Mr. Schulte has accurately described a “Doomsday” scenario. It reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith wakes up and is the last person on earth.
A Harris victory is truly frightening and could be the worse case scenario.
Watching Cavuto this morning, discussing price controls and how it would be disastrous for the US economy and simply won’t work.
I was joking a few days ago; Maxine Waters as Treasury Secretary, Ilhan Omar as Secretary of State and Jamie Raskin as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
This could happen and what a disaster that would be.
A Harris victory would bankrupt our economy, with the Green New Deal and Reparations being on the domestic legislative agenda. Our borders would cease to exist and millions would CONTINUE to pour in overrunning healthcare, education and other critical services. Entitlements would be in the tens of trillions. Our criminal justice systems would collapse as well, except for only the most heinous criminals being incarcerated.
To our Rino and Independent friends, Trump is far from perfect, often saying things that are totally out of wack, but a Harris victory will end our Country as we know it.
The time has never been more critical. Vote as if your economic survival and life depends on it…because it does!
Why, as taxpayers, would we keep paying them to do this to us? How will they force us to keep paying them, when they fail our national principles so badly.
Why do we sound so passive in the face of what they can do to us and get away with this? No wonder they keep bulldozing right past us, raising the stakes in every election. Prop 13 in California showed at some breaking point taxpayers stood up and finally said NO!
Good comment LT…from review of comments this morning, unfortunately many people are still under the spell…be ready, Our Government is out to impose lockdowns, mask mandates, and possibly vax mandates this election season (flu season)…eg, I hear Monkey Pox (remove the k) is on the rise… also hear that they are planning a tabletop exercise in September to prepare for upcoming bird flu’s…The Silent War continues…
Watching Cavuto this morning? On the station that had to pay 750 million because they were lying to you? Great and ignorant way to get your news. Now this is why ReTRUMPlicans are going to get their ass handed to them up and down the ballot in November.
No Brian, you will get your *ss handed to you if Trump does not win. You are stuck paying for all this Democrat nonsense. Create a Plan B for your life, because the first to go are the massively underfunded government employee pensions. That will ripple down and affect everyone.
Our elections have been rigged for decades. They have nearly perfected the election rigging with the new programs/procedures/machines after the 2000 Presidential election fiasco…
Exactly Polly, and very few people now follow the Legacy Media news blasts…MSM is run by the [D] party, with cash infusion by the C 👁️ A…Team Trump can take down the MSM at any time…timing is everything…wait until we get to read their secret comms, similar to leaked texts of the two lovers, Peter Strzok & Lisa Page…
My goodness this is a great article! You hit every nail on every head. I do wonder where the Republicans are. I know we have RINOs out there, but where are the people with a brain? Why do Republicans just sit down and take it instead of fighting for common sense? I know common sense is a rarity these days, but we're talking about the fate and future of our country! How are we just sitting here?
In the past I always thought that Republicans were the "turn the other cheek" party because of our faith. I understand that to a degree; however, we are being sent out as sheep among wolves and are supposed to be shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. When did we forget we are surrounded by wolves and still need to be shrewd?
I'm so tired of voting and having it never count. I'm tired of wondering if the election is even real, which I sense, for the most part, is not. And yet I will continue voting because I still have a sliver of hope it may make a difference eventually. I'm trying not to lose hope, but the future I see is devastation unless Trump wins. We need this for our country, for ourselves, and most importantly, for our children and grandchildren. We've got to WAKE THE HECK UP!!!
"Why do Republicans just sit down and take it instead of fighting for common sense?"
Because the Republican party is weak and full of people who don't represent authentic traditional values, rather they support the status quo of yesterday for a while, until supporting the status quo of today when liberals and leftists degenerate further. Low taxes and "freedom" aren't Christian or traditional values, this is simply watered down conservatism born of the enlightenment and classical liberalism after thr French and American Revolutions. If we continue to accept the Revolutionary ideologies that led us to this point we can never "Wake up".
Yes and that is where I guess the term RINO was born. I have seen good people attempt to infiltrate local politics who are true Christians and have very good values and morals and they were annihilated by the left. They say money can't buy you happiness but it sure can buy you politics. And power. And influence. So what do we do? How do we stop the hypocrisy? How do we stop the madness of fake politicians? Call me an idealist, but I feel like when people initially get into politics they actually want to make a difference. I know this is the Elle Woods' version, but don't people who work for the government remember that they actually to work for us? Why does our voice mean so little? We vote, it doesn't matter. We write letters, we are met with disdain and rudeness. Even in this platform, you see radical leftists coming on here and throwing shade on anyone who disagrees. And yet I would never ever go to a leftist platform and start calling them a bunch of names. Do they really think they're going to convince us to change our vote? Our beliefs? The very way we live our lives? Well they're getting away with it unfortunately. I wish I knew how to make an actual difference.
Your assessment is frighteningly true. The level of deceit going on is higher than ever imagined. I tell people I’m voting NOT to become California or New York. Specifically San Francisco.
It continues to baffle me how so many minds and hearts have been hardened. How half of the people are OK with at-will murders of unborn children, no consequences for real [not manufactured charges like the DEM's used for Trump] criminal activity, no accountability for voter violations, and an open border that allows anyone [including murderers and rapists] to enter this Country and commit their crimes of choice. It baffles me that when people read a direct, well written OPED by a right thinking member of our society that they can criticize the content because they "HATE" the source [MAGA/Trump]. Few are led to proclaim it, but in my opinion this is our moment that will chose between Good and evil. Good provides for all of the blessings from above this Country has enjoyed for Centuries. Evil will destroy it...that's what evil does. So people...this is a choice between right and wrong, Good and evil, peace and mayham...wake up and pick wisely. Again, nice OPED Henry.
Elections today are really a choice between Big Government and Even Bigger Government comprised by Massive Debt(D), and Limited Government and Fiscal Sanity (R).
Calling this a battle between Good and Evil misunderstands the role government should be playing in our lives. As the author points out Government is a business proposition; not a morality crusade. We errr when we lose sight of what limited government was intended to do under our US founding principles.
A government has a moral obligation to support its citizens and enforce morality. A government absolute should be a force for good.; a crusade against immorality is what the whole world needs
The perception of a government as a business entity rather than a moral authority thay uphold divinely revealed truths and enforces Church teachings on moral and social standards is in like with classical liberalism and libertarian beliefs, not truly conservative ones. And it ignores the paternal obligation all governments have to ensure the spiritual and material welfare of its people, which businesses have no regards for. The founding principles of America have led to the decline in morals worldwide.
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness. This is the definition of hypocrisy. Plain as day Kamala Harris is a hypocrit, by definition. It does not matter. So strong is allegiance to the Democrat party that Harris' hypocracy will dissuade no Democrat. Her hypocrisy may even net her votes from the undecided. The lure of hypocricy with the scent of government cheese is irresistible to a rodent but is laced with poison. Like the rodent who will take cocaine to its demise while ignoring food or water, so is government dependence. It is a matter of self pride to want to make your own way without government assistance or unnecessary impediment. It is at the root of the American experiment. This year Americanism is on the ballot.
At its best "Americanism" is an ideology that conserved nothing, rather it only continues the liberal progressives that pushes for the the further rejection of truth, goodness, and morality. At its worst, Americanism is a heresy that like all heresies leads people away from the fulness of the Christian faith.
Americanism as conceived conserves individualism. As such it conserves individual liberty including how you perceive truth, goodness and morality or how you realize the fulness of your Christian faith. Neither does is seek to impose any ideology. To conserve is to leave unatered and Americanism seeks to preserve the individual and his nature and values same.
