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Today is the deadline day for the budget. No one has blinked yet. The house passed a four week stop gap budget last night and shipped it over to the Senate where things become much more difficult.

One of the things I’ll give to the Democrats is that they stay the party line no matter how ridiculous the line is.  Not so with the Republicans.  Inside their party, they fight with one another, so much so that more often than not, nothing gets done.  It drives me out of my mind.  Example, tonight Rand Paul was a guest on Fox where he let us know that he will not support the stop gap budget.  Why, because he is tired of the Government spending beyond their means.  Who would disagree with that?  Not me, that’s for sure.  The trouble is, Mr. Paul, whom I like, has been a senator now for many years and what has he done about this?  Nothing, except to put on a big show every time a big important vote comes before him.  In this case he is going to stand on his beliefs even at the demise of the military funding.  He knows damn well that his non-vote will have zero impact on any change.  If he wants to change things he needs to actually work on it and get it done.  Grand-standing a few times a year obviously isn’t getting anything done and makes him no better than the Left.  All talk; no action.

John McCain is home fighting cancer and Jeff Flake is, well, a flake.  His only goal, on his way out is to get even with the President.  Then we have Senator Lindsey Graham, who like Flake is in the get-even mode.  Senator Graham’s reason, the President sent him walking when he and his pal on the Left, Durban gave the President a POS proposal on DACA/Immigration.  Graham, throughout the years would have us believe he is the champion of the military.  Yet, like the Left, he is willing to shut the Government down until such time that the President agrees with him regarding DACA.

In order to pass, the Senate needs 60 YES votes. There are only 51 republicans and three or four of them are grandstanding, again.  The Left of course, loves this.  Why wouldn’t they?  The Republicans look like fools.  I believe, or at least hope, that each of them will pay the price come November. Let’s face it, when the President says we need to drain the swamp, that’s not exclusive to the Left.  At least I don’t think it is.  We have congress people on both sides that have to go if we are ever going to have a Government that works for us.

In my last post I said “my guess is that the Democrats care more about hurting the President than keeping the Government open.”  After the  recent events “my guess remains and the blame will be on the swamp dwellers made up of both Democrats and those few Republican standouts.  Don’t get me wrong, the President will get the blame from the media, that’s a big “duh.”  The Swamp however will get the blame from Trump’s supporters including yours truly.

Who gets blamed, Left or Right, I don’t care.  What I care about is funding the Government, period.  All of these other issues are important, for sure, and they need to be dealt with but not at the expense of the military or even those employees working in the Government.  Why should the guy emptying the trash in the Senate offices not get paid?  Some Senators on the Right and all the Senators on the Left sure don’t care.

So there you have it, my two cents on this dramatic budget showdown.  Everything has to be so hard and so dramatic in Washington, doesn’t it?  Maybe after a good night’s sleep cooler minds will prevail.  Great, now I’m lying to myself…

The week started out with a bipartisan meeting at the White House to discuss immigration.  It was the closest we’ll ever get to a love-fest. As Sean Hannity from Fox News said, “Hell has frozen over.” Even a few of the left wing fake news media outlets gave the President credit for the meeting. Like a CEO, clearly in charge, he let everyone talk and share their opinions. This was a brilliant move on the part of the President because he was just moving away from the “Fire & Fury” fiction novel which gave the Left more fire and fury against the President. They were actually talking about impeachment again, because of a “tell all” book… I kept tweeting to the liberals, “don’t believe everything you read”.  Guess what, listening is not one of their strengths. Inviting the press to the meeting was brilliant. No one, after watching the meeting, could say that Trump doesn’t have all of his marbles.  That’s for sure.

During the meeting, the President couldn’t have been clearer in terms of what he wanted. He also let them know that he intended on signing anything they came up with. This is a classic move from the Chief Executive (President), let the group actually feel like the decision is completely up to them. The dunce Dems in the room and (to be fair) some of the dunce republicans took his words literally.

