Please, Tell Me What I am Thinking, Mr. Leftist

 

There have been occasions in my life where I have had someone tell me what it is that I think. Knowing the human condition as I do, I suspect we have all experienced this at one time or another.  It is really annoying.  Especially when they are wrong! 

Probably twenty years ago, I and my late wife, my brother, and his soon-to-be ex-wife, who was typically argumentative, decided we’d go out to dinner at the local pizza parlor.  While our wives went up to the counter to order the pizza, my brother and I went to the bar to get beer for us all.  I had no more than sat down at our table when my brother’s wife came running towards me from the counter with my wife in hot pursuit.  She demanded to know somewhat indignantly whether I liked thin or thick crust pizza.  I quizzically looked at her and said that I have always liked only thick crust and despise thin crust pizza, to which my wife responded to my brother’s betrothed, “See?  I think I know what my husband likes.”  My brother’s wife was having none of it and told me that she was absolutely sure that I had liked thin crust. 

That was typical of Pam. 

It wasn’t too long after that my brother got a divorce and she was involuntarily placed under medical supervision for being completely nuts.  (Not necessarily just because of this incident though – at least I assume so.)

Well, it seems like the certifiably nuts contagion is spreading these days.  What is even more ironic is that I have been accused of this very thing by one of the goof balls that is always guilty of this exact faux pas towards me when it comes to politics.  Indeed, I have been called an authoritarian, racist, homophobe, Trump-supporter, and neo-Nazi for years by one particular individual who may actually be in the terminal stages of leftist Kool-aide intoxication.  It doesn’t matter what I write or say to the contrary.  The fact is that I disagree with his leftist bunk, so he must know what kind of pizza I like!

I have always strongly disliked Trump, which I have reiterated ad nauseum.  Indeed, I didn’t even vote for him the first time he ran.  Nor did I vote for him the primary this year.  Mr. Kool-aide insists that I am a blind follower, admirer, and believer of his lies.  It does no good to explain that Trump is the lesser of two evils, and having seen how Biden and Trump have each governed, I choose Trump to be president.  I don’t like him, trust him, or believe a lot of what he says.  I believe in NOTHING that the head of the Biden crime family says or does.  It is a painful choice.  But I must like that damned cracker-crust pizza according to this one individual. 

What is really ironic, interesting, and hypocritical on his behalf is that this individual has accused me of supporting a racist and neo-Nazi, while this person supports all of the racist BLM, DEI, critical race theory nonsense and thinks it is necessary for Israel to immediately commence a cease-fire in the hopes of one day establishing a two-state solution with the very people that voted for the government that is actually calling for a genocide of the entire Jewish people.  Disconnect much?

According to him, “Believing Trump's lies is what makes Americans neo-Nazis.”  Meanwhile he is actually championing modern day Nazis hoping to exterminate the Jews that Hitler couldn’t, while he erroneously blames Israel for the “Israeli land theft, apartheid, terrorism, the Palestinian Nakba and GAZA holocaust.”  A little research of other-than-left-wing propaganda would prove that all of that is a lie.

This person has long parroted that, “The authoritarian personality has a characteristic over-active and enlarged primitive amygdala, the brain's fear/fight/flight center. This is why they readily embrace whatever triggers their anger, fear and hate.”

While there probably is a legitimate scientific basis for this conclusion, the irony is that an authoritarian is using this in hyperbolic propaganda-fashion to support the limitation of constitutional freedoms because he assumes that I and other like-minded conservatives are the one wanting to restrict the democratic process and destroy our nation, while his president has actually been doing this. 

The whole ludicrous backwards notion is enough to make me tired and hungry.  Maybe I’ll go see if I can find some deep-dish pizza somewhere, even though I supposedly don’t like it. 

There Must Not be a Cease Fire for Israel

September 11, 2001.  I had recently started my new job as a senior RF engineer for a wireless phone carrier.  I remember eating my breakfast that morning with the news on as the TV broadcasted pictures of a large aircraft that had strayed and crashed into one of the world trade center towers.  While I was pondering how such an accident could happen, I watched in disbelief and horror as the second plane came in and hit the other tower.  This was obviously no longer an accident.  By the time I had gotten to work the towers soon after collapsed.  2977 innocent people were killed that day and soon afterwards engulfed us in the war on terrorism. 