Individualism is not a Christian belief. Prioritizing the individual and individual "rights" over moral concerns or communal obligations has never been traditional or Christian notion. Americanism promotes what is effectively the deification of the individual, where each human person becomes their own "god", their own magisterium where they have the authority to live as they see fit independent of moral values, even going so far as tk make their own moral framework. What is being conserved in using a liberal innovation and idea like individualism as the basis of your ideology?
Individualism is an attack on my faith in which community and living as One in the Mystical Body of Christ is paramount over individual "freedoms".
Thanks, Henry. Brilliantly put. Here's my input: I just read an opinion piece https://unherd.com/2024/08/the-march-of-kamalas-brides/ which says exactly what I've suspected. It's not that Kamala is black or Indian or whatever DEI-appropriate color she claims and then forgets. The real demographic she represents is America's Unhappy Single Women (who I'll shorten to USW) who are, like Kamala, mentally ill. If Kamala gets elected, this will be the demographic that does it, the USW. And I don't limit USW to women who without partners. I know plenty who are married, but who behave as though they are all alone, fighting the fight to just have one moment when life would be just and they could just shop and drink wine and giggle with their girlfriends without the horror that is the patriarchy snatching that moment away. I feel so sorry for the men who are tied to them.
For eight years I've been wondering why anyone would think that Trump was really the trigger (to use a word the USW love) for their fury. Around 2014, I started to see the mass fury of the USW before Trump even decided to run. There was always some guy - usually some guy who they'd once thought was God, like Woody Allen - who they suddenly turned on. He became the source of all evil. What was weird about it was they had their perfect man, Obama, in the White House. But instead of being soothed, they just got angrier.
If we want to save this country, we've got to do something about these women. I don't think the Democratic Party would even exist in its current looniness without them. But what? It's impossible to get them to admit that feminism failed them. And they hate conservative women who ignored feminism, because study after study shows they are happy. I don't think we can reason with them. But I also think their moment is coming to an end.
I'm optimistic about the election. I think we're seeing this demographic getting all this fantasy media play, because it makes the media money. But my feeling is that finally the rest of America will stop catering to the tantrums of the USW and their MeToos and TDS. I hear it from a lot of women - the silent majority of mentally well women in this country who have had enough USW craziness. And I do think the majority of women in this country, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, want America to be great again.
Do not overlook the fact many of these alleged "USW" are in fact part of the 23 million strong government employee and union members (teachers unions, nurse unions - or any other traditionally "female" workforce cluster), just fronting one more Democrat astro-turf union-driven cultural grievance agenda. Not unlike the local "grumpy grandmothers" astro-turfing Democrat causes in Santa Barbara.
The "spontaneous" pink kitty hat insurrection that obstructed Trump's Inauguration was the first clue, when looking at who made up that astro-turfed "women's march" over a totally distorted non-issue. Had all the "hallmarks" of a typical union-ginned up protest, including the cast of players.
Bear in mind that Beta Males are no different. It isn't about race or gender, it's about divergent ideologies, and then those who don't fall into the group-think of either camp.
As the saying goes....people deserve the government they get. When people are this apathetic, fearful and cowardly, as they are in the United States what you see is tyranny. And let's not forget the 2020 election fraud perpetrated against Trump in 5 swing states. That is going to happen again but just bigger this time as nobody likes Kamala, and the deep state knows that, hence the push for Kamala is in full swing through BOGUS polls, calling her competent, pretending the race is so so close etc..they did this in 2020 with basement Biden. They're doing this again. The deep state has now perfected the art of election fraud. They know they cannot win legitimately as people are waking up including the Dems. We're losing our country to election fraud. The border was left open so that the cretins from 3rd world cesspools who cannot read and write in their own languages are now the new registered Democrats and who will now vote. As American citizens and even registered Dems wake up to the travesty, they keep importing third worlders to do their bidding. Seal the borders and get our election process back to what it was 60 years ago: paper ballots, hand counting at precinct, a national voter ID, one day in person voting ONLY. The election fraud and open borders are causing havoc....that is the ONLY way they can win.
Hello Ms. Wagh, no one could have said it better>"The border was left open so that the cretins from 3rd world cesspools who cannot read and write in their own languages are now the new registered Democrats and who will now vote."
They come across our border to take everything away from us even our life.
Poor Mr. Schulte, you obviously have been soaking too long in a bath of MAGA conspiracy theories. As a Republican who is not a member of Trump’s MAGA personality cult, here is a brief recounting of recent events:
The RINO Trump changed his party affiliation in 2015 and then, with an assist from his racist MAGA sycophants, “cheated his way into office” in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by over 3 million ballots. As an elected “employee” of the American people he failed miserably at running our country. Trump's mismanagement of the Covid epidemic resulted in the deaths of over 1.2 million Americans and nearly destroyed our economy. Consequently, Trump was “fired” by the American people in 2020, losing the popular vote this time by over 7 million ballots. Being the king of “lies and deception” he accused the Dems of cheating and filed over 60 lawsuits. Each and every investigation and lawsuit concluded that Trump was a liar and had lost the election. Unable to accept this reality, he fomented an insurrection that culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol while Congress was in session to count the electoral votes. He then refused to attend Biden’s inauguration and left D.C. in a huff on Air Force One, taking with him dozens of boxes of highly classified documents, which he later hid and refused to return to the National Archives. His former Vice President and the vast majority of his own G.O.P. government appointees have refused to endorse this convicted felon who is a threat to our national security. I can only hope that with Trump’s THIRD loss of the popular vote this coming November, the G.O.P. finally will wake up and rid itself of this malignant canker on our body politic.
It is just so depressing to realise there are many Mr. Siemens out there. And they will all probably vote for Kamala Magala and usher in – finally – their dream of The Socialist States of America. They will have succeeded in utterly transforming what was once a free Constitutional Republic to just another socialist hell hole.
How do you know what Nancy would have done? Were you friends with her? She was very good friends with a friend of mine (who was a powerful Dem) and you are fantasizing about Nancy. She had lunch with my friend and Andy Warhol and Gore Vidal and Truman Capote. She was a performer unshocked by anything. She probably knew Trump. She knew everyone.
Well I've had my fair share of turning the other cheek and I'm frankly sick to death of it. So it's always okay for the left to do it but it's never okay for the right to do it? So typically radical left wing of you 😂
I do recall the “panic” Mr Buckley has displayed over the past years in his writings, claiming the same dire consequences if both Clinton and Obama were elected, yet we survived, did we not? Crying wolf comes to mind…
Jimmy, as “Editor” of the Current, you now you seem to be lowering yourself to misspelling peoples names to make your point.
No Peter, we did not survive after Obama started this fundamental transformation of America. . Only the Deep State thrived. $30 trillion dollars of national debt is not thriving. It is voluntary national suicide.
The city is now running a deficit. SBCC is now running a deficit. The state is now running a deficit. Do you even pay attention to any of this? Health care is in shambles. Schools are grotesquely failing even after $800 billion dollars of funding every year. 20 million illegals now compete with taxpayer Americans for jobs, housing and services. Who in turn send billions of untaxed US earned dollars back to their home countries and do not recirculate in the US economy.
And those are just our massive national failings, post Obama-Biden. Our international standing is now debt-ridded dependent upon major powers who have no interest in propping up this continued Democrat dislocation of our entire country.
