Yesterday, in Comments, we talked about what turned America around for the worst. Kid wrote this amazing list and I wondered if you could add to it, BUT, my REAL POINT is, I told him, in a comment responding to his, that I wished HE could write the ‘details’ he mentions at the end, write them the way he’d like to see America tomorrow………So please, add anything pivotal that you think changed our country for the worst and then write how you’d like Trump to change things into ‘your more desirable America’!
Kid says:
1963 was the turning point. When they killed JFK and LBJ was in. From my view being 11 in 63, things were great up to 68 when the Vietnam war really got rolling.
LBJ moves social security form the lockbox to the general fund, steals it all and creates modern day slavery in welfare/wic
Then major events were
– the draft and college riots, 4 dead in Ohio, drugs brought in by the feds to calm the restless natives
– women’s lib movement to begin the breakup of the family unit
– jimmy carter comes along and hijacks public education
– demoralization in all areas from art to music to sex morals
– things percolated through the 80s and 90’s with education being silently shifted to communist indoctrination
– 2000 came along with GW Bush and the media went complete military leftist
– 9/11/2001 and America would never be the same, patriotic act, TSA and the 5 ton thumb on the necks of every American in the name of security that never arrived and still hasn’t
– GWBush starts an absurd war with the talibanin Afghanistan that will never have a definable end, then breaks open the middle east like a pinata full of scorpians which in hindsight has done more harm than good
– We should have nuked mecca and medina as soon as it was verifiable jihadists perpetrated 9-11 and told the world what if any of the vermin try something like that again we will see to it their people and culture will cease to exist.
– from there, PC, militant PC, nonexistent concepts like islamaphobia
– massive invasion by migrants, legal and illegal and demonization of anyone who objected and none of the objectors were in government. Those clowns were all too happy and comfortable doing their money feeding frenzy while serving the corporate and other masters
– massive subversion and invasion of our federal infrastructure from IRS to FBI, to CIA, to NSA, to DOJ. Big moves during bubba clinton’s time
– Nafta, free trade with China, floodgates opened from China, and 90% of all products in the US from China, massive US $$$ heading out never to be seen again.
Lots of peripherals of course and I may have missed a major event here or there.
At this point the country is like a shivering baby afraid to offend a pervert breaking into a girls room stall on the excuse that he feels like a girl.
DJ Trump and family come along and commit themselves to re-inventing an exceptional, non-apologetic, capitalist America. Is it too late? Details still being written.
HAVE AT IT, FRIENDS! Great job, Kid..
Z
I’ve written so many rants, snarks, parodies, critiques, and condemnations of people and ideas who have worked diligently, if mindlessly, to destroy this New World Experiment of ours that I just KNOW that anything I write would be self-plagiarism.
So . . . to avoid my characteristic verbosity, lemme just leave it at this:
1. The Constitution does NOT need to be re-written; it needs to be re-READ
2. We need to get the entrenched liberals out of D.C.; the anti-Trump bias out of TV;
and the government out of our privacy.
3. The Feds’ job is to be the referee, not the quarterback.
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I agree with Kid, that it all began in the Sixties. That’s when capitalism changed into “cultural capitalism”. The Feds stopped enforcing the rules (that businesses were created for PROFIT, not doing social good). That mistake is what allowed the Left to take over the MSM, as the news reflects prevailing views of the cultural elite and advertsiers, not the schmucks who buy newspapers or watch “free” (the hidden cost of free) TV.
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Thanks folks.
What Id like to see is the lying media and the public schools (more or less) put out of business with schools locally controlled and accountable to the PTAs.
An educated public, sufficiently connected to reality, will correct all the other things that can be corrected.
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Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Spotify, et al, are no longer platforms that host content. By censoring content, they’ve become “publishers” and should be legally treated as such. That they are not shows just how much the government has dropped the “referee” ball in favour of picking media winners and losers.
