Play ball, or foul ball?

"People should listen to David Wells and give it serious consideration. For a guy like Wells to walk away from MLB, maybe that was the canary in the coal mine for the rest of us. Play ball? Not any longer. Now it is just a foul ball." 

This morning on the news, there was a story about David Wells. For those who are not familiar with that name, Wells is a former major league pitcher, who is one of the rare players who has pitched a perfect game. Although somewhat portly, Wells pitched for the Yankees and the Blue Jays, and was considered to be one of the best "lefties" around. Now retired from MLB, he had an interesting take on the All Star Game snafu down in Atlanta.

"I am done. And it hurts me to say this, as baseball has been such a big part of my life for so long. But I will not watch another game." Guess what? Wells is not the only person who is giving MLB the "deep six" this season. Some, maybe forever. Why? Because the putz who is the MLB commish, decided to take America's pastime, and turn it into a "Woke industry". This was a dumb, dumber, and dumbest thing he could have done. PLUS - to make matters even worse, he gave credence to the BIG LIE, that Georgia's new voter law was racist. Or as Slo Joe says, "Jim Crow".

Michael Jordan once said about politics, "Republicans buy sneakers too." Laura Ingraham wrote a book titled, "Shut up and Sing". How are these two items related? Same theme. If you are in sports or entertainment, you would do yourself a favor, by sticking to your knitting. Stay out of politics.

The blow back from this bone headed decision to move the All Star Game from Atlanta (50% black) to Denver (9.2% black), could be enormous. All because of a BIG LIE. Plus, many of the folks in Atlanta who would have benefited from the 100 - 150M dollars the game would have brought to Atlanta - are black.

I have followed the Minnesota Twins since 1961, when they went from the Senators, to an expansion team in Minnesota. I watched all three world series they played in. I knew the "65" lineup by heart. Rich Rollins was my favorite player. I still have homer hankies from the "87" series. That being said, I could give a rip about the Twins right now. Why? They are part of the MLB. And the MLB, just like the NBA, is dead to me. The NFL may not be dead to me as yet, but they are on life support.

People should listen to David Wells and give it serious consideration. For a guy like Wells to walk away from MLB, maybe that was the canary in the coal mine for the rest of us. Play ball? Not any longer. Now it is just a foul ball. 

Not funny, just STOOPID!

"It has been said by many folks much smarter than I, the only thing more STOOPID than the elected Democrats in the state or federal government (especially the President), are the minions who voted for them. That is not funny - just a fact."   

This morning on the news, Tom Holman (former acting Director of ICE), responded to what Ms. Nancy said yesterday. Pelosi said the southern border is in great shape under Biden, not a mess like it was under Trump. Holman said, "If she really believes that, she is the dumbest person ever to serve in the House." I don't know about that Tom - the Democrats have legions serving or who have served who every day, put a face on the term "STOOPID". 

And by the way, that includes Senator Joseph Biden, who somehow snuck into the White House. This guy a piece of work. I mean, how STOODID is this guy who has NEVER worked? When ask if the 28% proposed corporate tax rate would hurt consumers, his reply was the typical uninformed, uneducated, Democrat response. "Come on man! (my add). If a company pays higher taxes, they do not pass those costs on to the consumer." (his add). Hey Joe, you moron! That is 100% false!

Then the philandering, and equally clueless Governor of New York, is about to do something equally as STOOPID. To combat the massive flight of money out of New York, leaving to go down to zero tax states like Florida or Texas, Cuomo had a bright idea. He is going to raise taxes in the already very high taxed state of New York by another 2%. Anyone with an IQ higher than a potato, knows that is a DUMB and STOOPID idea. But don't tell that to Cuomo - he thinks he is the smartest person in the room.

An honest media would be skewering Biden every day right now, just based on how he has mucked up our southern border. In Biden's clueless, and increasingly foggy brain, everything on the border is hunky dory. Even though Greg Abbott (Texas Governor) has just announced, in Texas government sponsored NGO holding facilities for young illegals, there is something very wrong. It is an (alleged) nesting area for sexual abuse of youth. In other words - a government funded pedo location. In Biden's world of la-la, he just blows that information off as politics. After all, everything bad on the border is Trump's fault.