America had a right and a responsibility to defend our nation and hold the terrorists responsible for the heinous murder of innocent civilians accountable.  A vast majority of Americans were shocked, horrified, and fully supportive of this righteous response towards these barbaric sub-humans.  To not respond would have invited further terrorism.

On October 7^th, 2023, the terrorist detritus of Hamas left their tunnels and other hiding places in Gaza and gleefully murdered, raped, beheaded, and tortured more than 1200 innocent Israeli civilians, while taking over 250 civilian hostages.  To this day, these despicable scums still hold 130 hostages, of which six are U.S. citizens.

The 1,200 Israeli victims of terror, in that tiny country of some 9.5 million, would be the equivalent of killing more than 40,000 innocent people in our country of over 330 million. 

Just as America had the responsibility and right to defend itself after the 9/11 attacks, so too does the nation of Israel.  Indeed, it is an absolute necessity for Israel to eradicate the responsible terrorists as this is a nation that is surrounded by other states in the region that wish Israel ill, while many terrorists and terrorist nation proxies from Iran and elsewhere seek the complete annihilation of Israel “from the river to the sea”.

Last November, a month after the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel that claimed the lives of these 1,200 innocent Israeli civilians, 55% of Americans approved of the military action that Israel enacted in response to this attack.   

My first question is why only 55%?  Why do barely over half of Americans think that a nation does not have a right and responsibility to defend its citizens?  Of course, the answer lies in the antisemitism and oppressor/oppressed indoctrination being taught in academia and other leftist circles of our nation and propagated by the leftist media.  Sadly, the most recent Gallup polling in March shows that 36% of Americans “approve of Israeli military action in Gaza” and 50% disapprove. 

Indeed, I have had this very argument presented to me recently by another blogger that over half of Americans think Israel should enact a cease fire against the very terrorists that initiated this war once again.  His flawed logic seemed to suggest that since a majority of people were for a cease fire, that must be the right action to take.  The irony is that there was a “cease fire” in effect until this pernicious attack by Hamas.  Israel is fighting for its very right to exist, while some Americans are blinded by antisemitism and critical theory doctrines it seems.

To exacerbate the problem our feckless and incompetent president is trying to curry favor with pro-Hamas Muslim Americans in this election year by undermining Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s war on terrorism.  Even Biden’s callous and clueless Secretary of State Antony Blinken has effectively accused Israel of dehumanizing Palestinians but Blinken’s accusation is disgusting and utterly without merit.

While the duplicitous Biden continues to trash talk Netanyahu in public and private, his regime has also considered slow-walking the delivery of needed munitions to Israel to force a slowdown in the war.

Further, Biden sent the number-two man at the National Security Council to Dearborn, Michigan, in February to offer a mea culpa to Muslim-American leaders. The apology came after Muslim Americans complained bitterly about support for Israel from “Genocide Joe.”

The apology was delivered to leaders of a city labeled, with justification, the “Jihad Capital of America.” Public celebrations erupted in Dearborn after Oct. 7. Three days later, a jubilant crowd gathered at the Ford Performing Arts Center to celebrate the carnage against the 1,200 innocent Israelis. A local imam told the crowd that Israeli actions in the past put “fire in our hearts that will burn that state (Israel) until its demise.”

Then the Biden administration betrayed Israel in the U.N. Security Council vote that demanded Israel enact a cease-fire without any requirement for Hamas to release hostages. Rather than using the U.S.’s power to veto the measure, and automatically end the U.N.’s farcical cease-fire demands, the Biden administration simply abstained from the vote.

It almost feels as if the left, especially Biden, are viewing this war through diametrically truth opposed lenses.  It has been determined that at least 12 UNRWA staffers joined Hamas on Oct. 7 to kill innocent Israelis. Another intelligence report indicates an additional 30 UNRWA staffers also joined the savage attack.  The Wall Street Journal reported in late January that at least 10% of UNRWA workers, some 1,200 Gazans are Hamas terrorists. And half of UNRWA’s 12,000 Gaza employees have close relatives who belong to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.  Further, keep in mind that Hamas came to govern Gaza by being democratically elected by the people.  Since then, of course, Hamas has “eliminated” any political opposition and cancelled all further elections.

