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- Booth Truth Update 8/24/19 - ‘U.K.’s National Health Service Can Never Run Out of Money’
- The Problem with ‘Red Flag’ Laws
- Stop Putting Words In Our President’s Tweets!
- African Americans Don’t Need Reparations. We Need To Take Responsibility For Our Lives
- America, America, I Love You, Let Me Count the Ways
- Social Security and Medicare Still in Actuarial Deficit on a Long-Term Basis
- Do the rich pay their fair share?
- Are You a Tea Partier and Don’t Know It?
- Ending Civil Asset Forfeiture Abuse in Tennessee
- We Will Not Fall For Socialism
- The Rhetoric of Ronald Reagan
- Even a Bad Investor Can Beat Social Security
- Celebrating Freedom in a Country That Seems to Be Throwing It Away
- Making the World Safe for Democracy – One Therapy Dog at a Time
- Thanking Our Volunteers for a Great 2018
- Tea Party Victories in 2018
- A Graphical Update on the National Debt
- Tea Party Bill Hopper
- In a Perfect World, the Government Would Protect Our Rights, But....
- Why I Oppose a 'Single-Payer' or 'Public Option' Medical Plan
- Leftist Battlecry: “No Borders! No Walls! No USA at All!”
- What's Driving America's Spending Changes, a Historical Perspective
- D.C. Sights for Tea Partiers
- Social Security and Medicare Trustees Issue Yet Another Warning
- Enough with the Government Dependency, Already!
- What If You Had No Right to Life, Liberty, or Property?
- Insider Reveals How the Media Distort the News on Guns
- U.S. Becoming More Economically Free, and That’s a Good Thing
- Why Do We Have the Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms?
- The Forgotten Black Patriots of the Revolutionary War
- How to Cure Poverty
- Let the Opportunity Society Work Its Magic
Booth Truth Update 8/24/19 - ‘U.K.’s National Health Service Can Never Run Out of Money’
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Someone from the U.K. visited our booth at the Irish Festival in Alexandria, Virginia and claimed that the U.K.’s National Health Service (single payer system) is not running out of money. We promised to show him news stories within the last year to the effect the NHS is going broke. Here are just a few (there are many more):
When confronted with the obvious fact the NHS is constantly going broke, he changed his tune and made the most bizarre argument we’ve ever heard: ‘The NHS can never go broke because the government can always pour more money into it.’ Always? 100 percent of GDP? When your borrowing costs go through the roof? At what point do you realize it’s unsustainable?
If it comforts you, go right on believing the NHS has bottomless pits of money at its disposal, but don’t foist an obviously broken and bankrupt system on America.
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Someone from the U.K. visited our booth at the Irish Festival in Alexandria, Virginia and claimed that the U.K.’s National Health Service (single payer system) is not running out of money. We promised to show him news stories within the last year to the effect the NHS is going broke. Here are just a few (there are many more):
- Inflation shreds UK #SinglePayer NHS budget; billions needed for bailouthttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/nov/25/nhs-shortfall-treasury-injection-inflation-government-funding-pledge
- As UK NHS #SinglePayer crisis deepens, private care surges 53%. Latest NHS rationing move: making patients suffer uncontrolled intense pain for 6 months before getting hip surgery. #SinglePayerIsInhumane
https://tinyurl.com/y9l2wo3g - UK NHS #SinglePayer strapped for cash, selling real estate assets (“selling off the NHS family silver”)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/09/nhs-land-earmarked-for-sale-to-developers - UK NHS #SinglePayer plans to establish for-profit franchises around the world to subsidize operations in the UK
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/10/nhs-franchised-around-globe-post-brexit-plans/ - How would you like to have to discuss your nether regions in front of 14 other patients crowded into your doctor’s office? Soon to be a thing in UK’s cash-strapped NHS. #SinglePayerReality Moo! #CattleCare
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/10/05/gps-see-patients-groups-15/ - UK NHS #SinglePayer cuts hip and knee surgeries by 7,000, leaving many Brits in P-A-I-N
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/30/pensioners-left-pain-amid-nhs-cuts-hip-knee-operations/ - Moody’s: NHS #SinglePayer driving UK into debt; cost-cutting and higher taxes will be necessary
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nhs-is-driving-britain-into-debt-says-moody-s-m0rf7w7ck
When confronted with the obvious fact the NHS is constantly going broke, he changed his tune and made the most bizarre argument we’ve ever heard: ‘The NHS can never go broke because the government can always pour more money into it.’ Always? 100 percent of GDP? When your borrowing costs go through the roof? At what point do you realize it’s unsustainable?