Biden's border administration has also ordered the very recent posting about border control catching two baddies from Yemen, be taken down. Taken down and hidden. Why? Bad press for Biden. By the way, earlier we have also caught four other baddies, who were also on the terror watch list. Plus yesterday, a convicted MS-13 baddie was caught sneaking over the border. And those are only the ones who have caught. Think of how many baddies are in with the "get aways".

There is nothing funny about Biden nor his merry group of socialists. Besides the White House, they are contaminating the House and Senate. These are people who are intentionally using the Great Reset, to destroy this great country.

It has been said by many much smarter than I, the only thing more STOOPID than the elected Democrats in the state or federal government (especially the President), are the minions who voted for them. That is not funny - it is just a fact.   

A hand overplayed?

"Keep overplaying your hand Democrats. Already the path to victory in 2022 is looking better and better. Our campaign strategy? Watching you guys muck things up for the American people."

You have to give the Democrats credit for one thing. They know how to screw things up - royally. Here they somehow got Slo Joe into the White House, held the House with the 80 year old Ms. Nancy as Speaker, and have a split Senate - and somehow, they are overplaying their hands. I mean, bigly overplaying their hands.

It was just a couple months ago, many of us thought that all was lost in Georgia. We questioned the backbone of the Republican Governor, both Senate seats were lost to a couple of Democrat losers, and the redness of the state was suddenly starting to look bluish purple. And then, wonder of wonders, the Democrats decided to shoot themselves in the foot. They pressured the MLB hierarchy, Delta, and Coke into condemning the new voting act in Georgia. In fact, the pressure was so intense (with Slo Joe's backing), MLB has pulled the All Star Game out of Atlanta, and moved it to Denver.

The "wokeness" of the Democrat Party will be their undoing. And I could not be happier. One African American lady who is running for a Senate seat in another southern state, had this to say about the racism of the Democrat Party. Racism? What do you mean Bird? The Democrats have been telling black folk for years now that because they don't have the where-with-all to get an ID. Therefore, any voting bill which mandates voter ID is racist. 

What this Senate candidate said was simple and to the point (remember now, she is black) - "I have known black folk all of my life, and have never known one who did not have ID. To keep saying that black folk don't know how to get an ID is undermining and just plain wrong." 

BINGO! Whereas the Democrats keep telling minorities how dumb and dependent they are, Republicans try to show them a better way. Donald Trump was EXCELLENT at this. He looked at people as people - not different colors which could be exploited for political purposes. Trump, like Reagan, believed in a rising tide raising all boats. Trump wanted nothing for every American, regardless of skin color, except total opportunity to be the best they could be. Trump's job, was to "plow the road", to ensure government did not get in their way. Democrats on the other hand, try to shroud minorities with the cloak of big government. Make them dependent on the nanny state.

Keep overplaying your hand Democrats. Already the path to victory in 2022 is looking better and better. Our campaign strategy? Watching you guys muck things up for the American people.

By the end of this year, the American people will be clamoring to have the adults back in charge, and Slo Joe back at the Easy Acre Rest Home. And Hunter Biden? He can keep snorting parmesan cheese to his heart's content.  

  

And the beat goes on...

"The folks running the joint right now are either flipping nuts, morons, or both. Or maybe they are just traitors to this great     nation as well as enemies of the state."       

Let's see - where do I begin this morning. One thing about Slo Joe and his merry bunch of country hating misfits - there is never a dull moment. Always something cooking, and what is cooking ain't good. In fact, it smells putrid. So I might as well get started.

Southern Border - When Donald Trump warned us that if we opened up the southern border, we would not only have tens of thousands of illegals (many of them kids), but also a boat load of cartel sponsored drugs, sex trafficking, baddies, and terrorists. Trump was excoriated by the MSM. But - all his predictions have come true so far.

This morning, it was disclosed two bad apples from Yemen (on the terror watch list), were apprehended coming over the southern border. Also, the DEA has reported that drug seizures are way up (these are only the drugs which are caught - the majority are not). One stash of weed was so large, the Border Patrol said it was enough to produce 21 million joints.

Infrastructure Bill - Joe Biden does not give two poops and a holler if any Republicans support this massive, pork filled bill or not. These are just platitudes when Biden says he will have "discussions" with Republicans to see if they want to support his bill, or even offer changes. Bull crap - this is just a canard.

Yesterday, the Senate Parliamentarian gave the green light to have the Senate pass this very expensive blob by using a simple majority (reconciliation) instead of the customary 60 votes. This, after the Covid relief bill was passed the same way. If this comes to fruition, war will break out in the Senate. It ain't gonna be pretty, that is for sure.

