruption, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made stamping it out a priority.”

I believe using the phrase “covering it up” would be more appropriate as opposed to the phrase “stamping it out.”

“James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, said Congress must conduct oversight of taxpayer dollars sent overseas. The committee will work to determine whether there was waste or misuse.”

Honestly, I don’t think we need a committee to determine whether there was “waste or misuse,” just how much “waste or misuse.”

‘“We owe it to the American taxpayer to account for how their money is spent,’ Comer said in a statement to USA TODAY.”

Yes, that would be nice, and change of pace to be sure.

Stay thirsty (for the truth) my friends!

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

November 6, 2023 0

Has Congress really been thrown into “Chaos” by Republicans?

First, let’s define “chaos.”

According to dictionary.com, “chaos” means: “A state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order.”

Sooo, just because some republicans have differing ideas and beliefs from other republicans, and some republicans have deemed a change in leadership is necessary, and they have pushed for that change, within the parameters of established processes and congressional procedures, the republicans are deemed to have thrown Congress into a state of “chaos?”

You can read about the democrat approved narrative yourself, as propagandized by NPR (National Public Radio), in this instance, by Claudia Grisales, Deirdre Walsh, and Lexie Schapitl, when they write, “Fate of House GOP leadership throws Congress into chaos.”

Please note that NPR is a federally funded media outlet. That means WE are paying for the pleasure of having the government spread its propaganda back on us.

Ok, let’s continue with NPR’s take on the whole situation.

“The U.S. House of Representatives remains virtually frozen as Republican tumult fuels scrambled plans over who could take over leadership of the lower chamber.”

Some would say, myself included, that “the U.S. House of Representatives remaining virtually frozen” would be a step in the right direction.

“Republican members huddled in meeting after meeting on Wednesday with potential candidates for speaker talking to the different factions of the party.”

As if this was somehow a negative attribute of the republicans. Democrats have never “huddled” in any backroom meetings before! Especially regarding a change in their leadership! That would be democrat heresy!

Who believes it’s healthy for everyone associated with a given political party to walk and think and vote in lock-step with every other person, in this case every other representative, of a given political party?

I sincerely hope you’re not nodding or have your hand up.

I think many of us can recall groups of political factions who preferred to walk in lock-step (goosestep) with each other 100% of the time.

‘“There’s scenarios where this could be going on for weeks,’ Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., told reporters steps off the House floor amid the competing meetings.”

And if it does, so what?

“There is a tension between some lawmakers who want a quick election for speaker to move on and those who caution the conference needs to coalesce around someone who can bring all the factions together and avoid another embarrassing debacle on the House floor with multiple rounds of balloting.”

“Embarrassing debacle?”

Really?

Following congressional process and procedure to elect a new speaker of the house is an “embarrassing debacle?”

Maybe to the democrat “goose steppers,” but not the rest of us.

A “tension between some lawmakers” should be viewed as a natural, and a healthy thing, politically speaking. Who says all factions have to be brought together? Engaging in compromise used to be a huge part of getting things done in government. We have now arrived at a point where a simple majority just shoves what they want down everyone else’s throat.

Steve Scalise, a ranking republican representative from Louisiana, and one of the potentially new speakers, said, ‘“Our strength as a Conference comes from our unity, and we have seen when we unite as a Conference, we can deliver wins for the American people. Now we need to take those unified positions and work to extract conservative wins from the Democrat Senate and White House by leveraging upcoming deadlines. While we need to be realistic about what can be achieved, if we stay united, we can preserve leverage for the House to secure tangible wins in our impending policy fights.’”

What he is talking about is that the facts of the matter are, if the republicans want to accomplish anything, they have to vote in lock-step with each other in order to defeat the democrats, who have already mastered the lock-step routine.

It’s a sad state of affairs, but it is reality.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

October 7, 2023 0

You Blow, “Scranton Joe!”