If it comforts you, go right on believing the NHS has bottomless pits of money at its disposal, but don’t foist an obviously broken and bankrupt system on America.
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The Problem with ‘Red Flag’ Laws
by paxf August 9, 2019 Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he will introduce a bipartisan bill to encourage to create ‘red flag’ laws with President Trump’s support. Such laws make it easier to take guns away from people deemed to be ‘mentally ill’. Critics warn that red flag laws will be used to deprive entire classes of people, such as retired military or law enforcement, of their Second Amendment rights. Sound far-fetched? It’s already happening at the VA. --- Watch the video nearby- ‘Citizens, Give Up Your Guns! - Why We Have the Second Amendment’ |
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When considering red flag laws -- the notion of barring mentally ill people from owning firearms -- one only need recall all the leftist voices telling us not terribly long ago that President Trump was mentally ill, to imagine how such laws would be applied.
There's a precedent too, in 1930's Europe, where German authorities were tasked with ensuring that only "reliable" or "trustworthy" individuals were permitted to own, possess, manufacture weapons, et cetera. After Kristallnacht, this turned into an outright prohibition against Jewish ownership of any weapon whatsoever, if my rusty German passes muster, in the Verordnung gegen den Waffenbesitz der Juden (Ordinance against the possession of weapons by Jews).
A caller to a national radio show, a Special Ops operator, recently expressed his concerns -- nearly all of these professionals have or can be deemed to have PTSD, stress, anxiety, sleep disorders, have sought counseling, or carry other pretexts that would make them eminently red-flaggable.
Last, the Washington Post has a running tally of every American killed in a mass shooting since the 1960s. As of August 7, 2019, 1,196 lost since August 1966 amounts to 23.6 Americans per year, on average, lost to mass shootings. A terrible thing. By contrast, in the last century, Europe lost something closer to a million people per year, on average, to dictators and tyrants, started two World Wars, and gave us fascism, socialism, Marxism, and communism.
Between the million a year and twenty-something a year, I'll take the twenty-something a year, thank you, and praise the wisdom of the founders of this nation, that we've remained free during two centuries when nearly every country in Europe has failed over and over, to miserable effect.
When considering red flag laws -- the notion of barring mentally ill people from owning firearms -- one only need recall all the leftist voices telling us not terribly long ago that President Trump was mentally ill, to imagine how such laws would be applied.
There's a precedent too, in 1930's Europe, where German authorities were tasked with ensuring that only "reliable" or "trustworthy" individuals were permitted to own, possess, manufacture weapons, et cetera. After Kristallnacht, this turned into an outright prohibition against Jewish ownership of any weapon whatsoever, if my rusty German passes muster, in the Verordnung gegen den Waffenbesitz der Juden (Ordinance against the possession of weapons by Jews).
A caller to a national radio show, a Special Ops operator, recently expressed his concerns -- nearly all of these professionals have or can be deemed to have PTSD, stress, anxiety, sleep disorders, have sought counseling, or carry other pretexts that would make them eminently red-flaggable.
Last, the Washington Post has a running tally of every American killed in a mass shooting since the 1960s. As of August 7, 2019, 1,196 lost since August 1966 amounts to 23.6 Americans per year, on average, lost to mass shootings. A terrible thing. By contrast, in the last century, Europe lost something closer to a million people per year, on average, to dictators and tyrants, started two World Wars, and gave us fascism, socialism, Marxism, and communism.
Between the million a year and twenty-something a year, I'll take the twenty-something a year, thank you, and praise the wisdom of the founders of this nation, that we've remained free during two centuries when nearly every country in Europe has failed over and over, to miserable effect.
- Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition... Notwithstanding the military establishments in the several kingdoms of Europe ... the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. But [with the American structure proposed in the Constitution] it may be affirmed with the greatest assurance, that the throne of every tyranny in Europe would be speedily overturned in spite of the legions which surround it."
Stop Putting Words In Our President’s Tweets!
By Emery McClendon
July 19, 2019
Originally published at PolitiChicks
Reprinted with permission of the author
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Conservatives shouldn’t be so hasty to fall into the same political trap as the conservative black senator from South Carolina.
When Senator Tim Scott said President Donald Trump used “racially insensitive” language in a recent tweet – presumably directed at freshman Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, aka “The Squad”) – he played into the liberal strategy designed to stifle the reforms and progress of the Trump Administration by stoking dissent and chaos.
Even though some blacks lived through the era of being told to “go back where you came from” or “go back to Africa,” those who endured such scorn are few and far between these days. That’s not to say people still aren’t using these inappropriate taunts, but it’s diminished markedly since the Civil Rights Era.
And, in this case, there were no racial taunts. The President never invoked race in his tweet.
Many of those hearing about the Twitter exchange between the President and The Squad didn’t connect the dots back to racism. It’s 2019. It was those who purposely want to cast a shadow of hate and racism over the President and his supporters, open up old wounds, and bring back old memories to push their agenda; who sought to connect the dots for us.
President Trump didn’t seem to have anything racial in mind. Like many of us, he is tired of people – especially those elected to lead it – degrading our country for political purposes and trying to force us into political correctness. As Horace Cooper, the co-chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, said on the Fox News Channel: “The President called them out because our President loves this country.”
But liberals love to use racism to divide us. They rely on the past to pull out the worst connotations they can out of their Bullwinkle’s hat of political dirty tricks. It’s unfortunate, dishonest and disgraceful.
When I say few can recall being told to go back to Africa during the Civil Rights Era, I count myself as one of those few. But I recognize now that times have changed. The meaning of words and terms have changed. Progressives lead the way in that department by using terms and slogans to mean one thing while saying something else to achieve their agenda. This is one of those times.
Political correctness is only beneficial when it supports their cause.
After all, if they were truly concerned about racial animosity, why is Virginia Governor Ralph Northam still around after admitting to being in blackface or a Ku Klux Klan outfit in an old yearbook photo?
If affiliation with segregationists is always wrong, why isn’t former President Bill Clinton answering for his segregationist political mentor J. William Fulbright?
If treatment of blacks can destroy a presidential legacy, why is Woodrow Wilson not in the same boat as Thomas Jefferson? The politically correct crowd looks the other way for liberals.
When I hear President Trump say or tweet slogans in the context of patriotism, and to combat those who badmouth America and belittle our founding principles, I and countless others understand his intentions. They are not racist.
We sometimes need to step back and look at the big picture when we are dealing with the likes of progressives, the media, and Hollywood. If not, we will be the victims of a snare. They want to take us down the rabbit hole of deceit and hate to fundamentally change our system of government. Beware of their divisive tactics. We need to think in context over emotions.
Liberals live to contrive bad emotions to destroy our nation and keep us divided.
The Squad used anti-American rhetoric to benefit their cause. Let’s not allow it to destroy ours.
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About the Author
Emery McClendon of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is married to Queenie, they are the parents of three sons. He served in the U.S. Air Force, the Indiana Air Guard, is a former Ft. Wayne Police Reserve Officer, Allen County Sheriff Deputy, and Indiana State Trooper. He is a life member of the DAV. Emery organized Amateur Radio communications for the national Glen Beck Rally For The Troops in 2003, and founded Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day www.armad.net. After visiting the White House in 2007 he became involved in politics as a speaker, Tea Party Leader, and state coordinator for Tea Party Patriots. He organized the Fort Wayne Tea Party Rally with Dr. Alan Keyes, the keynote speaker. He received the Americans For Prosperity / Rightonline 2010 "Activist Of The Year" award, The Amateur Radio Dayton Hamvention Special Achievement Award, The Madison County Indiana "American" Award, The Indiana Distinguished Hoosier Award; and a U.S. Flag was flown in his honor at Flallugah, Iraq. Recipient 2010 Americans For Prosperity "Activist Of The Year Award" www.armad.net Contact Emery at armad07@yahoo.com.
