My Senator Johnny Isakson

At the moment, most of the folks that represent me in Congress are not voting in the manner that I hope for. From the NumbersUSA site, these are the representatives to Congress from Georgia that carry an "F-" rating. The Democrats are not a surprise, they are being consistent to their party platform. The Republicans however, serve hidden masters, Georgia having a large agricultural business component, has many large donators that want cheap labor. Republican candidates take the money, tell the voters what they want to hear and then vote against those promises.

Bishop, Sanford (Rep. - 2^nd) D - GA 0%
Ferguson, Drew (Rep. - 3^rd) R - GA 0%
Isakson, Johnny (Sen.) R - GA 0%
Johnson, Henry (Rep. - 4^th) D - GA 0%
Lewis, John (Rep. - 5^th) D - GA 0%
McBath, Lucy (Rep. - 6^th) D - GA 0%
Scott, David (Rep. - 13^th) D - GA 0%
Woodall, Rob (Rep. - 7^th) R - GA 0%

David Perdue, the other Senator is not doing much better, posting a lofty "D" rating.

Johnny Isakson will not be getting any campaign contributions or votes from me in the rest of his or my lifetime. I do not care if Stacy Abrams takes his place as a result. I'll take the fat racist over the lying bastard every day.

Following graphics include some of the reasons for our representatives poor grades.

What if the New York Times Cartoon had depicted a Muslim, a Lesbian, an African American or a Mexican as a Dog?

What if the New York Times Cartoon had depicted a Muslim, a Lesbian, an African American or a Mexican as a Dog?



During World War II, the New York Times intentionally diminished reporting on the Nazis murdering Jews in the death camps of Germany. The Sulzberger’s, in control of the paper then, while not allowing as public, worked behind the scenes to help relatives escape the carnage. Ironically the publishing Sulzberger family is Jewish.

As I have said many times, liberalism has its foundation, self-loathing.

Cuban Illegal Alien Charged With Murder Was Ordered Deported Two Years Ago

There are two governments to blame for this, Cuba, for refusing to accept their citizen who was order deported and the United States for not asserting its mandated "order of supervision". The motives of the Cuban government are consistent, they don't want to deal with him. The government of the United States takes the same attitude of not wanting to deal with it and releases a predator on its citizens.

Illegal Alien Charged With Murder Was Ordered Deported Two Years Ago: MIAMI, FL (Fox News) - An illegal immigrant accused of murder is stuck on U.S. soil after officials in his home country refuse to accept his deportation because of his criminal history.

David Paneque, 29, was caught on video fatally shooting his friend Leandro Lopez, 31, while the two were at a parking garage in Miami last month. As Paneque sits in jail awaiting trial, it’s been revealed by the Tampa Bay Times that he was supposed to be deported to Cuba nearly two years ago, but the country wouldn’t take him back because of his extensive criminal past.

“Where are they going to send me? Cuba doesn’t want me, they don’t want me here. They don’t want me there.”

Is Guantanamo Bay an option?

Socialism

It is both interesting and sad that socialism in American is a growing reality.
Having worked a career as manufacturing engineer, I understand how effort is fostered by reward.
It is not surprising that government schools teach the benefits of socialism, touting its emotional attachment to fairness and, incorrectly so, to democracy. Why wouldn't a government teach what serves the government best? The problem, for me, is that governments act upon their own best interests before the interests of its citizens.
All economic systems have their reward centers, sometimes characterized by socialists as capitalistic greed. For socialism, greed is found amongst the government and is sycophantic industries.
Socialism makes non-governmental workers equal in terms of responsibility and reward. Within the confines of socialism, equality of reward is demotivating to the better skilled individuals. Equality of reward motivates the better skilled to ratchet down in-system effort and increase system avoidance. Business systems run best when motivation for reward is present.
Go ahead, stick a fork in it.