When I don't like somebody or their writing I don't visit them every day like you do Jim. You either secretly idolize Jim (it's ok, it's a bro thing) or too much time. Have you thought about taking up bird watching? It's a great. Retirement pastime.
I know, right? Why do they come on to an obviously right-wing publication and spew so much hatred? Do they really think that they are convincing anyone? Do they think they're going to change our minds? I would rather live with cockroaches, which I vehemently despise, than to even spend one second on a left-wing nut job radical pathetic horrible publication. There's no way that I would devote any of my most precious time to even trying to spend one microsecond giving them the truth. Because they will always lie, deny, threaten, name call (which of course only they are allowed to do), or just stomp off like a little 2-year-old having a ferocious temper tantrum. Why do they come on here anyway? What a blatant waste of time! Why? Because they are evil. This is literally a fight for good versus evil in the upcoming election!
You need more male friends. Guys you can have golf with or go sailing or drink beer or tell dumb jokes to. Your relationships with men like Trump and Jim aren't a good substitute for friendship. Get a golf buddy!
Brian, the fact is Democrats have put this entire country and is 250 year history on a death watch. They mastered pay to play; which viciously undermined the constitutional underpinings which created this unique experiment in self-governance.
America under Democrat mismanagement will go the way of Byzantium, rotted from within and easy picking for the enemies at the gates. I suggest you ponder Yeats "Sailing to Byzantium" and take it deeply to heart.
Crikey, this article is so accurate at describing the Republican nominee too. Lets see. EV cars are bad, oh thank you Elon I will accept $45m a month and change my opinion. No "see the light moment" or new fact chnge opinion. Just simple transaction. money for trump so now ok.
This article just shows how low the political debate in this country is.
Trump is a liar, swindler, fraudster and all round bad egg
I’m a weird guy that is amazed by people voting based on personality, rather than voting on the policies that will shape the future for our children…Kamala just yesterday announced her plan for price controls & housing subsidies, which will crash the economy of today & set our course directly toward their planned communist control…
DH: Trump is the junk yard dog this nation needs to clean our the Deep State corruption, or else Democrats take us down forever. It will not be pretty to lose this country to the Democrat tax, spend and create more government dependency agenda. The OPM is running out now at so many critical levels: national, state and local.
Gilbert, court cases have been won and voting machinations in 2020 continue to be exposed. Eyes are open this time and legal attacks will be swift and immediate, so they don't lose on "standing" issus; while never reaching rulings on their merits. It is useless to keep raising those tired false claims about "no cheating" during the 2020 election. 2020 was riddled with examples. Do better homework on this topic.
Brian, do your own homework. There are spreadsheets on court cases and outcomes all over the net. And no, this has gone well beyond "the pillow guy" which proves you are not even serious about this critical topic. It is not a joke. Zero tolerance is the only standard to apply to all future elections. And today, they still leak like a sieve. Every day there are reports of illegal voter registrations, now finally being taken off the rolls. Read more widely.
So you cannot give facts just as I thought. There were over 60 court cases on the 2020 and ALL were either thrown out or lost. So just stop with the LIES. I get it, you are already getting ready for Trump to get crushed in November so your spreading misinformation about election integrity. Your a victim right? Just like Trump preaches non-stop. Sad that your life is so empty that you spend hours and hours on the net trying to convince yourself about something that never happened in the first place. Just stop with the Qanon crackpot ideas and move on with your life. It's embarrassing
Mr. Livingston , can you tell us the results of the year long Cyber Ninja “investigation” of the 2020 vote in Arizona funded by Republicans including Trump.
I believe the only cheating discovered in a year of “ investigating” was done by Republicans. Do you not know this ? I parrot your suggestion that you do better homework.
I followed the AZ case intensely. Re-counts, are not ballot audit, nor do they investigate the obviously partisan impacts that took place on election day at the polls themselves.
You are the one who fails to understand the difference. Your tired excuses are based upon very weak sauce. There were multiple voting integrity recommendations made to the AZ legislature, which after the recent partisan takeover of AZ (in probably yet another fraudulent "close" election), prevented them from even be put in place. Your trite rebuttals get no traction here.
Zero tolerance, Brian. Nothing less. Now go clean up your act.
LOL. No sale, Gilbert. But you giveaway your dedicated origins since your group keeps going down the same plowed earth that only produced weeds last time. We do sense the terror in your voice, however. As it should be, because the Democrat free ride is over. You awakened a sleeping giant. The Silent Majority you keep trying to denigrate is roaring. Just like you were caught flat footed in 2016.
I sense there is no objectivity in your world view. . I will tell you that I was a longtime Republican voter who is still eager to cross party lines to vote for candidates with the country’s best interest in mind. Trump is not that candidate and I consider MAGAnutters to be the most ignorant and gullible sector of the American electorate.
Harris has many shortcomings . I’ve thought that since Biden chose her as VP.
Nothing has changed my mind. I’m not swept up in the joy and positivity movement . Once again , I will hold my nose and vote against Trump because I know what a complete con man he is. It’s unbelievable that folks like you are willing to hand the office back to a self admitted wannabe dictator. Good grief, what’s the matter with you?
Gilbert, Re-read your US Constitution. There is no allowance in our three part system for anyone to be a "con man" and not be checked in their tracks.
However, what we have witnessed is the unelected Deep state(D) and army of permanent government bureacrats (D) inflict huge amounts of damage from within who operate outsife of our system of checks and balances.
You are silly to be only obsessed with your version one the one man who fully understands this and will be doing something about it. But not if people like you continue to knee-cap him when it takes action.
It will take a team to reserve the current course of Big Government begetting even more big Government, but it is aworhty task. And not a moment to lose. We are that close to a permanent tipping point in this country.
Trump is not a con-man; the nations gut check would have exposed him by now. Instead his popularity grows. Only the threatened Big Government crowd continues to hurl brickbats at him. What does that tell you about the real con job going on in this country today?
Oh puhleeze Mr. Livingston…”Trump is not a con man”.
Six bankruptcies while stiffing his suppliers and venders. Small people .
Settling a fraud case involving unscrupulous dealings at Trump University.
Repaying student victims of his fraudulent actions to the tune of $25 million .
Dissolution of the Trump Foundation because of theft of funds intended for cancer patients.
Altering business ledgers on his properties to benefit tax debt and gain leverage for loans.
Selling $60 dollar “Trump Bibles” while pretending to be a Christian. Ha …that’s a good one. The con man couldn’t recite even one Bible passage to save his life. That is the definition of a con.
There are scores of other examples of Trumps unethical and fraudulent deals but of course you will concoct excuses foe every one of them.
Go ahead and vote for him. Somrthing tells me you will never see the truth that is right in front of your eyes.
I read this solid article by buisness-man Mr. Schulte titled "Living the Lie: From Left-Wing Whacko to “Sensible Centrist” and I quote "No matter what the situation, a good business requires respectable and fair leadership. If you own or have owned a business, you want it to run as smoothly as possible: to turn a profit, not only for the owner(s) but to provide paychecks for your employees."
Many of our past US Corporations were run by our "Greatest-Generation" who are now mostly gone
along with thier values. I will use my own Walther families buisness from Dayton Ohio as an example.
My Nine Walther Uncles would never, under any circumstance, allow "Elite Politicians" to take over an entire community like Santa Barbara. My Uncles all went off to WWII "To Fight" and all miraculously came back and they would fight to thier last breath than allow America to be taken over by those who had their interest first, instead of it's people. Communities all over American have indeed been "Taken Over" like here in Santa Barbara. Bring-it-back to Santa Barbara and the New Title should read
"Living the Lie Rigth Here in Santa Barbara."