By the way, I need to make a correction about the makeup of this infrastructure bill, which I reported on earlier. I said it was 25% infrastructure and 75% DNC pork. Senator Kennedy from Louisiana recently shed some light on this bill. So, I stand corrected. He said it is closer to 5% true infrastructure and 95% garbage.

Right now, Joe Manchin is our only hope. He will not support this bill if Biden raises corporate taxes over 25%. If Biden lowers the corporate rate to 25%, Manchin will be in. Why is 25% so important? That is China's rate. If we have a rate higher than China's, that will put our nation's producers out in left field.

Bottom line? Biden, Harris, Kerry, Clinton(s), Pelosi, Schumer, Schiff, Nadler, (the list goes on and on), are hell bent on ruining our country. Be it the southern border, the Iran deal resurrection, destruction of our energy industry, budget busting pork bills we cannot afford, or playing patsy to China - they are killing us right now. THEY SHOULD ALL BE IMPEACHED AND/OR CONVICTED - NOW! Instead of make believe stuff like they tried to pin on Trump, the charges against the socialists are deep and wide.

The beat goes on folks, and we cannot afford to have this beat go on. It is more of a beat down to the taxpaying public, than just a beat. The folks running the joint right now are either flipping nuts, morons, or both. Or maybe they are just traitors to this great nation as well as enemies of the state.       

  

Our road less traveled

"The road ahead for us who call ourselves citizens and patriots will not be easy. The forces against us are strengthening their resolve. I think we saw that in the mess down in Atlanta." 

One of the things that our current President seems to have forgotten is a simple fact. There are at least 75 million people in this country who did not vote for him. Who rejected all the pabulum and snake oil that he and Harris were trying to peddle. As such, the hoards of disenfranchised Trump voters are not going away. We have not, nor will not, go away. And yes, we still love, and care deeply about our country.

The road ahead for us who call ourselves citizens and patriots will not be easy. It is a road less traveled for us. The forces against us are strengthening their resolve. I think we saw that in the mess down in Atlanta. The "voter suppression bill" as Stacy Abrams calls it. And what is it in reality? A voter accommodation bill, with ample opportunity for legal voters to vote in the next election. So what is the real issue in Georgia? The word "legal". And to show support for the socialists on this canard, Coke, Delta, and MLB have prostituted themselves. Prostituted to appear to be "woke". 

Jessie Kelly (from iHeartRadio) was on a cable channel this past week. He was much more blunt and direct when discussing the issue of Biden overreach. (With slight paraphrasing) ,"The 75 million folks who voted for Trump are not going to take all this socialist migration laying down. Biden needs to be aware of that." (Some stronger language, but I don't want to enter FB jail again.) And by the way, we will not take it laying down. 

This latest monstrosity called "Infrastructure" is a Trojan Horse, and every honest person knows it. This bill has as much to do with infrastructure, as green cheese has to do with the Moon. We are going to stop this bill dead in its tracks. We are going to sue to socks off of the Biden Administration for what they are doing on the southern border, as well as what they are doing to our energy industry. We are not going to allow Biden to pen an executive action which will forgive $50K/person student debt. We will fight these things in the courts, and in the streets, by loudly protesting, if we have to.

If our side were of a different temperament and ilk (like the socialists are), this country would either be headed for civil war, or would already be there. But that is not the way we roll. That being said, our side understands fully why the Second Amendment was penned into our Bill of Rights. Not target shooting, not hunting, not even self protection. It was to keep a Constitutional Republic from become a tyranny. That is why the left hates and fears the Second Amendment so much. And they should.

Tread lightly as you go forward Mr. Biden. We are watching. We are paying attention. And we love this country a whole lot more than we love you. Just saying...    

The greatest story ever told

"This is the greatest story ever told. Without this story, we always be searching for that light which would light the world. But because of this story, we now have it. Thank God, it is here for us to follow. For us, and all mankind who will follow."   

When many of us were younger, we might have gone with our parents to see Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. That was the name of the book written many years ago by General Lew Wallace. For the movie, staring Charlton Heston as Juda Ben-Hur, the title was shortened to just Ben-Hur. An excellent movie, it is still played from time to time on one of the cable, or even network stations.