Based on their proposal a few days later, they forgot the list of things that were a must for the President. During their presentation a few days later, I am guessing that the President, all but “lost it”.  The proposal was so horrible, so far from what he expected, and so far from what he had requested, that he couldn’t control his anger. Somewhere around this time (still guessing obviously) is when the President asked “why do we have to take all these people in from shithole countries, why can’t we take people from Norway?” Norway came up because earlier in the day he had met with the President of Norway.  He could have mentioned any country but Norway was top-of-mind.

I don’t know about you, but whenever I’ve attended an executive meeting, what is said in the room stays in the room. This is a good policy because it allows for an open dialog of ideas. To no surprise, things don’t work this way in Washington and that was Trumps biggest mistake. The enemies in the room couldn’t wait to get out of the meeting and run to the media.

The rest of the week was dominated by media interpretation of what the Dems claimed had occurred in that meeting. It took Trump nearly two days to tweet a rebuttal and the Republicans, two of them, said they didn’t “recall” the President using those words.  Weak.

In my opinion Trump probably did used the language he was being accused of using. The Dems and their co-workers, the left wing media, went wild and called the President’s remarks, what else? Racist. At one point during the week my favorite democratic senator, Nancy Pelosi (favorite? Not!), came to the microphones and proceeded to say, “Why are five white guys deciding what our immigration policy should be?” Then in her attempt to be funny she referred to the Five Guy’s food chain. The trouble is, some of the five guys were her fellow democrats, one of which was her Number Two. He wasn’t happy. Even still, the left wing media didn’t say a peep about this truly racist comment from Ms. Pelosi and instead kept up their onslaught against the President.

The President is always getting in trouble for speaking his mind and worse, speaking the truth. These countries he called shitholes are, well, shitholes. How this is racist though is beyond this simple minded American.  He didn’t say the people in these countries where shitheads or holes, he said the countries they come from are. Just because the people living next to me live in a shithole house doesn’t mean I think they are shitholes.  (So sorry about the language here.)  His point was that these countries are dumps thus the people cannot be the best and brightest the world has to offer which is what he wants for America. The color of their skin had zero to do with any of this. Look, he shouldn’t have said it, I get that but that’s the way he talks, that’s who he is, that’s what got him elected. People, myself included, are tired of the PC politicians and tired of America always being on the losing end of every situation. We elected him because we really do want to make America Great Again. We really are concerned for our safety. Never the less, the President started out having a brilliant week and then he proceeded to step in it. When will he learn that he can’t always speak the truth … not out loud anyway.

The most amazing thing to me is that the Democrats are now threatening to allow the Government to shut down unless the DACA people are given amnesty. Think about that. The Dems are willing to hurt legal American citizens including our military in favor of illegal, non-citizens from shithole countries. That my friends is your democratic party. Votes are that important to them.

The good thing about all of this, actually there are a couple of good things, is that there is now a chance the DACA people will have to go home because there will be no deal. That’s a win for America as far as I am concerned. The other great news coming out of this is that Maxine Waters and Mr. Lewis, both democrats, both perhaps the biggest racists in congress have announced they will not attend the State of the Union this year because of the shithole comment. I guess the President truly is a stable genius smarter than he gets credit for and don’t be confused, his comments and the Left’s swipes against him only further energize his base of deplorables.

I don’t know about you but, I am about sick and tired of the 24/7 talk about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). All of our elected representatives, including the President coupled with the media and the online tweeters are more focused on these illegals than they are on the citizens of this country. These so called dreamers are protesting demanding we allow them to stay. Demanding…

So, having said that let me continue the insanity by “jumping-in” on the debate.

The Left will have us believe they are the party of love and genuine care for these 800,000 illegals. This week there was an internal memorandum that clearly stated the importance to the party that DACA people be allowed to stay in the country. In so many words the memo said “Their votes are crucial to our party this November.”  When you consider my last post about voter ID, this stance by the left is nothing new nor surprising.

The President this week signaled that he too wants to work out a deal so the DACA people can remain in the country. The conservatives about had a heart attack. I wasn’t thrilled myself. The law is the law. Cold hearted, I know. The President also made it clear that there can be no DACA amenity without the removal of chain migration, elimination of the immigration lottery, and The Wall. This of course doesn’t fit with the Democratic narrative.

