Category: Opinion

The Enemy Within

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mike Milley

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mike Milley

Reading about the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mike Milley and his alleged dealings with the Chinese Communist Party to undermine the United States, is not only disheartening but flat out scary.

According to reports and Bob Woodward interviews, General Milley was in contact with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and offered to warn the Chinese government of any possible incoming military action by the Trump Administration.  It has also been reported he instructed military officers not to follow President Trump’s orders after the January 6th events at the Capitol.

OANN quoted President Trump as saying, “Trump then expressed concern with Woodward’s report that claims Milley promised to warn Beijing if Trump authorized a military strike on China. Woodward also found Milley was telling military officers not to follow President Trump’s orders after the January 6 protests at the U.S. Capitol. Trump stressed a U.S. general must not advise a foreign adversary or conspire against the commander-in-chief.”

As reported by Pearson Sharp of One American News Network, in one of the alleged phone calls, General Milley stated to his Chinese military counterpart, and quote, “General Li, you and I have known each other for now five years, if we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time.  Is not going to be a surprise.”

On another phone call, General Milley told General Li “General Li, I want to assure you that the American government is stable, and everything is going to be ok.” He continued, “we are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you.”

Well, I didn’t know the United States was run by a Military Junta.  The last time I checked we still have a semi functioning civilian government.

All I can deduct from these excerpts is General Milley was willing to put the United States military and this country in danger. Folks, this is an act of treason.

The Department of Defense definition of treason is: “violation of the allegiance owed to one’s sovereign or state; betrayal of one’s country.”  If these allegations are proven to be true, which I don’t see how they couldn’t base on the telephone transcripts, General Milley is a traitor and should be handle accordingly by a military tribunal.

I wonder what would have happened if President Trump had been reelected into office.  A military coup perhaps? 

General Milley needs to be removed from his position immediately, investigated to the fullest, and tried if necessary. 

This man has set a precedent, a dangerous one, and if we are to remain a functioning Constitutional Republic, our military leaders can’t and should not operate independently from civilian leadership.

Maybe next time you see military vehicles in your neighborhood they may not be dropping emergency supplies.

United States Ryder Cup Team

No Na, No Reed, No Horschel, No Kokrak?

U.S. Ryder Cup Captain, Steve Stricker Photo courtesy of yardbarker.com

First off, enough with these Captain’s assignments.  Steve Stricker may be a nice guy, but he barely plays on the PGA Tour to be in touch with the younger players on tour.   As a matter of fact, Stricker hasn’t played a PGA Tour full schedule in close to a decade.

Which probably explains his decision to keep Kevin Na, Patrick Reed, Jason Kokrak, and even newly crowned European PGA Championship winner, Billy Horschel, off the United States Ryder Cup team.

On Na he claimed he was too short off the tee.  Is he seriously using that lousy excuse to keep one of the most charismatic players on the PGA Tour off the team?  Couldn’t have he paired him with a bomber? 

I think the incident with Dustin Johnson at the Match Play influenced Stricker’s decision.  In my opinion, a dumb decision.

Unfortunately for Na, this may be the last chance he’ll get to make a Ryder Cup team.

Na brings a lot of swag and fighting spirit to the table.  That’s one of the things you need in a Ryder Cup locker room.  With all due respect to Tony Finau and Scottie Scheffler, but they are as dull as a butter knife.

Billy Horschel didn’t even get a phone call.  Horschel won the WGC-Dell Match Play this year.  Sure, he wasn’t in his best form coming in, but anybody who has followed his career knows Horschel can deliver.  At least he should have been considered.

Patrick Reed, Captain America himself was left out of this team.  This man is the Ryder Cup!  He played the Tour Championship after been sick.  If that didn’t show Stricker grit and guts, then Stricker is out of touch.  With a 4th in S.G. Putting stat Reed should have been on this team, period.