By Emery McClendon
July 19, 2019
Originally published at PolitiChicks
Reprinted with permission of the author
PERMALINK
Conservatives shouldn’t be so hasty to fall into the same political trap as the conservative black senator from South Carolina.
When Senator Tim Scott said President Donald Trump used “racially insensitive” language in a recent tweet – presumably directed at freshman Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley, aka “The Squad”) – he played into the liberal strategy designed to stifle the reforms and progress of the Trump Administration by stoking dissent and chaos.
Even though some blacks lived through the era of being told to “go back where you came from” or “go back to Africa,” those who endured such scorn are few and far between these days. That’s not to say people still aren’t using these inappropriate taunts, but it’s diminished markedly since the Civil Rights Era.
And, in this case, there were no racial taunts. The President never invoked race in his tweet.
Many of those hearing about the Twitter exchange between the President and The Squad didn’t connect the dots back to racism. It’s 2019. It was those who purposely want to cast a shadow of hate and racism over the President and his supporters, open up old wounds, and bring back old memories to push their agenda; who sought to connect the dots for us.
President Trump didn’t seem to have anything racial in mind. Like many of us, he is tired of people – especially those elected to lead it – degrading our country for political purposes and trying to force us into political correctness. As Horace Cooper, the co-chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, said on the Fox News Channel: “The President called them out because our President loves this country.”
But liberals love to use racism to divide us. They rely on the past to pull out the worst connotations they can out of their Bullwinkle’s hat of political dirty tricks. It’s unfortunate, dishonest and disgraceful.
When I say few can recall being told to go back to Africa during the Civil Rights Era, I count myself as one of those few. But I recognize now that times have changed. The meaning of words and terms have changed. Progressives lead the way in that department by using terms and slogans to mean one thing while saying something else to achieve their agenda. This is one of those times.
Political correctness is only beneficial when it supports their cause.
After all, if they were truly concerned about racial animosity, why is Virginia Governor Ralph Northam still around after admitting to being in blackface or a Ku Klux Klan outfit in an old yearbook photo?
If affiliation with segregationists is always wrong, why isn’t former President Bill Clinton answering for his segregationist political mentor J. William Fulbright?
If treatment of blacks can destroy a presidential legacy, why is Woodrow Wilson not in the same boat as Thomas Jefferson? The politically correct crowd looks the other way for liberals.
When I hear President Trump say or tweet slogans in the context of patriotism, and to combat those who badmouth America and belittle our founding principles, I and countless others understand his intentions. They are not racist.
We sometimes need to step back and look at the big picture when we are dealing with the likes of progressives, the media, and Hollywood. If not, we will be the victims of a snare. They want to take us down the rabbit hole of deceit and hate to fundamentally change our system of government. Beware of their divisive tactics. We need to think in context over emotions.
Liberals live to contrive bad emotions to destroy our nation and keep us divided.
The Squad used anti-American rhetoric to benefit their cause. Let’s not allow it to destroy ours.
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About the Author
Emery McClendon of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is married to Queenie, they are the parents of three sons. He served in the U.S. Air Force, the Indiana Air Guard, is a former Ft. Wayne Police Reserve Officer, Allen County Sheriff Deputy, and Indiana State Trooper. He is a life member of the DAV. Emery organized Amateur Radio communications for the national Glen Beck Rally For The Troops in 2003, and founded Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day www.armad.net. After visiting the White House in 2007 he became involved in politics as a speaker, Tea Party Leader, and state coordinator for Tea Party Patriots. He organized the Fort Wayne Tea Party Rally with Dr. Alan Keyes, the keynote speaker. He received the Americans For Prosperity / Rightonline 2010 "Activist Of The Year" award, The Amateur Radio Dayton Hamvention Special Achievement Award, The Madison County Indiana "American" Award, The Indiana Distinguished Hoosier Award; and a U.S. Flag was flown in his honor at Flallugah, Iraq. Recipient 2010 Americans For Prosperity "Activist Of The Year Award" www.armad.net Contact Emery at armad07@yahoo.com.