All posts by Dick Toomey

Scams.

All scams depend on two human weaknesses — either greed or hate, and sometimes both. Following WWI, the suffering German people deeply resented a treaty that stripped their defeated nation of territory and economic resources. For Hitler, that resentment meant the German people were ripe for a scam. Adolph promised them retribution and instead gave them genocide. Closer to home, America’s angry black community deeply resented what it claimed was racist domination by the white community. For B. Obama and later J.Biden, that resentment meant that the African American community was ripe for a scam. Barak and Joe promised them the moon and instead gave them Marxism. In short order, the Democrat Party embraced Marxism and rebranded it as WOKE-ISM — an anti-America movement based on hate and greed. If you dismiss this conclusion, at least be honest enough to pay close attention to Marxist infiltration throughout all of America’s major institutions. In particular, examine the DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) mandated policies of public schools, of universities, of large corporations, of media, of healthcare,  of the church, of the military, of federal, state and local governments. For instance, your alma mater’s medical school made news recently by adopting Critical Race Theory, making it  a mandatory study in social justice and anti-racism .*** This same university’s head BB coach led her national championship women’s team to showcase BLM tee shirts during games, as she used and still uses occasions to speak of “social injustice.” But get this: The only place you won’t find a millimeter of DEI is in college and professional sport. The one place you won’t find a socialist economic system is on college and professional playing fields and arenas. Only one attribute drives the sporting world — MERIT. In other words, coaches recruit the best players based on documented performance —  period. When head coach and BLM advocate Dawn Staley (at South Carolina) is on the recruiting trail, she leaves DEI in a dark closet. And occasionally she will sign a token white player to prove she’s not racist. Nobody buys DEI on professional circuits. Affirmative action has no place on the PGA tour. Equal pay has no place in the NFL. The LA Dodgers pay Mookie Betts $188,000 (before taxes)for every game he plays, or doesn’t play. NYY pays Aaron Judge $246,000 per game ($40MM/year). No “equity” here. Yes, Matilda, the world of sport is America’s model for pure capitalism, the engine of individual freedom and prosperity. And nobody messes with it. Ironically, irrationally, shamefully, stupidly, unethically and criminally, America’s major public and private sectors — government, business, education, places of worship and healthcare — are neck deep in DEI pathology. The last time you looked, the CEOs, Legislators, Educators, Pastors and Administrators — the leaders — push WOKE pathology to curry favor under the boot of Federal extortion. But please don’t think the elite ruling class actually lives the WOKE lie. WOKE is strictly for the minions of the world, the doormats, the 2023 version of slaves. They are corporate employees who toe the line to keep their jobs. They are the obtuse, ungrateful millennials and Gen Z’s, who wrap themselves in hedonistic affluence. They are the minorities who prosper, based not on merit, but on skin color and/or  gender. They are America’s dependents who sell their self worth and self respect to the Democrat Party for a handout. Essentially, WOKE is saying to these minorities: “You need help because you are inferior, inadequate, unworthy and lack the brainpower or work ethic to take care of yourself; but always remember, you can count on us.” It’s the same message the Carpetbaggers had for freed slaves in 1865: “We’re going to give you one acre and a mule — just remember who should get your vote.” One hundred fifty eight years later,  little has changed. Slavery still exists. You don’t have to be owned as chattel to be “owned. ” History is the undisputed teacher on this judgment. Until 1776, history was (and still is) an unending repetition  of dictatorship under kings, queens, emperors, czars, oligarchs — under fascist tyrants.  Under monarchies, or under communism today, “free” people exist with chains. America was an astonishing attempt to limit aristocratic rule by announcing that “all men are created equal . . . . ” Eventually, at great human cost, those words and that promise were fulfilled. Sovereign individuals were free to chart their own lives and elect their own leaders who were bound to a moral code and limited power. Unfortunately, both the code and the limitations have fallen to tyranny.  Frankly, without a reawakening of the American Principle, the USA is destined to take its place in the long line of dictatorships like Marxism, in this case cloaked in euphemisms like DEI. And future generations may exclaim, “Why in the world did the people let that happen?” There’s only one answer. They just did, as countless generations of people before them.