At age 17, I worked in Machine Shop # 2, at my families company, a huge set of manufacturing buildings in Dayton Ohio where each day and all day I swept out the dirt and crap. I am Hell at Sweeping out Dirt and Crap ....... time again for alittle Sweeping here in Santa Barbara ......... what do you think? Pick up your Broom and just learn to sweep .................
My 3rd German-American grandfather despised Hitler and what he stood for, and my German-American father was a WWII combat veteran who fought to unseat the Nazis in the Fatherland. Unlike your grandfather, mine was proud of his heritage, und bis heute noch, sprechen wir Deutsch (so we still speak German).
OOPS! My 3rd generation German-American grandfather despised Hitler and what he stood for, and my German-American father was a WWII combat veteran who fought to unseat the Nazis in the Fatherland. Unlike your grandfather, mine was proud of his heritage, und bis heute noch, sprechen wir Deutsch (so we still speak German).
It is beyond imagination anyone who has watched Trump expose his true nature and decline can still think he is a somewhat decent choice. The man is a hot mess. His absolute criminal nature is on full display. What proud American could vote for such a completely undisciplined and ego-centric person? I understand that the MAGA movement is disappointed, shocked and frustrated. What do people expect when you hook your wagon to a criminally mined lunatic? He can't help but be a whiney child and not follow the advice of anyone. He is an undisciplined little boy in a man's body.
Yawn. We have plowed this same turf for years now, Gene. Nothing grows in your toxic partisan soil. Except even most distaste for Big Government and their self-interested union minions. Try being honest about your real intentions - Big Government and more tax dollars to spend on yourself.
Ha , Livingston plays the small gubmint fiddle but it’s out of tune and missing some strings.
An inconvenient fact is that con man Trump grew the national debt by $8 trillion in his disastrous 4 years after campaigning on eliminating deficit spending and promising to eliminate the national debt. Oh , what a miserable failure he was and is.
His four year debt increase matched Obama’s 8 year total.
Seriously, what part of this do you not comprehend? Put the glass pipe down and take a big ol’ toke of reality. Let me guess, County, City employee, still living with mom? You and your man/boy friend Brian, need to have a better understanding of simple economics. You’re on the hook Bruh for trillions and you’re so clueless you can’t even comprehend.
Nancy Pelosi's "covid" grew the debt in 2020 and Obama kicked the real Obamacare deal killer costs into his successors term; not his. Too bad Democrats took over the House in 2018 and crammed through anything you claim to be 'Trump's debts. You better believe we are going for and getting "small gubmet" this time. Polish up your resume, Gil. Or learn to code.
"Unrepentant". You don't know Trump's heart, and I care little for lawfare convictions.
Gene your presumed contempt for the unborn in opposing Trump is for more ego centric than anything Trump is doing. How dare he seek to uplift this nation with his vision for America, how selfish!/s.
Great spin to abortion and absolutely predictable. Thanks for making so many of us laugh out loud. A good belly laugh is so good for the soul and something my God loves to hear. Thank you so much!!!!
Yet you seemingly don't deny having contempt for the unborn. Whether or not it's predictable is irrelevant, if you can't even condemn abortion why should anyone listen to you on morality?
If your "god" is Moloch it would make sense why you laugh at someone who opposes the murder of the unborn.
Democrats don't need to operate by any rules, since they have a built-in 23 million government employee voting base doing all the ground work for them.
Government employee unions excel running GOTV campaigns, because winning elections is existential for them. They must win. Their very own daily paychecks, perks and pensions depend on winning elections. No lie, dirty trick nor shady practice is beneath them. They own the levers of government that refuses now to stop them.
Not fair to claim GOP is flat-footed when forced to go against this 23 million strong voter base that is going no where other than 99% Democrat, no matter who is the candidate. The election of talentless Joe Biden proved that. The elevation of VP Kamala Harris confirms this yet again. We spend too much time pointing out the ridiculousness of their candidates, while they sit back and harvest their built-in voter base they rabidly kept expanding while we slept. ..... and while we kept funding their own untouchable paychecks, perks and pensions.
Without drastically changing the fundamentals of this growing Big Government 23 million employee voter base, there may be little we will ever be able do short of a massive tax revolt once we finally ask ourselves why are we still paying these people every April 15 to keep doing this to us?
As Dr Ben Carson soberly pointed out in his excellent interview with Tucker Carlson, we are only one or two election cycles away from losing this country entirely to the forces of Big Government. We lost California when AG Kamala Harris was on board and our state capitulated to Big Government and their unions. Our state's own tarnished past, must not be prologue for the rest of the nation.
But please don't blame the GOP; blame the fundamental structure of this now formidable unelected fourth branch of our government and what it has done in the past few decades to maximize power. The nation's crisis today is now structural; not partisan. When invasive pests have undermine the foundation of your house, it does not matter whether you paint the front door red or blue.
How completely exhausting to read through 94 comments. But, truth is, in real life I have a very small handful of people with whom I can discuss politics, and certainly never in a business setting for fear of offending a potential client. So I come to the SB CURRENT to get a sense for what my community is thinking. Failing that, what they are feeling.
Looking at the state of our nation, and the world, I feel like it is a morality play; a battle between Good and Evil. Every time I see yet another stupid local decision like roads made more aggravating for car drivers to encourage bicycle use, I think there is a Force of Evil that has infected the brains of the Government employees who work diligently to justify their payroll and pensions by acting out their warped priorities.
Each of us is called upon to follow a personal moral code, to do our best, and part of that is to speak honestly about what we SEE right in front of us. How so many have been brainwashed into looking forward to a Socialist/Communist future is just the result of an educational system that has failed.
In my heart I believe this onrushing election will determine the fate of the Nation. And that Trump stands in the way of the NWO destruction of America. IF he lives, IF the voting is not manipulated, if he has a chance to get back into the position of power to stop the juggernaut of the illegal alien invasion...... IF America as we have known it stands a chance.
I agree with every word, Pat. America will not survive under another 4 of the same. And I fear for Trump's life as they are desperate to maintain their 'power' to destroy. Sigh. A sad day for the America that I grew up in.
Months ago Tucker Carlson commented that, watching Trump be besieged by LawFare and having been opposed by the Deep State in every way possible since his election in 2016, what was left but assassination? Nothing rings more true than when Trump says "It is you they are after, I'm just in the way."
Pat, I see you here and on other sites. I agree with you and so many other here on local topics but when it comes to Trump we are polar opposites. I watched him today for more than a hour and took notes. My honest opinion is he's loosing his mind.
Elections are just like advertising campaigns for products & services.
Name recognition in a positive note is key followed with slamming your competitors product or record.
Typically those with the larger advertising budget wins.
I say this to point out Kamala. She was the worst VP with the lowest rankings, per the corporate media prior to Biden’s resignation.
Now she’s the cars meow, the “smartest & most hard working person in the WH”.
Recycling their propaganda from Dementia Joe.
But they also have brand loyalty. Just like those die hard sports fans that will never give up on their teams despite the Lodi g steak and questionable management decisions.
To the outsider, which is most of America and the entire world the manipulation is obvious.
True poling stats Trump has 75% of voters.
Everyone must Vote though.
If you do not personally vote, the Dems will fill in your ballot for you.
Go look up your voting record, did you vote in every mid term? Some found out that their ballots were submitted, without their consent.
Mr. Schulte has accurately described a “Doomsday” scenario. It reminds me of the Twilight Zone episode where Burgess Meredith wakes up and is the last person on earth.