In the last few days I’ve seen “President” Biden (please recall that we should always put the word “president” in quotes when referring to “President” Biden, since he didn’t actually win the election) show up on the United Auto Workers (UAW) picket line, in Detroit, touting his support for them, and working middle-class Americans, who “built this country,” in general.

Then I see “Scranton” Joe speaking at a fund raising event in Arizona, crying about how extreme MAGA republicans in Congress are about to shut down the government, and about how bad this would be for those same working middle-class Americans.

Sooo, it’s okay to shut down the American auto industry, and all of the businesses that support the auto industry, but it’s not okay to shut down (which really isn’t a shutdown anyway) the federal government, which working middle-class Americans get very little help from, and in fact, the federal government which is making life miserable for the average working middle-class American citizen (regarding the budget crushing prices of gas, groceries, utilities, rent, and mortgage rates), while it shovels OUR tax money to Ukraine and the support of millions of illegal immigrants.

Excuse me “Scranton” Joe, but you and your pathetic administration, along with your disingenuous and anti-American democrat party, can kiss all of our working middle-class American a$$es!

And you can throw in the disgusting establishment RINOs in Congress, and the derelict, negligent, and equally culpable mainstream media as well.

In reality, you and the rest of the democrats represent evil, death, crime, lies, and corruption.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

September 30, 2023 1

The “Shot” heard around the world! Mug shot that is.

The former President, Donald J. Trump, sure doesn’t look worried.

He doesn’t look intimidated either.

I would say he looks pi$$ed off, and that these people should be careful what they wish for, because payback’s a b*tch.

Jonathan J. Cooper, for The Associated Press, reports, “One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot.”

“A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it.”

“When the camera shutter blinked inside an Atlanta jail on Thursday, it both created and documented a tiny inflection point in American life.”

A huge inflection point, in my estimation.

“Captured for posterity, there was a former president of the United States, for the first time in history, under arrest and captured in the sort of frame more commonly associated with drug dealers or drunken drivers. The trappings of power gone, for that split second.”

“Left behind: an enduring image that will appear in history books long after Donald Trump is gone.”

You can say that again.

‘“It will be forever part of the iconography of being alive in this time,’ said Marty Kaplan, a professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School of Communications.”

Ooookay, agreed…, but did we really need a quote from some unknown professor from some unknown school to state the obvious here? Just sayin’.

“In a historic moment for American history, former President Donald Trump becomes the first president to have a booking photo released, and is also the first former president to be criminally charged.”

“In the photo, Trump confronts the camera in front of a bland gray backdrop, his eyes meeting the lens in an intense glare. He’s wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, his shoulders squared, his head tilted slightly toward the camera. The sheriff’s logo has been digitally added above his right shoulder.”

“Some of the 18 others charged with him in Georgia smiled in their booking photos like they were posing for a yearbook. Not Trump. His defiance is palpable, as if he’s staring down a nemesis through the lens.”

Like I said, I would say he looks pi$$ed off, and that these people should be careful what they wish for, because payback’s a b*tch.

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

August 29, 2023 0

More Shameful Biden Family Behavior.

And maybe the most shameful yet.

Imagine your grandpa is the president of the United States, and your grandma is the first lady of the United States, but they have chosen to pretend you don’t exist.

It’s a sad and shameful picture that no innocent child deserves.

I mean, we should allow Hunter to act like the piece of human garbage he is, but do Joe and Jill have to jump into that dumpster with him?

Jonathan Turley, for Fox News, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a practicing criminal defense attorney, reports that, “The Biden family refuses to acknowledge Hunter Biden’s 4-year-old daughter, and that Hunter Biden’s twisted attempts to keep his little girl from using his name are now in a new realm, and that the viciousness of the Biden family toward Hunter’s daughter, 4-year-old Navy Joan borders on monstrous.”

“Monstrous.”

That’s pretty harsh wording, coming from Jonathan Turley, who is normally pretty measured with his assessments.