Another book was written years later, was penned by Fulton Oursler. The Greatest Story Ever Told, was made into a movie and started Max Von Sydow as Jesus. This is my favorite role that Max starred in. 

Then came 1970, when (gasp!) a rock opera entered the scene. It was written not by theologians, but a couple of guys who liked to write music. As many young folks in the world felt their faith starting to slip away, along comes this rock opera which described the gospel in (gasp!), rock and roll terms. Some thought it was sacrilege, others thought is was a new media for this most important message.

One of my fondest memories when I was stationed on Okinawa in 1970-1971, was when Jesus Christ Superstar hit the island. The PX at Kadena Air Force Base could hardly keep that album in stock. EVERYONE wanted it. All of sudden, when this album started to proliferate around base housing, it was all you would hear. Not guys yakking at each other and making fun of it- these were young men, listening intently, thinking back on the greatest story ever told, which they had learned back in Sunday School.

Okay - flash forward to today. Many mega-churches like Eagle Brook have been criticized for how they attract people to worship. They use jazzy music. It may be biblical, but it is still jazzy. Just like Jesus Christ Superstar, was too rocky. But both have brought people (most young, who have fallen away), back to the church.

The greatest story ever told can be told in many ways, at many times. But the purpose of the story stays the same. Redemption. Forgiveness. Hope. Victory. On this Maundy Thursday, when Jesus was betrayed by one of his own, captured in the Garden of Gethsemane, arrested, beaten, and then worse - started on this day.

When Mel Gibson directed The Passion of the Christ, it received a "R" rating. Swearing? Sex? Not hardly. It received a "R" rating because Jesus was not only crucified, he was butchered (per Max Lucado). No sugar coating on this story of the passion. But without the awfulness of this weekend, we would not have the hope that Easter Sunday brings us.

If it is Ben-Hur, The The Greatest Story Ever Told, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Passion of the Christ, or just reading God's Word - the story stays the same. The Passion stays the same, the outcome stays the same, and the hope for all mankind, always stays the same.

This is the greatest story ever told. Without this story, we always be searching for that light which would light the world. But because of this story, we now have it. Thank God, it is here for us to follow. For us, and all mankind who will follow.   

Infrastructure light

"This is going to sound like a broken record, but it needs to be said one more time. CONGRESS - DO YOUR BLINKING JOB! We do not live in a monarchy. Biden is not a king." 

Did everyone hear Slo Joe live yesterday, or later on in the day when it was replayed? He brought this pig out called infrastructure, and tried to put some lipstick on it. Not only lipstick, but rouge, concealer, perfume and eyeliner. But it was still a pig - and an ugly one at that. 

Just like the American Rescue Act (stimulus # 3) was only 9% Covid related and 91% bull crap, this bill is slightly better. It is 25% infrastructure related, and 75% bull crap. "But", Slo Joe said, "this is a once in a generation opportunity to transform many things." Translation = this is the Great Reset, which will change our country from MAGA to Venezuela. Instantly go from wonderful to wanderlust, where we will wander and wonder what the hell just happened to us.

What Slo Joe laid out yesterday, had just a bit of infrastructure, a whole lot of tax increases, and wrapped up in the New Green Deal. It is money we don't have, doing many things we don't need. Now the irony is this - if this had been a true infrastructure bill, the Republicans may have wanted to tinker around the edges, but for the most part, they would have supported it. For this piece of dung, expect zero Republican support.

And that brings me to the most germane part of this article. It is time for us to lose the "deer in the headlights" look, as Slo Joe runs roughshod all over us. We have an almost evenly divided House right now, and a 50-50 Senate. We are not shrinking violets. It is time for the House Republicans to convince conservative Democrats to join them in stopping this nonsense. It is time for Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to join the Senate Republicans in slowing down or stopping this crap. Without their support, the 75+ million of us who voted for Trump, are going to continue to be steamrolled.

Donald Trump wanted to address infrastructure. However, he had a hostile Congress who was more concerned with impeaching him. So, that never happened during the Trump years. But the support remains for improvements to much of our aging infrastructure. Support for the 75% of bull crap which also resides in this bill? Nada. 

This is going to sound like a broken record, but it needs to be said one more time. CONGRESS - DO YOUR BLINKING JOB! We do not live in a monarchy. Biden is not a king. Word of warning to Congress - if you don't stop Biden right now, we will stop you in November of 2022. Count on it.