A Harris victory is truly frightening and could be the worse case scenario.
Watching Cavuto this morning, discussing price controls and how it would be disastrous for the US economy and simply won’t work.
I was joking a few days ago; Maxine Waters as Treasury Secretary, Ilhan Omar as Secretary of State and Jamie Raskin as Speaker of the House of Representatives.
This could happen and what a disaster that would be.
A Harris victory would bankrupt our economy, with the Green New Deal and Reparations being on the domestic legislative agenda. Our borders would cease to exist and millions would CONTINUE to pour in overrunning healthcare, education and other critical services. Entitlements would be in the tens of trillions. Our criminal justice systems would collapse as well, except for only the most heinous criminals being incarcerated.
To our Rino and Independent friends, Trump is far from perfect, often saying things that are totally out of wack, but a Harris victory will end our Country as we know it.
The time has never been more critical. Vote as if your economic survival and life depends on it…because it does!
Why, as taxpayers, would we keep paying them to do this to us? How will they force us to keep paying them, when they fail our national principles so badly.
Why do we sound so passive in the face of what they can do to us and get away with this? No wonder they keep bulldozing right past us, raising the stakes in every election. Prop 13 in California showed at some breaking point taxpayers stood up and finally said NO!
Good comment LT…from review of comments this morning, unfortunately many people are still under the spell…be ready, Our Government is out to impose lockdowns, mask mandates, and possibly vax mandates this election season (flu season)…eg, I hear Monkey Pox (remove the k) is on the rise… also hear that they are planning a tabletop exercise in September to prepare for upcoming bird flu’s…The Silent War continues…
Watching Cavuto this morning? On the station that had to pay 750 million because they were lying to you? Great and ignorant way to get your news. Now this is why ReTRUMPlicans are going to get their ass handed to them up and down the ballot in November.
No Brian, you will get your *ss handed to you if Trump does not win. You are stuck paying for all this Democrat nonsense. Create a Plan B for your life, because the first to go are the massively underfunded government employee pensions. That will ripple down and affect everyone.
Fox News should ask (might sue?) for the $750M…
https://www.startribune.com/venezuelan-founder-of-voting-machine-company-targeted-by-trump-allies-is-indicted-on-bribery-charges/600984083
Our elections have been rigged for decades. They have nearly perfected the election rigging with the new programs/procedures/machines after the 2000 Presidential election fiasco…
https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/house-bill/3295
2020 ain’t over…stay tuned
Just read this Rasmussen Poll for all who think it's Doomsday:
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rasmussen-poll-media/2024/08/16/id/1176869/
Exactly Polly, and very few people now follow the Legacy Media news blasts…MSM is run by the [D] party, with cash infusion by the C 👁️ A…Team Trump can take down the MSM at any time…timing is everything…wait until we get to read their secret comms, similar to leaked texts of the two lovers, Peter Strzok & Lisa Page…
My goodness this is a great article! You hit every nail on every head. I do wonder where the Republicans are. I know we have RINOs out there, but where are the people with a brain? Why do Republicans just sit down and take it instead of fighting for common sense? I know common sense is a rarity these days, but we're talking about the fate and future of our country! How are we just sitting here?
In the past I always thought that Republicans were the "turn the other cheek" party because of our faith. I understand that to a degree; however, we are being sent out as sheep among wolves and are supposed to be shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. When did we forget we are surrounded by wolves and still need to be shrewd?
I'm so tired of voting and having it never count. I'm tired of wondering if the election is even real, which I sense, for the most part, is not. And yet I will continue voting because I still have a sliver of hope it may make a difference eventually. I'm trying not to lose hope, but the future I see is devastation unless Trump wins. We need this for our country, for ourselves, and most importantly, for our children and grandchildren. We've got to WAKE THE HECK UP!!!
"Why do Republicans just sit down and take it instead of fighting for common sense?"
Because the Republican party is weak and full of people who don't represent authentic traditional values, rather they support the status quo of yesterday for a while, until supporting the status quo of today when liberals and leftists degenerate further. Low taxes and "freedom" aren't Christian or traditional values, this is simply watered down conservatism born of the enlightenment and classical liberalism after thr French and American Revolutions. If we continue to accept the Revolutionary ideologies that led us to this point we can never "Wake up".
"Por la patria y por la fe, adelante el requete!"
Yes and that is where I guess the term RINO was born. I have seen good people attempt to infiltrate local politics who are true Christians and have very good values and morals and they were annihilated by the left. They say money can't buy you happiness but it sure can buy you politics. And power. And influence. So what do we do? How do we stop the hypocrisy? How do we stop the madness of fake politicians? Call me an idealist, but I feel like when people initially get into politics they actually want to make a difference. I know this is the Elle Woods' version, but don't people who work for the government remember that they actually to work for us? Why does our voice mean so little? We vote, it doesn't matter. We write letters, we are met with disdain and rudeness. Even in this platform, you see radical leftists coming on here and throwing shade on anyone who disagrees. And yet I would never ever go to a leftist platform and start calling them a bunch of names. Do they really think they're going to convince us to change our vote? Our beliefs? The very way we live our lives? Well they're getting away with it unfortunately. I wish I knew how to make an actual difference.
Your assessment is frighteningly true. The level of deceit going on is higher than ever imagined. I tell people I’m voting NOT to become California or New York. Specifically San Francisco.
It continues to baffle me how so many minds and hearts have been hardened. How half of the people are OK with at-will murders of unborn children, no consequences for real [not manufactured charges like the DEM's used for Trump] criminal activity, no accountability for voter violations, and an open border that allows anyone [including murderers and rapists] to enter this Country and commit their crimes of choice. It baffles me that when people read a direct, well written OPED by a right thinking member of our society that they can criticize the content because they "HATE" the source [MAGA/Trump]. Few are led to proclaim it, but in my opinion this is our moment that will chose between Good and evil. Good provides for all of the blessings from above this Country has enjoyed for Centuries. Evil will destroy it...that's what evil does. So people...this is a choice between right and wrong, Good and evil, peace and mayham...wake up and pick wisely. Again, nice OPED Henry.
Elections today are really a choice between Big Government and Even Bigger Government comprised by Massive Debt(D), and Limited Government and Fiscal Sanity (R).
Calling this a battle between Good and Evil misunderstands the role government should be playing in our lives. As the author points out Government is a business proposition; not a morality crusade. We errr when we lose sight of what limited government was intended to do under our US founding principles.
A government has a moral obligation to support its citizens and enforce morality. A government absolute should be a force for good.; a crusade against immorality is what the whole world needs
The perception of a government as a business entity rather than a moral authority thay uphold divinely revealed truths and enforces Church teachings on moral and social standards is in like with classical liberalism and libertarian beliefs, not truly conservative ones. And it ignores the paternal obligation all governments have to ensure the spiritual and material welfare of its people, which businesses have no regards for. The founding principles of America have led to the decline in morals worldwide.
The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness. This is the definition of hypocrisy. Plain as day Kamala Harris is a hypocrit, by definition. It does not matter. So strong is allegiance to the Democrat party that Harris' hypocracy will dissuade no Democrat. Her hypocrisy may even net her votes from the undecided. The lure of hypocricy with the scent of government cheese is irresistible to a rodent but is laced with poison. Like the rodent who will take cocaine to its demise while ignoring food or water, so is government dependence. It is a matter of self pride to want to make your own way without government assistance or unnecessary impediment. It is at the root of the American experiment. This year Americanism is on the ballot.