Continuing, and by strange “coincidence,” Hamas placed a sensitive underground data center some 65 feet directly below UNRWA’s Gaza headquarters. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) found power cables linking the Hamas data center to an UNRWA data center above ground, suggesting close collaboration between the two.

These stunning revelations provoked nearly 20 nations, including the U.S., to suspend all aid to UNRWA. And while that is the correct response, it is not nearly enough. Congress should immediately cut ALL aid to the ENTIRE United Nations apparatus which has continuously proven to be single-mindedly antisemitic in its actions and voting.

The Biden administration threatens to cut off or slow-walk aid to Israel if it continues to retaliate against Hamas, even though Hamas started the war.  So, the administration promises to give more aid to Gaza after the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorism than it gave to Gaza before Hamas’ attack.

The leftists and various other antisemites are attempting to portray Hamas and Gaza as the victims here as they clamor for a cease fire.  They claim that Israel is using disproportionate force in retaliation to the savage Hamas attack.  They fear for the non-Hamas Gazans that are being killed due to the war time operations here.  They see Israel as the egregious aggressor here.  The truth is something far different, however.

“Despite the unique challenges Israel faces in its war against Hamas, it has implemented more measures to prevent civilian casualties than any other military in history,” asserts John Spencer, co-director of West Point’s Modern War Institute.  Indeed, Israel drops leaflets from planes in civilian areas to inform people that an attack on Hamas targets is imminent and that they should evacuate.  Sometimes door to door warnings are given. Hamas, as it has no concern for life even of its own people, will purposely embed its operations in civilian neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, and mosques.  Israel risks the lives of its soldiers to prevent civilian deaths. Hamas risks the lives of its civilians to prevent terrorists’ deaths.

As I have written previously, Israel and Netanyahu have an obligation to defend itself.  Allowing a cease fire now before Hamas has been completely eliminated would only allow these terrorist vermin to regroup, resupply, and continue their unjust and hateful war of extermination against Israel.  Indeed, if Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and all of the other terrorist proxies in the region were to simply lay down their arms and live their lives, there could be peace in the region.  If Israel were to lay down its arms or enact a permanent cease fire, they would be eradicated and cease to exist. 

So, does a cease fire enacted by Israel still seem like the right course of action for this tiny Jewish nation to take?  Does one reward terrorism by giving in to their demands as they still hold Israeli (and American) hostages, or does such weakness only invite more terrorism?  I, for one, think Israel must stay the course and eliminate EVERY LAST MEMBER of Hamas.  Further, they should endeavor to destroy every other proxy group that attacks them with extreme prejudice and disproportionate force as required to permanently eliminate the threats.  No two-state solution can ever be enacted with intractable enemies that refuse to seek peace or even acknowledges Israel’s right to exist.  And the United States of America should be the greatest supporter and ally of Israel in this fight!

If you have ever wondered what you would have done in Nazi Germany as the Jews were rounded up for extermination, today you now have an answer to that question.  The answer to that question is the same as for the answer you provide regarding Israel’s right to survive and live in peace today.

The Unbridgeable Divide Between Left and Right

The United States of America is irredeemably divided today.  So much so that to call us the “United” States seems like a mockery of the name.

Obama ran his duplicitous campaign on “hope and change” with an underlying theme of bringing Americans together, or so the politically ignorant thought.  Ironically our first black president did more to destroy race relations and divide the nation than any other politician in recent memory…  up until that point in time anyway. 

Trump came along next and, surprisingly to the left, won the oval office.  The absolute hate and venom spewed at the man who actually brought far greater prosperity to most Americans (especially those of color), energy independence, and stability and greater prospects for lasting peace in the world was demonized by teeth-gnashing leftists.  

And then Biden tripped up the steps to the White House.  Here is a man with a long history of racist comments, no significant accomplishments, and as former Obama defense Secretary Robert Gates so aptly characterized as having “been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades.”  Add to that an unmatched penchant for corruption and apparent cognitive degradation while systematically seeming to be in a hurry to finish the “fundamental transformation” of America that Obama promised, and the chasm between right and left has widened to the point of being irreparable today.