*** https://www.foxnews.com/politics/university-south-carolina-education-courses-centered-social-justice-anti-racism

*** https://donoharmmedicine.org/2022/12/26/we-found-out-how-woke-the-university-of-south-carolina-school-of-medicine-really-is/

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Insidious Force.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”Aristotle

Here’s something to chew over, class. America is a Constitutional Republic. But without an honorable and equitable Department of Justice, no republic can stand. For the record, America’s DOJ went rogue the day that Donald Trump, against impossible odds, dared to be President. What has happened since — to him and to your country — is a tale of autocratic oppression. But nobody, including you, wants to engage in a Hannity-like, excruciating recitation of this dirty business and its dirty players. Rather, you prefer to summarize the mess in two sentences.

The United States of America, circa 2023, the most astonishing nation in recorded history, is in the terrible grip of deadly corruption and corrosive abuse of power.

As long as any elected politician covets a life-long career in Washington, the accrual of money and lust for power is an absolute certainty.

Every day, you hear news about what’s wrong. You hear the steady barrage of media commentary, from both the Left and Right. And at the end of every day, you’re assured of one thing only — you can trust none of it. Sad to say this, because a lot of people out there in the news biz do make a sincere effort to report the truth. Believing that most Americans at least aspire to the golden rule, you must ask: What insidious force compels others to cheat, lie, steal and commit murder? Why do these “others” knowingly destroy the lives of ordinary citizens? Many great minds have offered answers to these questions, but the answers just lie at your feet, helpless. In reality, then, there are no answers, only conjecture. So you’re left to conclude — that the insidious force is True Evil. Some who read this will declare that anyone at anytime is capable of evil. You don’t buy that opinion for a minute. Defending your life isn’t evil. Stealing food  isn’t evil. Shoplifting isn’t evil. Adultery isn’t evil. Cheating the IRS isn’t evil. Wrongdoing isn’t evil. True enough, wrongdoing is unkind, immoral, distressing and often tragic. And it touches every American family. But common wrongdoing is not evil. No, True Evil resides primarily at the seats of power and wealth. Almost exclusively, it resides within the great halls of governments and within the executive offices and board rooms of giant corporations.* So what can you or anyone do about True Evil? Apparently, nothing. The GOP — that’s a political party that poses as an opposition party — believes that sending Benedict Biden and his cronies packing would solve America’s troubles. Assume for a minute that the GOP does prevail in 2024. Who believes the Federal Government will :

Cheerfully relinquish its stranglehold on every aspect of American life?

Put its fiscal house in order?

Seriously downsize?

And administer Justice equally?

Never happen, Matilda. The Federal Government suffers from the most virulent addiction there is — Power. Recognizing this affliction, and fearing for the future, pundits send out clarion calls, using words like “survival” and “extinction.” Many of them could not be more distressed about America. Yet you hear not one mention of a remedy. Not a perfect remedy. Not even a modest remedy. Meanwhile, Article V sits under glass, waiting impatiently on the hallowed pages of America’s Ruling Covenant, a unanimous gift from George Mason and his fellow founders. Your country is on fire and GOP leaders show their true colors by ignoring the one constitutional fix. But, of course, the GOP in Washington has no intention of fixing anything.  GOP lawmakers prefer to put on shows for public consumption, bashing the Democrat Party for all its sins. Does the GOP really give a damn about your children and grandchildren? Really? You see no evidence of that concern. Talk, talk that goes nowhere, occupies the most important chapter in the GOP playbook. While on the local scene, State GOP legislators sit around and nitpick because engaging Article V of The Constitution might be risky. Risky? Really? Normandy was risky. Tons of fentanyl  crossing the Southern border is risky. Destroying the dollar is risky. Take a good look at your state legislature. Do you hear passionate voices raised to end Federal tyranny? Do legislatures truly want to assume the power assigned to them by The Constitution? No, and Hell no. Ask your State Senator. Ask, and wait for the obscure reply. The GOOD NEWS ? Nineteen (19) state legislatures have acted to ratify a Convention of States (COS) resolution. In doing so, they have acted to preserve the system that honors individual freedom. With their COS endorsement, they pay homage to the millions who gave their lives to defeat True Evil at home and abroad. In the upcoming GOP primary debates, at least one candidate, if asked, or not, may step up, and before God and Mankind, endorse the Convention of States resolution. Now that would be some cool GOP talk that goes somewhere.