The Democrats attempt to pull on the heart strings of the country by accusing the Republicans of being heartless.  They ask, “How would you feel if you couldn’t live near your family members?”

They don’t seem to do much arguing about the lottery. In today’s world of terror that’s a difficult one to support.

I love (not really) their argument about the wall. Their two main talking points are #1. The wall doesn’t stop people from entering the country. One of the congressmen said the wall only gives the border patrol a few extra minutes. I’m pretty sure a border patrol agent will take every extra minute they can get when dealing with these armed drug dealers. At any rate, the statement itself is a lie. The border patrol have supported Trump and have clearly stated the wall works and it is important. #2. This one is laughable. They complain the wall is going to cost 1.8 billion dollars. Wow, suddenly the Democrats are concerned about spending money. This is the party who was in charge for the past eight years who allowed Obama to increase the national debt more than all previous presidents combined. Yeah, laughable. By the way, the savings alone by pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord will more than pay for the wall…  In the end, it will indeed be interesting to see just how bad the left want these 800,000 illegal votes. My guess is they will agree to the Presidents demands.

True conservatives are not happy about the possibility of amnesty. Wall or no wall, most of the Right do not want 800,000 illegals in the country voting for the Left. To be clear, I don’t think the Republicans are any better than the Democrats as it relates to the real issue which is votes. In my eyes though, I tend to fall on the republican side of the argument only because, as I’ve said, the law is the law, no one should get to pick and choose which law(s) they want to follow.

So where does this leave us? Now and going forward there has to be 60 votes to pass a bill so the republican’s must bring over some democrats in order to pass anything. This means they must be willing to give some things up in order to get some of the things they want. In other words, the days of being able to do what you want are over. You can argue that this is a good thing because it allows for a larger swath of the country to be represented.

I know you’re dying to know what I would do if I were in charge of writing this bill so here you go.

I would call the democrat’s bluff.  I know I need some of them to pass the bill so I’d keep that in mind but, mostly, I’d keep the legal American citizens in mind.

1. The wall must be approved and built
2. Chain migration must be stopped
3. Visa lottery program, gone
4. DACA people can stay with conditions. A) They must not have had any criminal violations. B) Those of the age of 20 years old or older, not in school, must be employed. C) No government benefits afforded to illegal “Arrivals” for 10 years. D) At the end of the 10 years, those that have remained clear of the justice system will be granted citizenship. Those that violated our laws during the 10 year period will be removed from the country. E) The annual legal immigration number would be cut by 800,000 so that we end up neutral at the end of the 10 year period. F) Finally, I would require all Americans to show ID in order to vote. This is a must and is an obvious law to put in place to further protect the credibility of our elections. If both parties are truly concerned about voter fraud, agreeing to voter ID should be a snap. Right?

The above accomplishes a lot. First, the Left and the DACA people can’t say this is heartless. They will but they shouldn’t. This allows all of the DACA illegals who haven’t broken further laws to remain in the country. This also controls the total number of immigrants entering the country. This is accomplished via the wall, no more chain or lottery migration and it doesn’t expand the total number of new citizenship. This of course isn’t fair to all those who have been standing in line which is regrettable. Finally, this requires both parties to vote based on honesty and not on votes … and … it puts Americans first.

If the parties cannot agree to this then the bill doesn’t pass and the DACA people go home which by the way, isn’t the end of the world as we know it.

Those on the Right say it all the time, “the Left only cares about the votes.” Could this really be true?

While I honestly want to understand the liberal mind it seems as if the accusation from the Right is true. Take for example, the most recent election. To hear those (Liberals) tell it, Trump colluded with the Russians to steal the election. Somehow, they are convinced that Trump worked with the Russian Government to change the outcome of our election in 2016.  At the same time, the Left is completely opposed to voter ID. They claim that requiring an ID will disenfranchise the poor Hispanic and Black Americans.  So, on the surface one would conclude that the Left cares deeply about protecting our elections against foreign intruders and of course, they care deeply about the poor Hispanic and African Americans. Let me ask this.  We know that our country has millions of illegal aliens inside our borders, so doesn’t our “no ID required to vote” policy have a much greater potential for election fraud? If the Left is truly concerned about the integrity of our election system and if they are opposed to outside influence then how can they oppose voter ID?

