The End of The World As We Know It (Not Really)

 

                As a political venue Facebook seems designed to mostly foster an environment of “let’s you and him or her fight.”  Most of it should be beneath commenting on although 90% of the time I can’t help myself. But honestly, I generally could care less what Chelsea Handler or some other alcoholic, shallow, lonely, insecure, neurotic, Hollywood “icon” who couldn’t form a sustainable relationship if you held a gun to their head has to say about much of anything.

                Occasionally someone will post a political video of some relevance. I, of course, love the ones I agree with and it has become something of a hobby to deconstruct the ones put up by those loving, progressive, forward-thinking, large-brained souls on the left with whom I strongly disagree.

                This week I saw a youtube video of a young gentleman named Carlos Maza, whom, it seems, fancies himself a scholar at whatever tender age he has achieved. His theory is that the end of democracy will not come in a loud and menacing fashion like a military coup or declaration of martial law, but rather that it will come in a manner so subtle we might not even notice it happening until it’s too late.

                He cautions against a series of discreet legal changes and an attack on America’s institutions that he calls “democratic backsliding.” Actually, he credits University of Chicago Professor Aziz Huq, who must be something near a father figure for Maza since he is the only source he acknowledges and he seems to accept every word Huq utters as pure truth.

                According to Maza (parroting what Huq says), the end will come through an accumulation of those subtle changes to the law as well as attacks by the country’s leaders on our courts, our press, and our watchdog agencies.

                I actually agree with his premise wholeheartedly. Where we part ways in a hurry is on who to blame.

                You’ve already guessed that Maza lays the blame for the end of the world as he sees it at the feet of that evil, old, bad guy, Donald Trump. In an ironic twist that fairly baffles the imagination Maza puts forth Hugo Chavez, the one-time hero of the left—“the greatest leader in the world,” according to Sean Penn, that iconic, high-school-educated, brilliant Rhodes political scholar from Hollywood—as an example of how to ruin a wonderful country and tries to create parallels between Chavez’ behavior and Trump’s.

                Chavez fired and defied Venezuelan judges, tried to silence the press through anti-defamation laws and by calling the media the “enemy of the people” every single time he got in front of a camera. Chavez even had his own CNN apparently, called Globovision.

                Maza asserts that Trump firing Comey may have been legal, but c’mon, everyone on the left knows it was obstruction of justice. He criticizes Trump’s repeated use of the phrase “witch hunt,” to describe the year-long “Russian collusion” investigation that has not yielded a single, solitary fact linking Trump to any effort by the Russians to help elect a man they respect and fear rather than four more years of them having their way with the world.

                Maza cites Trump’s use of the phrase “judicial overreach” as an attack on one of our most sacred institutions. And let me help poor Maza out here, he failed to mention Trump has replaced 12 district court judges in his first year, which if it isn’t a record, gets at least a silver medal.

                And, of course, the left’s favorite bone to pick, that Trump dares to call the leftwing dominated lamestream media what it is: Fake News. Trump also called mainstream journalists “the enemy of the people,” and his constant sparring with CNN is legendary.

                Thanks for laying out the framework for the argument, Maza, but you picked the wrong target.

                First in October, 2008, Obama takes one of his first shots at Fox News with, “If Fox News didn’t exist I would be polling three points higher.”

                October 2010: “Fox News has a destructive viewpoint…a point of view destructive to the long term growth I am building for this country.”

                December 2010: Obama declared Fox News was responsible for him “losing white males” because of people turning in to hear “Obama is a Muslim, 24/7.”  For me that is one of he all-time knee-slappers of Obama soundbytes because of his frustration level and everyone knows us white males always believe and do what Fox News says.

                And in December 2013 Obama claims that, “People who watch Fox News don’t know anything about the health care bill.” I suppose in contrast to the good folks Nancy Pelosi was appealing to when she said, “We must pass this bill to see what is in it!”

                And there are so, so many other examples of Obama’s running feud with Fox News. I had to limit it to my favorites so that you might take the time to read this.    

                So let’s move on to Maza’s assertion that President Trump criticizing the judiciary is more than our system will be able to bear and compare Obama’s relationship with the law.

                On February 16, 2015, a Texas Federal District Court Judge, Andrew Hanen, issued an injunction against Obama’s amnesty plan for illegal aliens. Obama ignored it and instructed Homeland Security officials to do the same and follow his orders, not the court’s. They would be protected by the DOJ’s appeals and interpretations.

                On April 7, 2015, Judge Hanen issued an order to the DOJ to quit lying and “stop misrepresenting the facts to the court (and to) act in a forthright manner and not hide behind deceptive representations and half-truths.”

                Hanen cited evidence that Obama himself had made statements that there “would be consequences for any Homeland Security employee” who did not follow his amnesty plan and instead honored the injunction of a sitting Federal Judge. Obama’s statements were verified by Sara Saldana, then Director of ICE. Google it.

                On May 12, 2015, after issuing a six-figured number of three-year deferrals to illegal immigrants, the Obama administration finally admitted to violating Judge Hanen’s injunction and in predictable fashion, the DOJ declined the opportunity to investigate themselves or their master.

                 Perhaps you can see how this was bothersome to the country that lies between both coasts where open borders alarm us.

                Well, ok, but Trump is destroying America’s institutions.

                By repopularizing Merry Christmas?

                In December of 2013, Obama gave what I have always considered the most frightening speech he ever gave as president in which he said “(Capitalism) doesn’t work. It has never worked in over 200 years.”

                And while the left lapped up his sage words like heavy cream, many of us were left scratching our heads wondering how in the world his team thought we became, the mightiest, most prosperous nation the planet has ever seen and the most desirable place to live for most people without a hole in their head. (And by the way, you are free to leave. Well, if the country you aspire to will let you in, that is.)

                And let’s not forget the July 13, 2012, campaign speech in which Obama admonished business owners with “You didn’t build that…”  Not a particularly encouraging thing to say to the potential investors and rebuilders of a stagnant economy, but ok, Trump is the institution assassin.

I will also never forget Obama’s super positive support of the law enforcement arm of this country when after entertaining the most racist, violent, hate group in the country--#onlyblacklivesmatter—at the White House he said, “Until the police accept responsibility for their discriminatory behavior toward people of color, there can be no peace.”

                That made all our nation’s cops feel super safe about going to work. Well, that and the random cop murders that started occurring as a result.

                So I do agree with Maza that the end of democracy will come subtly and quietly as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. That is why I am so thankful Obama has been cast to the gutter and HRC was rejected by the electoral college our founding fathers put in place to save us from this very thing. I am thankful Donald Trump is president and at least has a chance to reverse many of the sick and destructive things Obama was trying to do to our country.

                Whether he can pull that off over the roar of the press or not is a coin toss but I am hopeful.

                Eric Bolling of Fox News has said that Trump is still very popular with people outside of D.C., New York City and California. He asserts that the two most important factors in grading a presidency are the economy and national security and in “both of those areas Trump has far surpassed his predecessor.”

                Hey, don’t listen to Eric and me, and for God’s sake don’t listen to CNN. Look at the DOW Jones outer space levels, your own 401k, the people in your community that are back at work, the consumer confidence index, etc., etc.  Use your own heads and decide if what you see is more believable than what you’re told.