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No, everyone pretty much summed it up. All the above recaps what led to our failing history. Allowing illegals into our society to ensure retaining political power by the left also allowed the constant flow of illegal drugs and the horrific damage and cost it created to our society. Our education system has failed us. A hundred years ago, 8th grade students could answer basic question in history, government, math, spelling, reading……well, in just about everything……better than most college grads today. And we now allow them to vote! The 8th graders back then were probably better informed and qualified to vote than most college grads today. So where are we heading? Can it be reversed? Yes, it could, but are we willing to make the sacrifices necessary to accomplish it? First, balancing the budget, then gradually paying down our insanely ridiculous debt, saying “no” to other countries request for “financial aid”, ridding our schools of left-wing teachers, and a resurgence of patriotism nationwide. That would be a good start.
Good luck with doing all that.
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I’ll put down film and T.V I cut my teeth on dragnet which scared the beegeezies out of me with that hammer slamming at the end. An end to respect for law and order, life appeared to become cheap, violence the norm. Abortion added the fuel.. life even cheaper… our churches began to empty out, thanks for Kennedy our immigration laws became mute. But of course Johnson and his Great Society was the lynch pin
Having just watched hours of Netflix on the Roman Empire we did have a blueprint to how this was going to go. Our outcome should not be surprised. We are going the way of all great Nations.
What is a surprise is that is happened so quickly in one generation. From the beginning of our great Nation everyone sacrificed for their kids. No longer. From the Greatest Generation to Generation alphabet.
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BRENNAN’S SECURITY CLEARANCE GONE….. Of course, others, too….just heard this and nothing on Google yet.
BUT, the media’s asking nothing about WHY because they don’t want to hear Sarah Sanders remind America of WHY…she just outlined it very well and who can deny it.
The media’s asking WHY NOT REPUBLICANS? Ya, why not? Why DIDN’T Republicans act like Brennan has.? The media doesn’t want that out there, either, if they gave it some thought.
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Well, that’s something Z.
Bring on the Criminal Charges !
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Kid, I WISH!! Man, has he been AWFUL throughout this thing….
By the way, would you put sanctions on Turkey over their not letting the Pastor come home? Or do we save sanctions for security issues, economic harm, etc? What do you feel about this?
What would you do to get people home?
“The president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they politicize and in some cases monetize their public service and security clearances,” Sanders told reporters at Monday’s press briefing.
That what she said on July 18th….Brennan made recent comments that finally ticked ol’ Trump off enough. Brennan is SCUM. Great if Sarah could tell press corps “Brennan is SCUM, why wouldn’t we make sure he stops getting rich on our security?” HA!
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RE MANAFORT.
HIS DEFENSE TEAM HAD NO WITNESSES! “We rest our case”
And in defense of that tactic, people are saying “This means the defense team feels the prosecution didn’t succeed in making him guilty”
WHAT? the Jury HEARD all that testimony…for days….showing what Manafort supposedly did, True or NOT TRUE, the jury can’t hear “the defense team feels the prosecution didn’t succed..” and, really, it’s the JURY which says whether the prosecution succeeded.
I know BIG legal experts agree with the Defense…But I, the know-nothing on legal matters asks “WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? Don’t you care about the JURY?”!!!
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Manafort. They will make their defense argument in closing statements and believe they can convince the jury that the prosecution did not make their case.
Turkey: Start with sanctions I guess, move on to closing Incirlick air base and get out? Delta force team to break him out? Military action? I don’t know enough about those areas. You sure would not want a mission failure.
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Shep Smith (Yes, I’m turning him off now) is busy defending Brennan…saying things Trump’s accusing Brennan of with facts, are lies “that’s not true”
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Yes, Guliani says Brennen was behind the whole plan to make the dossier, do the illegal FISA, the whole ball of wax. Hopefully after the midterms, mueller will have shut down, Sessions can be replaced by someone who is willing to do the job, rosenstein gets the axe, and the clean up work begins.