Jason Kokrak, two-time winner on the PGA Tour this year and he wasn’t a pick.  To me this is probably one of the biggest boneheaded decisions made by Stricker.  Kokrak has been playing great golf and has become one of the best putters on tour, reaching 6th in S.G. putting.

I don’t intend to pick on the Captain’s Picks, after all, that’s all on Stricker.  But of all the picks, Finau and Scheffler are questionable.  Finau just won the Northern Trust after God knows how long chocking after leading, that’s not a trend, that’s just a good week.

Scheffler hasn’t won a tournament on the PGA Tour despite that fact he has led a few times.  So, he’s not a proven finisher.

Finau and Scheffler are very good players, but shooting stars are not what we need in the Ryder Cup.  We need fire, we need grit, we need good putters.  Scheffler (107th S.G. Putting) and Finau (91st S.G. Putting) are not good putters and have as much fire in them as an ice box.

Finally, Jordan Speith.  Well, at least we will get good commentary from the lad, I don’t think he’s in good form either.  33rd on S.G. Putting with his best stat a 6th on S.G. around the green.

Ryder Cups are won on the greens, not on the fairways, that’s a fact.

Captain Stricker will have lots of explaining to do about these picks if they get their rear end beaten by a European Team that looks solid all around.

I think Stricker got it wrong, but I don’t expect anything less from a guy who has been removed from a full PGA Tour schedule for quite some time.

Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole, Ole!!!!!!!

Joker of the Week

National Security Council Spokeswoman Emily Horne

NSC spokeswoman Emily Horne

The Joker of the Week belongs to National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne.

On September 9, 2021, NSC spokeswoman Emily Horne said of the Taliban, “They have shown flexibility, and they have been businesslike and professional in our dealings with them in this effort”.

Like Tennis player John McEnroe would say, “You cannot be serious”.

According to One America News Network, “the compliments were originally delivered by Horne who thanked the terrorist organization for the cooperation in allowing Americans to leave Kabul on Thursday”.

Folks, this is garbage on a Chef Salad.  The Taliban hasn’t done anything to help with the evacuation of Americans out of Afghanistan. 

On the contrary, Americans have been held hostage by the Taliban and left behind by the United States government.  Our government doesn’t even know how many Americans citizens are still in Afghanistan or hiding within the country.

The Biden administration continues to spew lies to hide the reality on the ground. 

The punchline? An utter failure and a foreign policy debacle.

Once again, the joke is on us, a bad joke.

Welcome Joe Biden: The Newly Minted World Dictator

“Xi, you were right, this tyrant thing is pretty nice, cheers my friend” Photo courtesy of clarion.causeaction.com

It is official, the United States is no longer a Constitutional Republic.  The Constitution doesn’t mean a thing, and our rights are no longer guaranteed. 

Joe Biden has taken upon himself to order Americans to get vaccinated or risk losing your job, your access to doctors, and perhaps even your personal freedoms. 

Of course, everyone with a brain and understanding of our system of government knows Joe Biden does not have the constitutional authority to mandate any American to do anything they don’t want to do. 

Joe Biden doesn’t care about the Constitution and has chosen to become a petty Banana Republic dictator.  Mandating Americans to get vaccinated or else is the kind of thing you expect in countries like China, Iran, Russia, and other countries where human rights are nonexistent.

Biden is using government bureaucracies such as the Department of Labor to ensure Americans in the workplace are fully vaccinated. 

According to Biden, The Department of Labor is to develop an “emergency rule” that would require companies with 100 employees or more to get vaccinated or receive negative weekly Covid tests.

I’m guessing he will send Special Agents from the Department of Labor to shutdown businesses who are not in compliance. 

The “newly minted dictator” claims, “Is not about freedom or choice”.  He claims it is about “protecting yourself and those around you”. I guess he thinks Americans are too stupid to handle their own decisions regarding their healthcare, among other things.

Joe Biden wishes to ignore the fact the United States and our values are forged in the idea of freedom and choice.