Fahrenheit 451

Sometimes, oftentimes, I am way behind the curve. Fahrenheit 451 is a book I have been aware of for over 40 years, but never cracked a cover, until recently. A fictional novel researched and written by Ray Bradbury, in the forties, published by Simon & Schuster in 1951.
This is a science fiction story focused on a futuristic society, centrally manipulated by a government which controls the information citizens receive, and destroys the information, namely books, that citizens could use to generate thought. Individualism is denied by removing the triggers that incite creativity.
The central character is a man named Montag, his occupation is firefighter. In this world the people are addicted to television and listen to insipid dialog constantly with earbuds. News is controlled by the government and sprinkled in to television entertainment in bite sized sanity bits. All books other than trade magazine are outlawed and Montag's occupation as a firefighter is different from what we know in that the risk of fire to property is zero, firemen exist to burn books that citizens have hidden away from the government. The people have been lead to be ignorant by a government that needs them to be malleable.
As the protagonist, this fireman is called out with a team to the homes of reported book owners, the books are found and burned, the citizens jailed or exterminated. Montag develops a conscience, in curiosity sneaks away some books for reading, including a Bible, which by this time has become a rare thing. The fire chief discovers Montag's secret obsession and conducts a raid of his home, Montag's wife betrays here husband reveals the library. The books are burned on the front lawn, and in a confrontation, Montag, in defense of himself, burns the fire chief to death. Montag goes on the lam from the government. The government uses television to inform citizens of the fugitive in the city street, whipping up support. The search becomes the biggest thing happening in the city. Montag manages to escape the city and get to the country where he joins up with a group of men who roam the countryside. These men have each memorized particular books, shedding the physical books, they roam the country on defunct railroad tracks, sharing their knowledge with the like-minded and waiting for a revolution and then the next Renaissance. The government, to save face in their failed search, kills another man on television, after intentionally misidentifying him as Montag the fugitive. 
Fahrenheit 451 predicted parts of what we now recognize as common culture, such as, the rejection of great works of literature, supplanting religion, a preoccupation with television, personal ear-to-ear communication, and a deceptive government keeping is people ignorant to make the matter of control simple.

In short I loved the book,Fahrenheit 451, the temperature at which book paper catches fire and burns.

Another Deflection

As I have said before, my congressman is David Scott, representative of the 13th district in Georgia. Mr. Scott basically is a standard democrat, educated first at a, HBC, Florida A&M, and then in the Ivy League at the University of Pennsylvania for an MBA. Little David has been in in various elected positions since 1973, pretty close to 50 years. He represents only his Democrat constituents and has intentionally neglected town hall meetings, where the constituent opposition was strong. He sits safely in a gerrymandered district and spews nonsense answers to real questions and demands.

Dear Mr. VOTER:

Thank you for contacting me regarding immigration. I appreciate your thoughts on this issue. 

 

Please be aware, I do not support illegal immigration.  I believe we must stop people from entering this country illegally by sealing off our borders. To that end, I support legislation that requires building an electronic fence and the use of advanced technology to help with surveillance. I also support increasing the number of border patrol agents, as well as further using the National Guard and other military personnel, to help with border security. However, we must have clearly defined rules that are easy to follow and keep people safe.

 

In your letter, you expressed support for H.R. 479. As you may know, H.R. 479 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and end the visa lottery program that awards 55,000 green cards to foreign citizens. Applications are selected through a random selection process that is administered by the Department of State. In 2018, nearly 14.7 million entries were submitted for the lottery. According to the Harvard Study “The Labor Economics Case for the Diversity Visa Lottery”, the benefits of the Diversity Visa Program include strengthening and diversifying the American labor workforce, while creating a better life for immigrants. Currently, H.R 479 is pending in the House Committee of the Judiciary. While I am not a member of this committee, please rest assured I will keep your views in mind should this bill come to the House floor for a vote.

 

Again, I thank you for sharing your views with me. I hope you will continue to give me the benefit of your opinion in the future. In addition, I encourage you to visit my web site at http://davidscott.house.gov, where you can view the latest news and obtain information on issues and legislation that is important to you. You can also sign up for my electronic newsletter and receive periodic updates on my activities as your representative in Washington. Thank you again for contacting me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you.

Sincerely,
David Scott

Member of Congress

You have to admire the chutzpah, suggesting that he is against illegal immigration while adding that what really need is an electric fence and better rules. An electronic fence may very well be appropriate in some sections, but the rules comment is what I really take issue with. There is an abundance of rules already on the books, they are not working. Adding new rules does not remove the attractiveness of opportunity for potential illegal aliens. The temptation needs to be removed, passing a national E-Verify requirement will constrict the attractiveness of opportunity, without considerable expense. For the people who are and plan to storm the border, rules don't do squat.
David Scott, you're full of shit.

Schiff met with Fusion GPS co-founder last July

This little m-f is a weasel. Adam Schiff has been the source of many leaks and his willingness to hog the camera and lie about the committee proceedings has made him a darling of the media and a completely disrespected politician.

I hope he looses his chairmanship.