Kamala got issues…she’s been running with the wrong crowd…
https://x.com/FNowisthetime/status/1824621015831548391
At its best "Americanism" is an ideology that conserved nothing, rather it only continues the liberal progressives that pushes for the the further rejection of truth, goodness, and morality. At its worst, Americanism is a heresy that like all heresies leads people away from the fulness of the Christian faith.
Americanism as conceived conserves individualism. As such it conserves individual liberty including how you perceive truth, goodness and morality or how you realize the fulness of your Christian faith. Neither does is seek to impose any ideology. To conserve is to leave unatered and Americanism seeks to preserve the individual and his nature and values same.
Individualism is not a Christian belief. Prioritizing the individual and individual "rights" over moral concerns or communal obligations has never been traditional or Christian notion. Americanism promotes what is effectively the deification of the individual, where each human person becomes their own "god", their own magisterium where they have the authority to live as they see fit independent of moral values, even going so far as tk make their own moral framework. What is being conserved in using a liberal innovation and idea like individualism as the basis of your ideology?
Individualism is an attack on my faith in which community and living as One in the Mystical Body of Christ is paramount over individual "freedoms".
DON'T GIVE UP, FIGHT. FIGHT FIGHT
Thanks, Henry. Brilliantly put. Here's my input: I just read an opinion piece https://unherd.com/2024/08/the-march-of-kamalas-brides/ which says exactly what I've suspected. It's not that Kamala is black or Indian or whatever DEI-appropriate color she claims and then forgets. The real demographic she represents is America's Unhappy Single Women (who I'll shorten to USW) who are, like Kamala, mentally ill. If Kamala gets elected, this will be the demographic that does it, the USW. And I don't limit USW to women who without partners. I know plenty who are married, but who behave as though they are all alone, fighting the fight to just have one moment when life would be just and they could just shop and drink wine and giggle with their girlfriends without the horror that is the patriarchy snatching that moment away. I feel so sorry for the men who are tied to them.
For eight years I've been wondering why anyone would think that Trump was really the trigger (to use a word the USW love) for their fury. Around 2014, I started to see the mass fury of the USW before Trump even decided to run. There was always some guy - usually some guy who they'd once thought was God, like Woody Allen - who they suddenly turned on. He became the source of all evil. What was weird about it was they had their perfect man, Obama, in the White House. But instead of being soothed, they just got angrier.
If we want to save this country, we've got to do something about these women. I don't think the Democratic Party would even exist in its current looniness without them. But what? It's impossible to get them to admit that feminism failed them. And they hate conservative women who ignored feminism, because study after study shows they are happy. I don't think we can reason with them. But I also think their moment is coming to an end.
I'm optimistic about the election. I think we're seeing this demographic getting all this fantasy media play, because it makes the media money. But my feeling is that finally the rest of America will stop catering to the tantrums of the USW and their MeToos and TDS. I hear it from a lot of women - the silent majority of mentally well women in this country who have had enough USW craziness. And I do think the majority of women in this country, whether they are Democrats or Republicans, want America to be great again.
Do not overlook the fact many of these alleged "USW" are in fact part of the 23 million strong government employee and union members (teachers unions, nurse unions - or any other traditionally "female" workforce cluster), just fronting one more Democrat astro-turf union-driven cultural grievance agenda. Not unlike the local "grumpy grandmothers" astro-turfing Democrat causes in Santa Barbara.
Excellent point J.
The "spontaneous" pink kitty hat insurrection that obstructed Trump's Inauguration was the first clue, when looking at who made up that astro-turfed "women's march" over a totally distorted non-issue. Had all the "hallmarks" of a typical union-ginned up protest, including the cast of players.
You have a great eye
Wow Polly . . . I never thought about it but I thinnk you could be right - a bunch of sour broads taking their frustrations out on the rest of us.
BINGO
Could it be more simple?: Abortion and female president is the motivation to vote.
Bear in mind that Beta Males are no different. It isn't about race or gender, it's about divergent ideologies, and then those who don't fall into the group-think of either camp.
As the saying goes....people deserve the government they get. When people are this apathetic, fearful and cowardly, as they are in the United States what you see is tyranny. And let's not forget the 2020 election fraud perpetrated against Trump in 5 swing states. That is going to happen again but just bigger this time as nobody likes Kamala, and the deep state knows that, hence the push for Kamala is in full swing through BOGUS polls, calling her competent, pretending the race is so so close etc..they did this in 2020 with basement Biden. They're doing this again. The deep state has now perfected the art of election fraud. They know they cannot win legitimately as people are waking up including the Dems. We're losing our country to election fraud. The border was left open so that the cretins from 3rd world cesspools who cannot read and write in their own languages are now the new registered Democrats and who will now vote. As American citizens and even registered Dems wake up to the travesty, they keep importing third worlders to do their bidding. Seal the borders and get our election process back to what it was 60 years ago: paper ballots, hand counting at precinct, a national voter ID, one day in person voting ONLY. The election fraud and open borders are causing havoc....that is the ONLY way they can win.
Hello Ms. Wagh, no one could have said it better>"The border was left open so that the cretins from 3rd world cesspools who cannot read and write in their own languages are now the new registered Democrats and who will now vote."
They come across our border to take everything away from us even our life.
Poor Mr. Schulte, you obviously have been soaking too long in a bath of MAGA conspiracy theories. As a Republican who is not a member of Trump’s MAGA personality cult, here is a brief recounting of recent events:
The RINO Trump changed his party affiliation in 2015 and then, with an assist from his racist MAGA sycophants, “cheated his way into office” in 2016 despite losing the popular vote by over 3 million ballots. As an elected “employee” of the American people he failed miserably at running our country. Trump's mismanagement of the Covid epidemic resulted in the deaths of over 1.2 million Americans and nearly destroyed our economy. Consequently, Trump was “fired” by the American people in 2020, losing the popular vote this time by over 7 million ballots. Being the king of “lies and deception” he accused the Dems of cheating and filed over 60 lawsuits. Each and every investigation and lawsuit concluded that Trump was a liar and had lost the election. Unable to accept this reality, he fomented an insurrection that culminated in an attack on the U.S. Capitol while Congress was in session to count the electoral votes. He then refused to attend Biden’s inauguration and left D.C. in a huff on Air Force One, taking with him dozens of boxes of highly classified documents, which he later hid and refused to return to the National Archives. His former Vice President and the vast majority of his own G.O.P. government appointees have refused to endorse this convicted felon who is a threat to our national security. I can only hope that with Trump’s THIRD loss of the popular vote this coming November, the G.O.P. finally will wake up and rid itself of this malignant canker on our body politic.
It is just so depressing to realise there are many Mr. Siemens out there. And they will all probably vote for Kamala Magala and usher in – finally – their dream of The Socialist States of America. They will have succeeded in utterly transforming what was once a free Constitutional Republic to just another socialist hell hole.
Versus voting for a convicted felon and unrepentant adulterer career con man. Yes Mr. Buckley , it will be an easy decision .
Trump has lowered my former party to all time lows in morality, ethics and honesty.
Ronald Reagan was the gold standard for the GOP for decades . Now he is but a distant memory for today’s MAGAnutjobs.
There is no way on earth that Nancy would ever have allowed Ron to associate with the lowlife Trump.
How do you know what Nancy would have done? Were you friends with her? She was very good friends with a friend of mine (who was a powerful Dem) and you are fantasizing about Nancy. She had lunch with my friend and Andy Warhol and Gore Vidal and Truman Capote. She was a performer unshocked by anything. She probably knew Trump. She knew everyone.