You may be thinking, “Oh, here comes another gold digging woman, trying to make a quick buck.” But it was Hunter who initiated this latest courtroom battle, as he seeks to lower his child support payments.

Of course he does. What a guy!

“Hunter Biden will finally make it to Arkansas. The state itself is not a favorite Biden family destination but there is one thing that would ordinarily be an attraction: [Hunter] Biden’s daughter Navy Joan.”

Being a grandparent myself, it is hard to understand the type of people who would turn their backs on their granddaughter.

“In the Biden family, the 4-year-old girl remains ‘she who shall not be named’ literally. Not only has President Biden refused to refer to her as a grandchild or even include a Christmas stocking with the other children, her father Hunter is fighting to prevent her from using the Biden name. Indeed, the only reason that Hunter is coming to the same state that his daughter lives in is to seek to reduce his child support.”

Hard to imagine anyone would want to “use” the Biden name, but be that as it may…

“The viciousness of the Biden family in dealing with this little girl is only matched by that of the media. Reporters who profess to support women and denounce deadbeat dads have either ignored this story or belittled her mother Lunden Roberts.”

Hmmm, that’s odd…, well, not really.

“Roberts is widely dismissed as a ‘former stripper.’ That appears to be how she met Hunter, but it is often used to paint her in the same way that the media gleefully reported on former first lady Hillary Clinton denouncing the women who were involved with her husband as mere ‘bimbo eruptions.’”

Being just a little bit judgmental, are we?

I guess only transsexuals in drag are currently allowed to be “exotic” dancers.

“Yes, Roberts was an exotic dancer. She used that job to go to one of the most expensive colleges in the country, George Washington University, where I teach.”

“The reason the media ignores Navy Joan’s mother, Lunden Roberts, is that it wants to ignore what the Bidens have done.”

“When she became pregnant, she decided to have her child and raise her on her own. She has raised this child without a father and fought one of the most powerful families in the world.”

Many of us would call this commendable, and brave.

“When Navy Joan is older, there is every reason for her to be proud of the struggle that her mother went through in seeking a college education and raising her against all odds.”

“Despite Joe Biden long campaigning against deadbeat dads, his son had refused to acknowledge that he was the father of Navy Joan.”

Deadbeat dads are easy targets…, until your son, your family moneymaker becomes one.

“After a court forced him to confirm his paternity through DNA testing, he continued to fight paying support for his child. Hunter’s delay and evasion of filings and depositions led a court to repeatedly threaten sanctions.”

Typical Biden family behavior, actually.

Didn’t this court realize who they were dealing with, and that normal laws don’t apply to the Bidens?

C’mon, man!

“However, the effort to bar this child from using the Biden name has moved this scandal from the realm of hypocrisy to monstrosity.”

“It is hard to imagine the pain that this child will experience upon learning of how the Bidens erased any reference to her and fought even her ability to claim to be a member of their family. (Even the Bidens’ dogs and cats got stockings at Christmas, but not their granddaughter Navy Joan, whom they have never asked to even see, let alone support.)”

“If one were to combine all of Hunter’s influence peddling, drug abuse, orgies and prostitution controversies, they would not hold a candle to the utter depravity shown toward this little girl.”

You mean the “alleged” influence peddling, drug abuse, orgies and prostitution controversies, right?

All of these infractions seem to be pretty common knowledge now, however.

“Despite assembling a new Legion of Doom of high-priced lawyers and advisers, Hunter is claiming that he simply cannot meet demands for child support.”

“Given his opposition to such support for years and reported millions in foreign dealings, it would seem transparently absurd.”

“It is even more difficult to accept this excuse as he jets between his luxurious mansion in Malibu to digs at the White House. The public reportedly pays more for his security in his mansion than he does for monthly support for his daughter.”

Aren’t we nice?