As far as the concern for the poor not being able to get an ID, you’ve heard the conservative responses.  I mean really, you can’t do anything without an ID, well, except vote for the leader of the free world… This excuse about the poor is a fraud anyway. The Left doesn’t care about the poor.  They care about the illegals being able to vote. If that’s not treason I don’t know what is. As for the poor, they can’t cash their food stamps with an ID so let’s please come up with a different excuse for not making voter ID a law.

Seriously, what am I missing? How do you claim to be outraged over the possibility of Russia meddling in our election while at the very same time you don’t care who votes in our election. I don’t know what else to do other than to throw the BS flag. “Election Interference by the liberals, 15 yard penalty, Trump is still President.”

In this world of 24/7 news, television, internet, Twitter, Facebook, and smart phones it is pretty easy to get caught up in all of the crazy things going on around us.

Today I was on Twitter providing my two cents on the many different topics of the day, mostly politics. At some point, I realized I was being pretty negative, even mean in some cases. This struck me because I’m actually a very positive guy.

It’s easy to get riled up when listening to people who have the exact opposite view of the world than you. Reading some of these posts I will more often than not silently say to myself, “How can he/she actually think this way?” In fairness to me, there are people online that are brutal and will say things that are unacceptable, mean and yeah, crude. I don’t think this helps matters at all and it certainly doesn’t help their credibility. In my worst moments when I see one of these posts I will reply by slamming the person with a verbal two-by-four. The point they were attempting to make is quickly lost and instead, the focus is all about how rude or crude they are. When you start by calling me a Nazi just because I want legal immigration, the 2X4 is coming out and I’ve lost all interest in the person.  I guess I’m not smart enough to just ignore and move on.

It’s fine to be passionate about your beliefs and I think it’s healthy for all of us to see different points of view. If you want to be convincing you really have a better chance by being thoughtful and open minded. When I have found myself in a verbal battle of opinions with a stranger and I’ve said something like “you make a good point” or “Um, I never thought about that”, 99.9% of the time I have an instant fan and suddenly the debate becomes a more honest sharing of ideas. We all like to be heard and we really like to be right. You’d be surprised what you learn when you really listen instead of talking or worse, yelling. This is true whether in an online chat session or with a spouse, child, co-worker or the guy on the street corner.

Now that I’ve calmed down and taken a little time for some reflection, I’m jumping back into the vast online jungle to share my great wealth of knowledge. Based on that, I should be done in a few minutes.

Maybe you and I will cross paths, I hope so.

I was born and raised in California. It might be the most beautiful state of them all.  Consider all that it has to offer; Pacific Ocean, snowcapped Sierra Mountains, Desert, Redwood Forest, Farming and even the big city life of LA and San Francisco. To me, the state has so much to offer however between the politics and high taxes it is difficult for me to understand why anyone would want to call it home.

Following my ritual review of the morning headlines I have to jump in. “We are a Sanctuary State” signs are being installed under their “Welcome to California” signs. And, as you know, today they celebrate their ability to legally purchase marijuana for recreational purposes. Recreational purposes, that’s some spin huh? What do they do, get high and then play basketball? Go jogging? Give me a break.

I grew up around pot users. If you live and go to school in California, there is simply no way around it.  You are exposed to it as a young person.  You have to make choices in life, hopefully good ones, but it’s not easy. I grew up around it and tried it.  What I came away with is that using makes you stupid, in most cases it’s worse than that, it makes you an idiot.  While you users think you’re cool, calm, and relaxed, those of us with a clear head can tell you – you’re not cool, you sound and act like a moron. That’s what weed represents to me. It alters your brain and not in a good way.  Although I don’t know that altering your brain can ever be a good thing. This morning there’s an article slamming conservative Laura Ingraham for expressing outrage over CNN’s New Year’s Eve coverage of Californians smoking pot and how to use a bong.  Laura is a responsible parent and she doesn’t appreciate CNN displaying this so that her kids and young people in general see it and somehow think it’s ok or cool or fun. I don’t appreciate it either.