I call BS on all this rant.
Mr. Phuckley must have be confused with someone else, my name is Mr. SiemSEN.
Yes Siemsens, plural
No actually I think he got your name right 😂
So Trumpian to name call. You've learned well.
Well I've had my fair share of turning the other cheek and I'm frankly sick to death of it. So it's always okay for the left to do it but it's never okay for the right to do it? So typically radical left wing of you 😂
Jim, he has lots of valid, but not palatable (to most of y8ur subscribers) and, yes we are not voting for Trump.
I do recall the “panic” Mr Buckley has displayed over the past years in his writings, claiming the same dire consequences if both Clinton and Obama were elected, yet we survived, did we not? Crying wolf comes to mind…
Jimmy, as “Editor” of the Current, you now you seem to be lowering yourself to misspelling peoples names to make your point.
No Peter, we did not survive after Obama started this fundamental transformation of America. . Only the Deep State thrived. $30 trillion dollars of national debt is not thriving. It is voluntary national suicide.
The city is now running a deficit. SBCC is now running a deficit. The state is now running a deficit. Do you even pay attention to any of this? Health care is in shambles. Schools are grotesquely failing even after $800 billion dollars of funding every year. 20 million illegals now compete with taxpayer Americans for jobs, housing and services. Who in turn send billions of untaxed US earned dollars back to their home countries and do not recirculate in the US economy.
And those are just our massive national failings, post Obama-Biden. Our international standing is now debt-ridded dependent upon major powers who have no interest in propping up this continued Democrat dislocation of our entire country.
When I don't like somebody or their writing I don't visit them every day like you do Jim. You either secretly idolize Jim (it's ok, it's a bro thing) or too much time. Have you thought about taking up bird watching? It's a great. Retirement pastime.
I know, right? Why do they come on to an obviously right-wing publication and spew so much hatred? Do they really think that they are convincing anyone? Do they think they're going to change our minds? I would rather live with cockroaches, which I vehemently despise, than to even spend one second on a left-wing nut job radical pathetic horrible publication. There's no way that I would devote any of my most precious time to even trying to spend one microsecond giving them the truth. Because they will always lie, deny, threaten, name call (which of course only they are allowed to do), or just stomp off like a little 2-year-old having a ferocious temper tantrum. Why do they come on here anyway? What a blatant waste of time! Why? Because they are evil. This is literally a fight for good versus evil in the upcoming election!
Lots of us soaking… waiting to slither out and vote. So save it.
You need more male friends. Guys you can have golf with or go sailing or drink beer or tell dumb jokes to. Your relationships with men like Trump and Jim aren't a good substitute for friendship. Get a golf buddy!
Don't hit the Republicans with facts. They don't understand it
Brian, the fact is Democrats have put this entire country and is 250 year history on a death watch. They mastered pay to play; which viciously undermined the constitutional underpinings which created this unique experiment in self-governance.
America under Democrat mismanagement will go the way of Byzantium, rotted from within and easy picking for the enemies at the gates. I suggest you ponder Yeats "Sailing to Byzantium" and take it deeply to heart.
Crikey, this article is so accurate at describing the Republican nominee too. Lets see. EV cars are bad, oh thank you Elon I will accept $45m a month and change my opinion. No "see the light moment" or new fact chnge opinion. Just simple transaction. money for trump so now ok.
This article just shows how low the political debate in this country is.
Trump is a liar, swindler, fraudster and all round bad egg
I’m a weird guy that is amazed by people voting based on personality, rather than voting on the policies that will shape the future for our children…Kamala just yesterday announced her plan for price controls & housing subsidies, which will crash the economy of today & set our course directly toward their planned communist control…
not to mention the fact that she swims in dirty pools… https://x.com/FNowisthetime/status/1824621015831548391
DH: Trump is the junk yard dog this nation needs to clean our the Deep State corruption, or else Democrats take us down forever. It will not be pretty to lose this country to the Democrat tax, spend and create more government dependency agenda. The OPM is running out now at so many critical levels: national, state and local.
Omg , Schulte is an extremist rightwinnutter.
To say Biden.”cheated into office” after all these years of the Big Lie” having been debunked.
In excess of 60 big lie cases thrown out of court including the Trump majority Supreme Court.
I stopped reading Schultes manifesto after the first paragraph where his delusions became painfully obvious .
Harris would not be my first pick but voting for a convicted felon with a history of conning the gullible is not even an option.
Gilbert, court cases have been won and voting machinations in 2020 continue to be exposed. Eyes are open this time and legal attacks will be swift and immediate, so they don't lose on "standing" issus; while never reaching rulings on their merits. It is useless to keep raising those tired false claims about "no cheating" during the 2020 election. 2020 was riddled with examples. Do better homework on this topic.
So tell me what court cases won? Please state FACTS. Not "My Pillow Guy"facts
Brian, do your own homework. There are spreadsheets on court cases and outcomes all over the net. And no, this has gone well beyond "the pillow guy" which proves you are not even serious about this critical topic. It is not a joke. Zero tolerance is the only standard to apply to all future elections. And today, they still leak like a sieve. Every day there are reports of illegal voter registrations, now finally being taken off the rolls. Read more widely.
JL. I've pointed out before that usually when you lead with "do your own homework" it means you'll all smoke.
So you cannot give facts just as I thought. There were over 60 court cases on the 2020 and ALL were either thrown out or lost. So just stop with the LIES. I get it, you are already getting ready for Trump to get crushed in November so your spreading misinformation about election integrity. Your a victim right? Just like Trump preaches non-stop. Sad that your life is so empty that you spend hours and hours on the net trying to convince yourself about something that never happened in the first place. Just stop with the Qanon crackpot ideas and move on with your life. It's embarrassing
Mr. Livingston , can you tell us the results of the year long Cyber Ninja “investigation” of the 2020 vote in Arizona funded by Republicans including Trump.
I believe the only cheating discovered in a year of “ investigating” was done by Republicans. Do you not know this ? I parrot your suggestion that you do better homework.
I followed the AZ case intensely. Re-counts, are not ballot audit, nor do they investigate the obviously partisan impacts that took place on election day at the polls themselves.
You are the one who fails to understand the difference. Your tired excuses are based upon very weak sauce. There were multiple voting integrity recommendations made to the AZ legislature, which after the recent partisan takeover of AZ (in probably yet another fraudulent "close" election), prevented them from even be put in place. Your trite rebuttals get no traction here.
Zero tolerance, Brian. Nothing less. Now go clean up your act.
Oh sure , that’s why Fox News paid out $787 million bucks to Dominon to settle all their false reporting on voting machines.
Those still clinging to the big lie just can’t face reality.
Trump lost and most likely will lose again in November despite all the far right threats of violence and mayhem.
We are sick of it. Women are sick of the GOP . Hopefully by mid November you MAGAnutters can be vanquished to your well earned periphery .
LOL. No sale, Gilbert. But you giveaway your dedicated origins since your group keeps going down the same plowed earth that only produced weeds last time. We do sense the terror in your voice, however. As it should be, because the Democrat free ride is over. You awakened a sleeping giant. The Silent Majority you keep trying to denigrate is roaring. Just like you were caught flat footed in 2016.
I sense there is no objectivity in your world view. . I will tell you that I was a longtime Republican voter who is still eager to cross party lines to vote for candidates with the country’s best interest in mind. Trump is not that candidate and I consider MAGAnutters to be the most ignorant and gullible sector of the American electorate.
Harris has many shortcomings . I’ve thought that since Biden chose her as VP.