We often hear talk about this un-spannable divide these days with folks on both sides of the chasm wondering if a new civil war is coming.  There does indeed seem to be damned little to suggest that we can fix this divide and unite our nation once again.  How does one find common ground when many of the points of contention are diametrically opposed and argued so vehemently?

The self-declared “party of science” believes men can become women and vice versa.  They believe that men can menstruate, while the other side knows that it is a biological fact that this only occurs to women.  They think that men should be able to compete in sports as girls, while the other side sees the absurdity, dangerousness, and unfairness of this charade.

The leftists believe that being “colorblind” is a racist notion while the other side happens to believe what that great “racist” Dr. Martin Luther King believed in that being colorblind was the antidote to racism and that character is what matters.

How are we to bridge the chasm between those that think the murder, rape, torture, and kidnapping of innocent men, women, and children in Israel which surpassed even the Nazi regime with their glee of doing so is morally superior to the Israelis wanting to only live in peace instead of constantly being attacked by Hamas, Hezbollah, and myriad other Iranian-backed morally-repugnant terrorists? 

In the middle of this truly existential crisis where the people of Israel are fighting for their very existence so as to live in their country in peace and freedom, it seems that President Biden and his political allies, including Senator Majority Leader and ironically Jewish Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), are making efforts to overthrow the elected prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, by calling for new elections. These activities are nothing but a cynical attempt to influence Muslim voters in key states during America’s upcoming election.  Leftist think this is permissible or even good, while the other side sees this for the morally detestable political chicanery that it is.

How are we to reconcile the divide between those who believe young children should be brought to drag queen shows and those who believe this hyper-sexualization of our children is morally despicable?

What about those that think defunding the police will reduce violent crime and help curb racism over those that fall victim to the surge to such crime in areas where such policies have been enacted?

And what about those that think “defending democracy” means to try and throw up any roadblock imaginable to ensure an opposing candidate or issue is unable to get on a ballot for the people to decide?  So, if a majority of the citizenry wants and votes for a particular value or candidate deemed conservative, democracy is “threatened” according to the left?  Isn’t that the very definition of democracy—the candidate or policy with the most votes wins?

How are we to bridge the divide between those who believe in suppressing free speech if they deem any given speech as “hateful” or “misinformation” and those who believe in actual free speech, even when they disagree with it?

What about those that think cutting off healthy body parts of our still-developing children and injecting dangerous cross-sex hormones and hormone blockers into them in the name of “gender affirming care” with those that see this as genital, psychological, and bodily mutilation of our children?

Ironically the Left never perceives itself as imposing its values, and yet it was largely the Left that forced as many Americans as possible to get the frequently harmful COVID-19 vaccine and to utilize ineffectually-proven masks in public. The Left forced young people who were at minimal risk from the virus to get vaccinated and forced children to miss school for nearly two years.  How do we bridge that gap with the other side that saw this as hyperbole, governmental over-reach, and unacceptable intrusion into personal choice.

And speaking of “choice”, how do we ever bridge the gap where one side thinks abortion on demand up until the time of birth should be a woman’s right to choose her own “reproductive health care” and the other side’s acknowledgement that this is a human life that is being slaughtered on the altar of “choice”?

Finally, leftists either deny Biden’s corruption and accepting of bribes despite a mountain of evidence in support of the facts or they simply think it doesn’t matter as long as Trump doesn’t return to office.  The other side may not support Trump but they think that bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors committed by our president matter and that Biden should be impeached and removed from office for such deplorable violations of trust accordingly.

This is just a partial list of some of the greatest arguments that divide our nation, and every last one of these positions is mutually contradictory.  It is ironic that those that hold these diametrically-opposed positions on either end of the issues also acknowledge that these are unbridgeable.

I wish I had a solution to bridge this divide, but like those flipping me off on the other side of the chasm, I am not willing to compromise on these core values.  And neither are they.  So, what happens from here?  Does the chasm only widen, the rhetoric become even more heated, and eventually the violence in support of opposing ideas finally come to horrible fruition?  Does the nation divide into blue and red states of separate nations?

Sadly, it seems that the Left-Right divide we are seeing today is at least as great as the Union-Confederacy divide before and during the Civil War. Ironically the only thing that remains the same is that it was the Democratic Party that opposed freedom then, and it is the Democratic Party that opposes freedom today.