I really don’t judge anyone for what they choose to do privately.  It’s your life, do with it what you want. It’s not as though I am a puritan, I am not, but what I do, I do in private. When some people’s negative actions affect other people then I have a problem with it. This display on CNN is irresponsible. Why don’t they show the youth how to drink, show them how to take shots too so they can get higher quicker.  How does any of this help parents raise their kids responsibly? How does any of this help the kids who in today’s world already struggle with so many choices before them? It doesn’t help and it’s harmful and it angers me.  Yes I know, “don’t let your kids watch CNN New Year’s coverage.” It’s getting to a point that turning on the television with the kids in the living room is a risk. Where’s the Ed Sullivan show when you need it…

As for the sanctuary state signs, this is California being California. First they defy Federal Immigration law by allowing illegal immigrants sanctuary.  Then, they raise taxes to cover the cost increases in social services and education. They stand behind their policy even when legal Americans are killed in their streets by the very illegal aliens they gave sanctuary to (Illegal aliens with prior convictions). Then the state files law suits against the Federal Government when the Feds threaten to take away Federal Grants. We better add the cost of all the law suits to their immigration policy too. Then to top it off they’re angry because the new Federal Tax Law no longer allows them to write off their high State Income Taxes.

I swear, I don’t know how you people in California can stand to stay there. Better yet, I will never understand how you vote. Do you get high before entering the ballot box? Maybe that’s why you vote so stupidly. When you come out of the fog, take an honest look at what the leadership in your state has done to you. The state is all but broke because of their liberal policies and those of you working hard every day just keep voting for them and paying taxes that are simply outrageous.  For what, so you can say you’re a loving state that welcomes any and all even if it places you and your loved ones at risk?

I moved out of California in the 80’s and I’ve never looked back. I do watch your politics and I have to tell you, you’re out of your minds to remain in that beautiful state and you’re high as a kite if you think voting for more liberals will solve your many problems.  I guess I need a reality check myself because you obviously don’t think California has a problem.  It breaks my heart.  Watching the actions of California has turned me against you. At this point, I wish you would separate from the union and I hope President Trump builds his big beautiful wall around your eastern border. Then you can do whatever the hell you want, even pay more taxes to change your signs to “Northern Mexico, Americans not welcome.”

Whew, I feel a little better now.

I decided I would find a quiet corner and ponder over the ups and downs of 2017. There were certainly plenty of them. Of course how one looks at these are completely dependent upon what side of the political fence you sit.

After much thought, I can’t decide if I am more thankful for Trump’s victory or Hillary’s loss. There would have been vast differences depending on who won. I really think America dodged a bullet. Like so many Americans, I was certain Hillary would win. My faith in our electoral system has been restored. I was convinced that the election was rigged. Of course the left, once Hillary lost still thinks the election was rigged. The Russians elected our President you know…

When I say America dodged a bullet, what I mean is that if Hillary had won, in my humble opinion, America would have suffered a huge blow. After eight years of Obama, I don’t know if we would have ever fully recovered from a Hillary administration. Think about where we would be right now with a HRC administration. Don’t think about it too long, it’s scary.

It actually isn’t hard to see where we would be.  Just picture Obama 2.0. She and the Dems would have rushed in to save us all from Obamacare by moving to single payer. After all, that has been their plan from day one. They knew damn well Obamacare was a loser. They knew costs would get out of control. We’d also have a stacked “left leaning” deck on the Supreme Court and that might be the scariest thought of all.

Obama did an unbelievable job of moving the country further away from the constitution.  Hillary would have doubled down. We would still be funding the rest of the world via the Paris Climate Accord. There would be no Keystone pipeline, no drilling in Alaska and we would still be stuck in the mud at two or three percent growth. North Korea would be given a few billion dollars after promising to dismantle their nuke program and then, like Iran, proceed as they always have. ISIS would have gained even more ground causing death and destruction in their path. There would be no tax cuts but instead tax increases after she decided who would be winners and who would be losers of course. The UN would continue to set policy for us.  Regarding the Russian corruption charges; the American public would have never heard another word about that.  Mr. Comey would still be running the FBI making certain that any questionable acts performed by Hillary and Obama would have been swept under the rug. The Clinton Foundation would be raking in more money than ever.  The open border policy under Obama would remain in full operation and sanctuary cities would be the sparkle in Hillary’s eyes. The men and women in blue protecting us would still be treated poorly, and our vets would still be waiting in line.