* It must be noted that many U.S. corporations, managed and operated with moral integrity, create products and services that benefit all of society. Many thanks to them. Ed.

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The Same Guy.

Just in case it slipped your attention, the main centers of governance, learning and commerce have gone WOKE. You’re sick of hearing the term because you don’t buy it and neither does the mass of humanity, most of whom don’t even know what it means. That’s because they don’t know about a language called African American English. Don’t laugh. It’s true. And that’s because you and they don’t know that WOKE is an offspring of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement aimed at achieving racial and social justice — whatever that means. You can be sure of one thing — BLM has nothing to do with justice. To put it in the most gentle way possible, if you’re WOKE, you’re “socially aware.” Now, isn’t that sweet. Being socially aware is a good thing, especially when you’re white and your business is being firebombed and looted. In the spirit of that social awareness, on June 25, 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., signed an executive order to advance WOKE-ISM throughout the federal government under the designations of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) . As the largest employer and buyer in the land, the Fed decided that everyone better wear the WOKE suit or suffer the consequences. Something akin to a type of business castration. Yep, those consequences apply to universities (the WOKE front line), the banks, Wall Street, public education, major corporations, major 501c3’s, state and local governments — oh, hell, Matilda, the entire bloody country,  Believe it or not, with the sanction of the Supreme Court, one white guy has that much power. He’s the same guy who shut down the Keystone Pipeline to help your energy bill double. The same guy who abandoned your military and US property in Afghanistan — when your American sons came home in body bags. The same guy who used and still uses the DOJ against his political opponents and the American people, some who this very day rot in jail for daring to protest on Jan 6. The same guy who has purposely orchestrated toxic inflation that wastes the life-savings of retirees and crushes the pocketbooks of America’s great middle class struggling to survive. The same guy who routinely lied about his educational ranking and plagiarized others’ work. The same guy who allows millions of illegals to invade your country and allows tons of fentanyl to cross US borders. The same guy whose dictatorial COVID policies have killed millions of jobs, thousands of small businesses and literally killed several hundred thousand people by banning early treatment drugs. BTW, this is the same guy who currently has a 35% approval rating. In 2020, he collected over 81 million votes, working feverishly out of his basement. He broke every Democrat record in the book. D. Trump pulled in 76 million, wildly eclipsing his 2016 total by 10.1 million. And he lost. In the past 132 years, no other president received more votes in a run for reelection — AND LOST. Give the Democrats credit for getting away with the GREAT AMERICAN HEIST. You can hear the stirring words of Al Michaels when the U.S. hockey team upset  the USSR at the ’80 Olympics: “DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?” So who’s responsible for Joe’s dsimal 35% approval rating? A Gallup poll says 31% of Americans identify as Democrat, 25% as Republican and 41% as Independent. Hmmmm. What do those stats tell you? Simply this. A large number of DEMs likely think Biden has botched his job. Very possibly, it means they think he’s botched the job but they couldn’t care less. Democrats are like pitiful, addicted gamblers stuffing slot machines, waiting for the jackpot that never comes. The latest Chamber of Commerce report may tell a different story — one of self interest, not addiction. The Chamber says America’s labor force participation rate is 62.6%, lower by two million than in Feb., 2020. That statistic suggests that some 30 million workers are not working and instead are cozied up to Daddy Biden who wants his loyal followers to know he’ll print all the money they need  when they need it. Why work when you can make more by not working? So what is the Party representation in Sleepy Joe’s 35% approval? Doesn’t matter, since you think Biden’s approval rating is too high — say, by 30 points. A five (5) percent approval would be more than generous. And those who make up that five percent are the leeches. You figure there are about ten (10) million true leeches in America — half in the upper 1% of earners and half in the lower 1%. Mind you, this is just a middle-class, somewhat educated, WOKE-LESS, guesstimate.

Note:  Everything you need to know about WOKE is in the Glossary below, along with Chamber of Commerce labor report. Enjoy. Ed.

https://www.uschamber.com/workforce/understanding-americas-labor-shortage

https://academyhealth.org/sites/default/files/publication/%5Bfield_date%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bfield_date%3Acustom%3Am%5D/deiglossary_nov_2021_1.pdf

www.conventionofstates.com