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Lioke shep would know ???!! These tools are too much.
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The media people Can all be that stupid, but I dont believe that’t the reason. I believe they are being paid – clintons soros, DNC funds, PP and everyone else pitching in. They are at war.
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Now Smith has an AXIOS (leftwing) ‘expert’ on….He and she are saying what Trump’s accusing Brennan of as”well, that’s the LINE” 🙂
Everybody’s outraged that this happened because it’s not happened before. Wait, has ANY CIA DIRECTOR ever EVER treated a president like he has?
Kid, ya…amazing….I believe Giuiliani’s right on that. I’d feel a lot better, as I said the other day, if Giuliani would EVER respond to “Why isn’t Trump declassifying NOW…he has the power to.”….nada
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FOX’s Shep now saying “it’s clear that Trump is upset at Brennan’s actions…” They’re making this all RETRIBUTION. And ‘a warning to others’….:-)
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OH NO OH NO!! I still have Shep on and he’s now quoting Brennan’s comments about “our CHILDREN….they’re hearing a president say these things…this is so sad for our country!”…and Shep’s quoting the worst of the worse of Trump!
Shep’s calling it a “pattern of back and forth” but ONLY ONLY quoting Trump’s nasty stuff and Brennan’s really honorable stuff…..cracks me up!
Well, Trump hands it to them…….got to admit that. His behavior is going to backfire, I fear.
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Now Shep is listing all the Brennan jobs, advisor to presidents, security chief, director of CIA and several other jobs, as if “How can you do this to this wonderful guy with such a great history of working for America?”
DAMN SHEPERD SMITH….just DAMN HIM. I don’t mind fairness, both sides, but this is OUTRAGEOUS. Worse, all the Trump tweets he quotes are true and sound horrific! “he’s so dumb, she’s a dog, ..” And so much SO MUCH worse.
Something’s got to give soon. This can’t go on with the Trump tweets and the reactions…he’s not helping himself or Conservatism.
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We best hope we don’t lost the House…game over if we do. Too many establishment GOPers won their primaries to suit me.
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la la laaa la laa la.
Trump’s Rasmussen approval rating is 50%. Anything these tools say or do is Meaningless and I would atually argue support for Trump.
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Kid, you amaze me…how you can not see his huge ego is hurting us is WAY beyond me, but I wish I could say “la la la” too, believe me. It’s just getting TOO MUCH.
Bunkerville…at least they’re not Dems. Can’t believe Ellison won. How the hell many Muslims LIVE THERE who can VOTE already?
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Now the Smith expertise is saying that ‘it was all about Omarosa and now it’s all about Brennan..Trump’s good at that…this happens often”
Well, he’s right.
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Well, the poll that counts is in Nov 2018 and 2020. Honestly, I don’t know anyone who is bothered by Trump to the point of being turned off. Weigh Trump and his family trying to save America against a 100% corrupt and criminal DNC, Media, all things leftie, and largely corrupt Intel and DOJ that needs cleaned up and it is not even significant. No significance whatsoever. That’s my story 🙂
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Kid, we’ll see how it all comes out…..personally, I’m starting to think a Pres Pence doesn’t sound as bad as it did when I was such a Trump fan, a few years before he even publicly thought of running.
He could do SO MUCH GOOD without calling people names which results with a lot of people as belittling himself, belittling the people who support him, belittling his office and our country. That’s my story 🙂
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The female part of my Lunch buddies is Very Christian, Very Conservative, Hated Trump before he got elected. Loves him now. Pence couldn’t do anywhere near the job Trump is doing.
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You know I’m not trying to change your mind. Just offering my own experiences.
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Agree Z, GREAT JOB Kid! Thank you for writing that.
I was 7 years old in 1963, but when I started studying accounting in the 70s, I saw how really bad our country had gotten. And, still is. President Trump and crew are trying to save us financially. I just pray God will allow us to succeed.
