Once again, it is time for some Random Musings On Current Events from the mind of a quiet, unassuming (at least in my own opinion) person observing the ramblings, rumblings, rants, raves and revelations in the media from behind the front lines of a purple state. I present these ramblings, rumblings, rants, revelations and gratitude’s in a sort of stream of conscious journal format and, yes, there may be some sarcasm thrown in.
Speaking of sarcasm being spread for the first post of mine in a few weeks I learned that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, US Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin, Alex Soros, and former US President Obama met in Toronto this week. Oh my goodness, I can only imagine the good for me and the countless others like me that could come out of that meeting of true luminaries of the international world rules based order. Speaking of luminaries I seem to remember that Lucifer was once a light bearer and, in fact, still is a light bearer of sorts, just not the light that I choose to follow. How easy it is to make the conceptual leap in my mind that this cabal could easily be following the illumination provided by Luciferian origins because they certainly do not support human endeavor in the classical American sense.
President Trump and his entourage are returning from China if they have not already returned by the time I put this post up. On the surface it sounds like some good things have been said in the joint statement(s) coming out of Beijing with no surprise on China’s Taiwan stance, China’s agreement with the US regarding the Strait of Hormuz is welcoming, purchasing oil, gas, aircraft and agriculture products potentially from the US, and agreeing to “strengthening diplomatic and military communication channels over the next three years and beyond. As I have said this looks good on the surface and not much more can be expected, in my opinion, from people who take a much longer view of politics than we do in the west. One striking example of this is the three years and beyond. It is obvious in the one statement that the Chinese understand full well and good the President Trump will no longer be the President in three years. It will be interesting to see if a planned state visit by Chairmen Xi to the US will happen later this year and what may come of it.
I find it difficult not to get a bit excited about America’s looming 250th birthday. I am old enough to remember our bicentennial and what a big deal all of the media made of it. I remember seeing it on the television, broadcast only at that time, and the festivities around it in the town that I was in at the time. I wonder if the division in the country will dampen what should be a celebratory time? One thing for certain is the radical leftists in America would just as soon forget that the American Revolution ever happened. In fact, one has to wonder if they are the modern day Tories that our founding fathers defeated because they seem determined to destroy all that is good that came out of the American Revolution.
I learned in recent weeks that the US Dept of War is requiring some defense contractors to put up their own money in capital improvement projects to meet the DOW’s demand. I hope this is true because I am aware of just how corrupted the DOW procurement process is and could be. Even Harry Truman, when he was a Senator, butted heads with the corruption in the system and I can only imagine how much worse it has become in the intervening decades. I have no illusions that the military industrial complex needs some serious haircuts and restructuring to lean it out and get itself into some semblance of fighting shape.
Speaking of corruption and how power corrupts I need to look at the energy sector a little bit and specifically oil and gas. For years the cost of gasoline always goes up in the summer during the peak automobile travel period and this year is no different. Only this year is approaching the most expensive that I have seen in quite some time and not too far away from ever. I admit that I am not adjusting for inflation. I grasp a bit that the Strain of Hormuz is impacting Europe and Asia much more than the US because in the US we have our own oil. This is great but it just puts more demand on US oil and keeps the price up that I have to pay. OK, fine, if the dollars that I spend are going to US companies that will in turn invest in the US. However, I am not sure of this when I see Shell oil, a European owned company and others siphoning the profits to spend anywhere but on US infrastructure. In fact, I would guess that many of these foreign owned companies see to it that groups within the US are funded that are opposed to developing and maintaining US energy independence. All one has to do is look to California and what the green movement has done to its refineries, its own oil producing capacities and its industry.
I have heard some say that we are at a critical point in this country not unlike where we were as colonies in the days of the American Revolution, in some respects. It seems there are foreign powers who do not want any manufacturing to occur on our shores, the populations is divided by those desiring freedom and those who are comfortable with the status quo and a government that is largely unresponsive to the populace. Let’s hope that we do not have to have a shooting war like during the American Revolution but that the fundamentals of the American republic can be restored to what made this nation great.
Now, onto current events I have to ask why there has been no voting reform? How come the SAVE act is languishing in Congress? I have no trouble whatsoever providing identification to prove that I am who I say I am in order to vote. I just completed travels in which I had to use domestic air travel and I had to provide my identification to check in for my flights. I have to carry identification to drive, two forms of identification to open a bank account and the list goes on. To those who say it is not fair all I can say is life is not always fair. Why should those who have entered the country illegally or those who are no longer alive or any host of other fraudulently voting individuals be allowed to infringe on my right to free and fair elections? Come on Senators and Congressmen, get off your duffs and get to work!
God bless America and all her citizens and residents, no matter whether they are enemies, not enemies or somewhere between. Additionally, forgive me for my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.