Climate Impact on the Economy, The Border Rush & It's About Policy, Stupid
11/27/18
Climate & the Economy
Bjorn Lomborg wrote
a WSJ article on the hysteria over projected climate impacts on the economy:
US
(& global) economic growth this century is forecast at 300-400%. Worst case climate impacts on that <10 --="" a="" and="" former="" obama="" official="" said="" span=""> <10 --="" a="" and="" former="" obama="" official="" said="" span="" style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
As complex as the climate itself is, and forecasting it, so, too is the
economy – or we’d have a lot more rich investors. And the combination of the two is nearly
utterly unpredictable. But the Left will
stretch and fabricate to their heart’s content, as truth and facts and real
science are not among their values.
The
French have good reason to be rioting in the streets over taxes raised above
their already highest in the world to pay for climate measures.
The
border rush
Thanks,
Leftist activists, for helping manufacture the situation confirming the need
for more border wall. Clearly, when
several hundred thugs (some 500 in the caravan confirmed criminals, incl.
MS-13) try to crash the border en masse, throwing projectiles at our border
officers, there are limited options for “humane” border enforcement. Especially
when the cowardly thugs use some women & children as human shields. After learning that they consider tear gas as
an inhumane “chemical weapon,” more wall appears the only alternative – they’ve
come up with no others.
And
we’re supposed to welcome with open arms thugs who come waving foreign flags,
attacking our border officers and illegally swarming the border? This is the kind of people we want here, who
don’t respect us or our laws? Even the
Mexicans were complaining about the behavior of these thugs before they got to
the border. Trump was excoriated for
saying in the campaign there are many (not all) bad people coming (including
murderers who’ve killed our citizens), but the fraction is clearly significant
enough to warrant border control. To say
nothing of drug & human trafficking, and possible terrorists – some in the
caravan have been confirmed Middle-Easterners.
After
weeks of the Left saying there’s nothing to worry about the migrant caravan –
no “invasion” (e.g., Jim Acosta) – now that they’ve arrived at the border,
suddenly there IS something to worry about.
Especially when Tijuana is not capable of dealing with several thousand,
and several hundred are rushing the border at once to overwhelm our border
security. Fortunately Trump correctly
saw and prepared for this, to nip it in the bud. And they have a better, non-lethal,
non-violent solution to turning back several hundred thugs? No, their only acceptable solution would be
to just let them in (can’t detain them for long to process, especially if they
accompany a child). Which of course
would only encourage more of the same.
No, we must send a clear message that this caravanning, border-thronging
tactic will not work.
Those
who want to make Trump look bad no matter what he does were anxious to attack
him for using “chemical weapons” (tear gas) against innocent women &
children. No matter that Obama issued
the original orders for tear gas (& rubber bullets) during his
administration, and implemented it hundreds of times – with no complaints by
his loyal Leftist supporters. Calling it
“chemical weapons” is just typical Leftist hyperbole & emotional hysteria,
and does disservice to real victims of lethal real chemical weapons in Syria,
etc.
And
of course the pictures in the press focus on the few women & children (less
than 10% of the total caravan – by far most are single young men), and we can’t
do anything to them, even when their parents/”guardians” have already
endangered them on the perilous journey across Mexico, and knowingly putting
them in an illegal and dangerous situation in a group of thugs trying to crash
the border. They need to bear
responsibility. As well as those Leftist
organizers facilitating and egging them on, telling them to expect amnesty,
etc.
The
whole situation is manufactured – from the Leftist organization and logistics
of the caravan, to the imbedded Leftist legal advisors telling them how to
claim asylum, which is really not meant to cover people just seeking a better
economic outcome, etc. People in
southern Mexico didn’t mind helping people pass through, as long as they
weren’t staying in their back yard. But
in Tijuana the story is quite different, and in addition to the burden they
are, intermittent border closures severely affect their economy. You notice Mexican law enforcement getting
much more involved, now. And now finally
the migrants are facing harsh realities after the lies they were told, and many
are deciding it’s better to go back home.
The activists could have spared them all this, but they are prone to
recklessly throw people under the bus with ill-conceived plans for political
causes, just as those in Gaza who use human shields.
11/16/18
It's About Policy, Stupid
“When men yield up the privilege of
thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.” -- Thomas Paine
“Spartacus” & Kamala are just
going from one grandstanding opportunity to the next. In a hearing with the ICE administrator,
Kamala wanted him to grovel to the perception by some that ICE is perceived as
similar to the KKK. If government bowed to every Leftist, politically-motivated
misperception…. But of course that’s the
whole idea behind the bullying and intimidation of political correctness, which
the Left are masters at. And “Spartacus”
& Hillary et al were busy decrying how the Georgia governor race was stolen
from the Black, female candidate, who also won’t concede. Was this the same Hillary who ridiculed Trump
for thinking the election might be rigged?
Of course the gender & race card were pulled. Maybe it’s just a counter to the GOP’s
suspicions of the Broward County, Florida shenanigans. The GOP candidate in Arizona graciously
conceded despite the closeness of that race.
It’s the Dems who are notorious for stealing elections – like JFK in
Chicago, Al Franken in Minnesota,…
Today at the gym, I overheard first
hand that Trump derangement syndrome has hardly abated since the election. The trainer was talking about getting
captivated by serial killer movies, and his trainee began fantasizing about the
Secret Service backing off from the president (or doing him in
themselves?). They did back off a bit,
and say realistically they hope he at least gets thrown in prison. For what,
exactly, I don’t know – they were gleeful over a couple of his former
associates in trouble for other matters.
I was biting my tongue, and I don’t think they’d yet noticed my Trump
tank-top. I think next time I will no
longer be able to hold my tongue, and here are some things I might say, trying
to steer away from the politics of personal attacks and back towards policies,
which are in the end more impactful for all of us.
In the last election, we each had to
pick our poison – both parties seemed to put up very flawed candidates. Trump was my very last choice on the GOP
side. But weighing his flaws, and
policies, against Hillary’s, the choice was still fairly straightforward. She had various potential criminal cases
hanging over her, her Alinsky-ite philosophies taking her further left than her
husband or even Obama, and her grating personality. Even with Trump’s brashness and unproven
conservative credentials, it was well worth the gamble. And the gamble has paid off with pleasant
surprises on conservative results. Which
are more important to me than his style and gaffes. Substance over style – just the reverse of
our last president.
So if you want to talk about flaws,
we can argue endlessly about the Trump-Hillary comparison, or we can continue
to pursue dead-end conspiracy theories like Russian collusion, with none to
show after 2 years. But I would prefer
discussing policy differences that have farther-reaching and longer-lasting
effects. And I feel the Democrat party
(now being pulled more to the Left) and liberals have more to fear from the
Left than from the Right. Antifa and
some of these upstart socialists are truly frightening, and I think
moderate/liberal Democrats have, or should have, more in common with
Republicans than those Leftists. Hopefully
we can work together more productively with the new Congress for the benefit of
everyday Americans, rather than endless personal attacks.
More Antifa
Black-clad/masked Leftist (Antifa?)
domestic terrorists screamed outside conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s
home at night, “We know where you sleep at night.” Terrorizing his innocent wife and
children. As usual, they don’t argue
with the arguments (they can’t), but attack, intimidate and bully the
arguer. This is despicable – they should
be arrested and punished. They also
threaten our freedom of press – much moreso than anything Trump has done. Along with the biased censoring by Facebook,
Twitter, etc.
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