“There is, however, a crushing karmic aspect to Hunter being forced to appear in Arkansas. His efforts to limit his child support may have backfired and could prove costly.”

In the end, I seriously doubt it.

“Hunter has struggled to conceal his finances, including money that he received from alleged influence peddling. Now the court is considering the laptop as possible evidence in millions of past assets. While a U.S. Attorney in Delaware is exploring criminal charges and House committees are looking into the influence peddling, his fight against this toddler could force a decision on the authenticity of the laptop.”

Is that what you call slow-walking and looking the other way…, “exploring?”

“In the last hearing, Hunter’s counsel tried again to maintain deniability.”

“Here is the exchange after Judge Meyer referenced Garrett Ziegle as a potential expert witness on the contents of the laptop:”

“Langdon: ‘There has never been, to my knowledge, an acknowledgment that this so-called laptop, he continuously calls it Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop …’”

“Meyer: ‘Well, let’s clear that issue up right now. Is it your client’s laptop or not?’”

“Langdon: ‘Your honor, I’m not involved in all of that stuff. It’s not my client’s laptop as far as I know.’”

“Meyer: ‘Is it your client’s position, you’re representing to this court, that it is not his laptop?’”

“Langdon: ‘Your honor, I am not in a position to even begin to answer that question.’”

Deny, deny, deny. Lie, lie, lie…, straight out of the old democrat playbook.

“It is bizarre to continue this obfuscation years after the release of the laptop. Hunter is facing the use of the laptop as evidence in this case as well as the federal prosecution and House investigations. Yet, his counsel is still claiming ignorance as to whether it is authentic.”

“It is the continuation of a long campaign of disinformation. Before the 2020 election, the media repeated the false claim that the Hunter Biden laptop was likely ‘Russian disinformation.’”

“Despite the denial of American intelligence and self-verifying emails on the laptop, the media accepted without question [and promoted] the dubious claims of former intelligence figures organized by longtime Democratic operatives.”

“It worked beautifully.”

“It was not until two years later that NPR, the New York Times and other legacy media outlets got around to telling the public the truth.”

Well, kinda.

“Hunter has long refused to acknowledge ownership of the laptop. When asked years ago by CBS News, about its authenticity, he shrugged and said, ‘There could be a laptop out there that was stolen from me. It could be that I was hacked. It could be that it was Russian intelligence.’”

Yeah, “Maybe it’s something really cool that we don’t even know about. You know?”

“I thought we were in the trust tree, were we not?”

“In some ways, it is a continuation of Hunter’s long denial of his child’s paternity. Yet, the DNA did not lie.”

“Hunter could now be forced to accept this laptop as his own. That could prove far more costly than the child support that he is seeking to avoid in Arkansas.”

Like I said before, I doubt it. And if it does, Navy Joan will be in college, and Creepy Joe will just be a bad memory by that time.

“None of this, of course, will get Navy Joan a stocking on next year’s Biden family fireplace. According to Joe Biden, she is not one of his grandchildren despite being fathered by his own son.”

“Nor will this make Hunter Biden a better person. However, if she succeeds in using the Biden family name, she will certainly prove the best of the lot.”

You can say that again.

And by far!

Thank you, MrEricksonRules.

May 8, 2023 0

Those D.A.R.N. Democrats! “Destroy America Right Now” Democrats!

I get really tired of Illegitimate Joe, and all of his friends, constantly referring to MAGA Republicans in a derogatory manner.

What part of “Make America Great Again” do you have a problem with?

I’m proud to consider myself someone who wants to return our country to greatness.

We definitely aren’t there now.

In order to combat the democrats’ derogatorily “pigeon holing” American patriots as MAGA Republicans, I say we should start referring to democrats as “those DARN democrats!”

Destroying America Right Now democrats.

It’s time to stand-up against those DARN democrats!

It’s time to let those DARN democrats know that we, the patriotic, loyal, American people, won’t idly stand by and watch them systematically undermine our great nation.