He Believes in Border Security

As long as it is done with a magic wand. 
It has been a while, life is a busy thing. For fun, adding this response to an email I sent to my congressman regarding government shutdowns and border protection.

Dear Mr. Man:

 

Thank you for contacting me regarding the government shutdown under President Donald J. Trump. I appreciate your thoughts on this issue.   

In your letter, you expressed concern about the most recent, record breaking, 35-day government shutdown. The shutdown occurred due to a disagreement between Congress and the President on funding priorities including funding a wall on the southern border of the United States. To be clear, I am not supportive of government shutdowns nor do I support funding the government one or a few months at a time. In fact, for the last government shutdown I voted in favor of keeping the government open and in support of H.R. 2977, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. H.R. 2977 provided equal increases in funding for Defense and Non-Defense spending. Furthermore, I supported this bill because it will raise the budget caps for two years allowing Congress to fund the government with a longer-term bill for the rest of 2018.  

  On the topic of border security, please be aware, I do not support illegal immigration. First and foremost, I believe we must stop people from entering this country illegally by sealing off our borders. To that end, I support legislation that requires building an electronic fence and the use of advanced technology to help with surveillance. I also support increasing the number of border patrol agents, as well as further using the National Guard and other military personnel, to help with border security. However, we must have clearly defined rules that are easy to follow and keep people safe. 

 

In your letter your expressed explicit concerns of a government shutdown as it relates to President Trump’s demand for border wall funds. President Trump has demanded $5 billion to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. However, President Trump in the past promised the American people that Mexico will pay for the construction of the border wall, now he wants the Americans to pay $5 billion for its construction.  On December 19^th, 2018 the Senate passed a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government until February 8^th, 2019 which Speaker Paul Ryan said President Trump would not sign until $5 billion is included for the construction of the wall. Democrats have offered homeland security alternatives to increase border patrol agents, improved security technology, and more however, President Trump has opposed these bipartisan efforts empowering House Republicans to act alone instead of working across the aisle. As a result, we were in a partial government shutdown which left many agencies and critical services that address daily American needs without funds. 

 

You may be pleased to know, the record breaking government shutdown ended on January 25^th, 2019.  The government shutdown ended through an agreement between Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and President Trump to fund the government until February 15^th, 2019.  President Trump did not receive the demanded $5 billion to fund a border wall.  However, furloughed federal employees did receive back pay for their work. During this shutdown, 800,000 federal employees were furloughed.  Instead of not showing up to work, federal employees such as Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Agents came to work without pay to keep America secure and safe.  Additionally, we saw our aviation industries suffer as air traffic worsened, and delays increased. This is a gruesome reminder that government shutdowns cause serious harm to families, national security, and daily operations which Americans rely on.  Congress and the President must come together to provide long term funding to all sections of government and put an end to short term funding solutions. I look forward to working with Members within my own party and across the aisle to provide long-term funding to our various functions of government.     

 

Again, I thank you for sharing your views with me. I hope you will continue to give me the benefit of your opinion in the future. In addition, I encourage you to visit my web site at http://davidscott.house.gov, where you can view the latest news and obtain information on issues and legislation that is important to you. You can also sign up for my electronic newsletter, and receive periodic updates on my activities as your representative in Washington. Thank you again for contacting me, and I look forward to continuing to serve you.

Sincerely,
David Scott

 I hate politicians, and politicians hate our President.

For MLK Day

Thought that I had to post something, so why not a highly touted Senator from New Jersey, that happens to have the right ethnicity.

The Cardinal and the Kremlin

A Tom Clancy novel The Cardinal of the Kremlin was published in 1988 by Putnam.
As with all Clancy novels we have the normal characters, Jack Rayan, along with Ritter, John Clark, Bart Mancuso, the Admiral Greer and as a surprise Marco Ramius.
The plot concentrates on military and clandestine facets of what we have come to know as SDI. Both Russia and the United States are racing, in secret, to be the first to complete their laser defense systems which are intended to destroy enemy missiles. The Americans have the better programming and optics, the Russians have conquered the power delivery systems. Both have what the other have to complete their systems. Both countries have spies embedded within the their oppositions scientific development teams.
The main protagonist, Jack Ryan, while serving as a expert on a team of diplomats negotiating an arms reduction treaty, become involved in a plan for extraction of a long time, highly ranking military advisor linked to the Russian Politburo. The plan is scary, and Jack Ryan gets a scraped knee, but is eventually successful.
Ramius showing in the book was minor and insignificant.
The book is worth a read, even if it is generally formulaic, I am surprised this wasn't made into a movie..