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PS: I pray that Jersey Jack’s health has improved?
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Sparky! Thanks for asking about JJ…he’s still in hospital..wife is texting me from time to time….please continue to pray against infection. He’s such a good guy and his faith is lifting him up, and they are both SO thankful for the prayers!
Thanks, Sparks! 🙂
Kid, I know you’re not trying to change my mind. BELIEVE ME, I want SO MUCH to like Trump. I liked him years before he was elected…said “Trump ought to run for president!” Blogged on it a few years back. But I NEVER thought he’d become like this.
If you don’t pay attention to leftwing media (or Shep Smith!!), you just don’t know the level of hate, the level of negative conjecture, etc. It’s horrifying and, sadly, when we read those Tweets, we see they’re right on some levels. THAT is what hurts me.
PENCE: i am NO FAN…I HOPE this does NOT HAPPEN.
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KID, BY THE WAY…Ellison’s been recently accused of domestic abuse AND is a friend of Nation of Islam and he wins the primary for AG of Minnesota? (I think I’ve got that right) MINNESOTA? HOME OF LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE HISTORY, THOSE PEOPLE NOW VOTE FOR HIM??.
What the heck?
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Kid: being 11 in 63
Kid and I are the same age! Just sayin’.
1952 was a very good year. 🙂
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things percolated through the 80s and 90’s with education being silently shifted to communist indoctrination and [GWB] breaks open the middle east like a pinata full of scorpians which in hindsight has done more harm than good
Yep!
Both of these atrocities are shaping America’s future right now. It ain’t good — to say the least.
I’m glad that I’m as old as I am.
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Thank you much Sparky. And Ditto on the turnaround.
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Z, They call at least one big area in Minnesota Little Mogidishu (sp)
The moslems would get voted in if they were murderers. Probably go to their benefit. They are getting voted in elsewhere too Z. And so it begins……….
And no one is paying attention.
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AOW, yes it was a good year. I figure we had 5 good decades. Looking at the times before the 1950’s I figure that’s not half bad.
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Z,
Don’t sell Donald Trump so short.
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Kid,
I figure we had 5 good decades
Sure ’nuff!
It pisses me off that we’ve seen the best of America. But Trump is turning around some of America’s receding tide. 🙂
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When we voted for Trump, we voted for the bull in the china closet. And, yes, he’s disruptive. We need that, believe me.
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Trump is helping. We need a congress to make the turn around more lasting. Trump’s going through osama’s EO’s like a Doberman through a pile of bacon.
And if I had to come up with a name for Pence, it would be Sleepy Mike Pence. Guy puts me to sleep and I don’t have any confidence he’d be able to deal with the amount of evil coming from the left even 10% as well as Trump does. I hope I’m wrong becuase we need 8 more years or Pence or another Trump to make any kind of lasting dent on the evil America is infested with.
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I agree, AOW. We DO need the bull in the China closet. We knew and expected that when we voted for him. He has been a great counter-punch to the left and its worked very well for him. A great neutralizer.
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Thanks, Mal.
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Kid, Pence bores the HECK out of me and always has. If you think I am pleased that he could become president, you’re wrong…
AOW, you can be a great neutralizer, be very tough, and not call people dumb and dogs…trust me.
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GREAT, Kid writes a post and we get 43 comments. Z writes a post and she gets 6.!! 🙂
OK..not ALL the time! Great post, Kid! great conversation, too, everyone!~!~~
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Z,
AOW, you can be a great neutralizer, be very tough, and not call people dumb and dogs
Sure. But DJT needs to be perceived as The Strong Man. Too long, the GOP politicians have been milquetoasts.
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Z, Trump is gettin’ da job done. Period. Thats what matters the most. His in-your-face method matters not to the common folks. He’s not a robot and can’t be programmed. We just have to accept him for what he is and has accomplished.
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