Thankfully, none of this happened. We have a balanced Supreme Court, thank God! President Trump is keeping his promises.  The economy is breaking records, we’ve seen continued growth, and consumer confidence is high. In one year, under President Trump’s leadership ISIS occupies 95% less ground. President Trump did, in one year what Obama couldn’t do in eight. Why? He surrounded himself with great generals and then he did what any good leader would do, he let them do what they do best, win. He saved enough money getting us out of the Paris Accord to build the wall! Illegal border crossings are at an all-time low. Sanctuary cities are on notice to follow federal immigration law or lose federal grants. He has placed heavier sanctions on North Korea than any President before him. He’s had two 100% approval votes out of the Security Council with both Russia and China voting with the US. This almost never happens, if ever. He has successfully cut our taxes and yes, even for the poor and the middle class. He stopped allowing just anyone to come to our country with the travel ban. He really is putting America first. Finally, he has exposed the left wing media for what they are, puppets of the left. While the list contains far more ups than downs, I will leave it here. I think we did indeed dodge a bullet and I for one, am very thankful.

Happy New Year everyone. Let’s make 2018 a great, great year.

Taxes, Mueller, the FBI, Roy Moore and more records broken in the stock market. Oh, and a lawyer attempting to pay-off women to accuse the President of sexual misconduct.

These are just a few things that made for a fun filled week in the news.

First, taxes. You have to love the Dems. They were on television slamming the Republicans because the GOP didn’t include the Dems in the tax discussions. These are the very people whose leadership refused to attend a meeting with the two Republican leaders and the President regarding, you guessed it, taxes. You can’t make this stuff up. You (the Dems) have a seat at the table, with name plates, no less and what do you do? You don’t show up. How do people like you get elected in the first place?

If the new tax law didn’t change anything except removing the individual mandate I would have been happy with it. Note to Washington; “don’t you ever tell me again what I must buy and from whom I must buy it”. While the left wing media and congress spew all their hatred for the bill I would simply say that any tax cut is a good tax cut. Nearly every dollar sent to Washington is a dollar wasted. The only exception to that would be dollars for the military. It is crucial we remain at the top of the heap when it comes to protecting ourselves.

Second, Mueller & the FBI. Well what a week it has been with the Mueller investigation. We always knew that his team was stacked with Democrats and Hillary/Obama supporters but, we didn’t know just how stacked, did we?

The senior FBI agent and his wife, who worked for the company who produced the dossier against Trump are something else. The agent alone was going to take matters into his own hands, should Hillary lose. Then there is Comey.  He takes the advice of this super FBI agent and changes his talking points regarding Hillary and her private server. So Comey worked to rig the election and protect Hillary.  I’m sure she was someone he was certain would be his new boss. Wrong! This whole investigation is falling apart at the seams but the Dems don’t give up easily, do they? That’s ok though, they are using their old play book as their backup in case the investigation doesn’t work out in their favor. Yes, if all else fails, fall back to the made up “war on women.”  Only problem with that is that more Dems are being exposed than Republicans for their mistreatment of women. That’s ok too because they still have their final playing card and this is their holy grail. The race card! It is so amazing to me how they can tout these things with a straight face. Their last leader was the biggest racist of all time. He did more to harm race relations than anyone before him over the past 50 years. He actually made people who weren’t racist, racist.

Third, Roy Moore.  Roy Moore lost the election and the left is trying to sell this loss as a road map for the 2018 mid-terms. They’re right.  All they have to do is accuse every republican who is running in 2018 of child molesting and ta da! They will win. Great strategy.