This mandate is going to affect approximately 100 million Americans and those working for the Federal government are not going to be able to opt for a test.  If you are a federal worker, vaccinate or else. 

In addition, anybody doing business with the federal government will be required to be vaccinated.  He bragged about ordering facilities treating patients on Medicare or Medicaid to be fully vaccinated.

In the words of the “newly minted dictator”, “If you want to work with the federal government, you must be vaccinated.  If you want to do business with the government, you must vaccinate your workforce”. 

He also went on to talk about doubling fines for airline passengers who refuse to wear masks.  Because the airline industry needs additional help bankrupting themselves.

Of course, he wants to dismiss the 10th Amendment by intimidating State governors into mandating vaccinations for teachers.  As Biden said in a Tweet on September 9th, “If they will not help us beat the pandemic, I will use my powers as president to get them out of the way”.

What exactly does he mean?  Is he going to send Federal agents to Governor’s mansions and have them arrested? 

He claims all these new mandates are designed to keep the economy strong and ensure school safety.   

Well, our economy is not strong and school districts can make their own assessments on how to proceed.  They don’t need the federal government sticking their nose in local decisions.

The “newly minted dictator” is delusional, but more importantly, dangerous.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is a Failed Institution

How they want the American People to finance the relocation of Afghan nationals while an average of 40,000 American veterans are homeless

While this is happening in the United States, the VA wants us to finance the relocation of Afghan Refugees. Photo courtesy of themreport.com

I’ll start by saying, I am a service-connected disabled veteran who, for decades, fought the Department of Veterans Affairs to get the rating I earned due to injuries received while serving in the United States Army. 

I have no respect or lost love for VA, and I would never allow them to touch me.  They are a failed bureaucracy and no better than a bad socialized medicine experiment.

On September 8th, 2021, I received an email from VA asking if I wanted to support the resettlement of so-called Afghan allies and other “vulnerable” Afghan refugees.  They got my attention.

I read the blog entry written by an individual name Andy Martinez.  This individual identifies him or herself, as the Partnerships and Agreements advisor for VA’s Veterans Experience Office.  Never heard of it.

After reading their Mission Statement, this is nothing more than federalized community organizing and has nothing to do with veteran’s care. I was actually surprised to see the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization, among others, listed as a resource.

I am a Life Member of the DAV, and while I was fighting the VA, they never helped me during my appeal process, but here they are offering their services to Afghans.

The VA is completely disconnected from reality.  We have a daily average of 40,000 homeless veterans in the United States, but they are concerned about unvetted Afghan refugees.  You can’t not make this stuff up because they are putting in out in writing.

The VA, instead of helping our own homeless veterans, they want you and me to finance the relocation of Afghan citizens.  These people are insane.

I am thankful to the Afghan people who helped our troops defend “their” country.  After all, it is their country, not ours.  It was their responsibility to build their own nation while it was our responsibility to take out the perpetrators and masterminds of September 11th.

We don’t owe them a thing.  It is up to them to rebuild their country and to establish a viable government.  Unfortunately, the Biden Administration botched our withdrawal and the orderly transfer of power. 

The Afghan president left the country with millions of dollars, the ones he could hand carry, and the terrorist organization known as the Taliban took over the country, again.

Still, and despite the ugly realities of war, we don’t need to bring to the United States people we don’t know anything about while our own are sleeping on the streets.   It is impossible for the United States government to know all these individuals and anything to the contrary is just a flat out lie.

I will like to ask the VA Secretary the following. Why other Muslim countries in the region are not stepping in to take these refugees?   They share the same cultural and religious values, so it would be a much easier transition.

For the VA to be asking me to assist in the relocation of Afghans while an estimated 40,000 American veterans go homeless on daily basis, it is an insult to those of us who served this country.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is a disgraced and they should be ashamed for even suggesting such nonsense.

Sources:

https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/homeless-veterans-statistics/

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