Last, Lisa Bloom .  Ms. Bloom attempted to pay-off the women who accused the president of sexual misconduct.  Isn’t Ms. Bloom Gloria Allred’s daughter? Need I go on? She’s a scum bag just like her mother. I have no doubt Trump had his moments with women. He was a single man who was at least a millionaire. Pretty sure there were plenty of women interested in him.  Being the betting man I am, I’m pretty sure they were willing to do just about anything to hook up with him. It could have been much worse, he could have been the President at the time…

All in all, it was a good week for the President and for America. This horrible President of ours, through his actions has given us another record breaking week on the stock market. Americans with 401Ks must be dancing for joy! Any losses they had during the Obama years have long since been made up. Thank you Mr. President.  Those holding stock are also doing well. Good for them! But wait, the poor are still poor. News flash, there will always be poor people. With more and more jobs being added each month though there is one more way for the poor to get out of that category. All they have to do is get a job! Start with a minimum wage job if you have to and then move up the ladder from there. It works, trust me, I did it, my kids did it, my wife did it and in fact most tax paying American’s did it, even many of the evil one percenters.

This week the President attended and spoke at the grand opening of a new Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi. The new museum honors civil right leaders throughout history and provides a place for greater education toward the cause. One would like to believe such an institution with it’s history and education which translate to understanding and healing would be a welcome addition to our country as a whole and it is but…

The President of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) announced he would not attend the opening because President Trump would be speaking. He said, and I quote “We don’t need this President telling us about Civil Rights”. So let me see if I have this right. The President of the NAACP, with the mission of advancing people of color, refuses to attend this grand opening celebrating people of color and their plight for freedom and rights. Instead, he took a stand against the American President who can actually help make a huge difference in the advancement of people of color, of all people for that matter. Shameful.

Then the so called civil rights champion, Senator John Lewis announces he will also skip the ceremony. He, of course is the one that also refused to attend the President’s inauguration, claiming Mr. Trump is not a legitimate President. Not legitimate because, in his view, Russia got him elected.  I guess my vote for the President didn’t matter after all…

I find it amazing that people like those in the NAACP and Senator Lewis can actually claim they care about people of color and even more amazing are those men and women of color that actually continue to support the Sentaor and so many like them. Why can’t people see that keeping people of color down and keeping the civil rights issue alive is a business.  This is the business these so-called leaders of civil rights are in? They make matters worse and they do nothing to actually help the country heal, much less advance those of color.

I keep hearing people like this and many others label the President as a racist yet I am unable to see it.  In fact, through President Trump’s actions, not words, actions, I see just the opposite. The President treats all people the same, no matter your color.  If he disagrees with you he will let you know. If he agrees, he will also let you know. What more could anyone ask?

I honestly believe that past President Obama did more to harm and set back relations in this country than any president before him. Certainly more than any modern president. His own racist views were clear.

People like Obama, Lewis and organizations like the NAACP or the Senate Black Caucus do more harm than good. These groups can actually turn a non-racist individual into a racist, which is horrible and unfair to people as a whole. I do not believe and would argue that the vast majority of the American people are not racist. The pot-stirrers will claim that I think this way because I am white and don’t understand. Well, I am white and they’re right, I don’t understand.  I don’t understand why the color of someone’s skin makes any difference in anything. Here in 2017, people are people in my eyes and in most people’s eyes. I don’t care what color you are. What I care about is the type of person you are.  I care about what kind of heart you have and if you are a man or women of your word? Do you care about our country, do you love and take care of your family? Do you work hard to make a good life for you and your family? Do you take responsibility for your actions? Those are the things I care about and those are the things on which I will judge you.

Finally, let me say, no matter color or lifestyle I do not hate anyone. Disagreeing is not hate. I didn’t like how President Obama ran the country and this had zero to do with his color. I don’t like Senator Lewis’ policies nor the way he disrespects the President but, I don’t hate him, I don’t even know him. The President of the NAACP should be fired.

So I finish as I started.  Is Civil Rights really civil? No, it’s not. Not every black person has been held down and not every white person is racist. Not every black person is racist either. Maybe Rodney King was more intellectual than he was given credit for. “Can’t we all just get along?”