Nothing has changed my mind. I’m not swept up in the joy and positivity movement . Once again , I will hold my nose and vote against Trump because I know what a complete con man he is. It’s unbelievable that folks like you are willing to hand the office back to a self admitted wannabe dictator. Good grief, what’s the matter with you?
Gilbert, Re-read your US Constitution. There is no allowance in our three part system for anyone to be a "con man" and not be checked in their tracks.
However, what we have witnessed is the unelected Deep state(D) and army of permanent government bureacrats (D) inflict huge amounts of damage from within who operate outsife of our system of checks and balances.
You are silly to be only obsessed with your version one the one man who fully understands this and will be doing something about it. But not if people like you continue to knee-cap him when it takes action.
It will take a team to reserve the current course of Big Government begetting even more big Government, but it is aworhty task. And not a moment to lose. We are that close to a permanent tipping point in this country.
Trump is not a con-man; the nations gut check would have exposed him by now. Instead his popularity grows. Only the threatened Big Government crowd continues to hurl brickbats at him. What does that tell you about the real con job going on in this country today?
Oh puhleeze Mr. Livingston…”Trump is not a con man”.
Six bankruptcies while stiffing his suppliers and venders. Small people .
Settling a fraud case involving unscrupulous dealings at Trump University.
Repaying student victims of his fraudulent actions to the tune of $25 million .
Dissolution of the Trump Foundation because of theft of funds intended for cancer patients.
Altering business ledgers on his properties to benefit tax debt and gain leverage for loans.
Selling $60 dollar “Trump Bibles” while pretending to be a Christian. Ha …that’s a good one. The con man couldn’t recite even one Bible passage to save his life. That is the definition of a con.
There are scores of other examples of Trumps unethical and fraudulent deals but of course you will concoct excuses foe every one of them.
Go ahead and vote for him. Somrthing tells me you will never see the truth that is right in front of your eyes.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 precisely.
I read this solid article by buisness-man Mr. Schulte titled "Living the Lie: From Left-Wing Whacko to “Sensible Centrist” and I quote "No matter what the situation, a good business requires respectable and fair leadership. If you own or have owned a business, you want it to run as smoothly as possible: to turn a profit, not only for the owner(s) but to provide paychecks for your employees."
Many of our past US Corporations were run by our "Greatest-Generation" who are now mostly gone
along with thier values. I will use my own Walther families buisness from Dayton Ohio as an example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Walther_Sr.
My Nine Walther Uncles would never, under any circumstance, allow "Elite Politicians" to take over an entire community like Santa Barbara. My Uncles all went off to WWII "To Fight" and all miraculously came back and they would fight to thier last breath than allow America to be taken over by those who had their interest first, instead of it's people. Communities all over American have indeed been "Taken Over" like here in Santa Barbara. Bring-it-back to Santa Barbara and the New Title should read
"Living the Lie Rigth Here in Santa Barbara."
At age 17, I worked in Machine Shop # 2, at my families company, a huge set of manufacturing buildings in Dayton Ohio where each day and all day I swept out the dirt and crap. I am Hell at Sweeping out Dirt and Crap ....... time again for alittle Sweeping here in Santa Barbara ......... what do you think? Pick up your Broom and just learn to sweep .................
Howard Walther, member of a Military Family
Thanks for including the link to your family history!!!
Yes I was fortunate to have 9 Uncles and 3 Aunts all who, to a person, were
Patriotic. My German Grandfather depised Hitler and what he stood for.
At the outbreak of WWII my Grandfather, forbid German, to be spoken again
in the family, at all family events.
Do not make people like that anymore.....
My 3rd German-American grandfather despised Hitler and what he stood for, and my German-American father was a WWII combat veteran who fought to unseat the Nazis in the Fatherland. Unlike your grandfather, mine was proud of his heritage, und bis heute noch, sprechen wir Deutsch (so we still speak German).
OOPS! My 3rd generation German-American grandfather despised Hitler and what he stood for, and my German-American father was a WWII combat veteran who fought to unseat the Nazis in the Fatherland. Unlike your grandfather, mine was proud of his heritage, und bis heute noch, sprechen wir Deutsch (so we still speak German).
Why is this of any concern to anyone?
It’s not a concern to anyone… it’s the my Dad is bigger than your Dad argument
It is beyond imagination anyone who has watched Trump expose his true nature and decline can still think he is a somewhat decent choice. The man is a hot mess. His absolute criminal nature is on full display. What proud American could vote for such a completely undisciplined and ego-centric person? I understand that the MAGA movement is disappointed, shocked and frustrated. What do people expect when you hook your wagon to a criminally mined lunatic? He can't help but be a whiney child and not follow the advice of anyone. He is an undisciplined little boy in a man's body.
Yawn. We have plowed this same turf for years now, Gene. Nothing grows in your toxic partisan soil. Except even most distaste for Big Government and their self-interested union minions. Try being honest about your real intentions - Big Government and more tax dollars to spend on yourself.
Ha , Livingston plays the small gubmint fiddle but it’s out of tune and missing some strings.
An inconvenient fact is that con man Trump grew the national debt by $8 trillion in his disastrous 4 years after campaigning on eliminating deficit spending and promising to eliminate the national debt. Oh , what a miserable failure he was and is.
His four year debt increase matched Obama’s 8 year total.
Talk about gullible ….Livingston takes the cake.
Gil,
Seriously, what part of this do you not comprehend? Put the glass pipe down and take a big ol’ toke of reality. Let me guess, County, City employee, still living with mom? You and your man/boy friend Brian, need to have a better understanding of simple economics. You’re on the hook Bruh for trillions and you’re so clueless you can’t even comprehend.
Nancy Pelosi's "covid" grew the debt in 2020 and Obama kicked the real Obamacare deal killer costs into his successors term; not his. Too bad Democrats took over the House in 2018 and crammed through anything you claim to be 'Trump's debts. You better believe we are going for and getting "small gubmet" this time. Polish up your resume, Gil. Or learn to code.
Good thing I'm not a "proud American", what is there to be proud of when out national slaughters children in the womb. Catholicicism First!
A devout Catholic who supports a serial unrepentant adulterer and convicted sexual predator. Fascinating. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
"Unrepentant". You don't know Trump's heart, and I care little for lawfare convictions.
Gene your presumed contempt for the unborn in opposing Trump is for more ego centric than anything Trump is doing. How dare he seek to uplift this nation with his vision for America, how selfish!/s.
Great spin to abortion and absolutely predictable. Thanks for making so many of us laugh out loud. A good belly laugh is so good for the soul and something my God loves to hear. Thank you so much!!!!
Yet you seemingly don't deny having contempt for the unborn. Whether or not it's predictable is irrelevant, if you can't even condemn abortion why should anyone listen to you on morality?
If your "god" is Moloch it would make sense why you laugh at someone who opposes the murder of the unborn.
Democrats don't need to operate by any rules, since they have a built-in 23 million government employee voting base doing all the ground work for them.
Government employee unions excel running GOTV campaigns, because winning elections is existential for them. They must win. Their very own daily paychecks, perks and pensions depend on winning elections. No lie, dirty trick nor shady practice is beneath them. They own the levers of government that refuses now to stop them.
Not fair to claim GOP is flat-footed when forced to go against this 23 million strong voter base that is going no where other than 99% Democrat, no matter who is the candidate. The election of talentless Joe Biden proved that. The elevation of VP Kamala Harris confirms this yet again. We spend too much time pointing out the ridiculousness of their candidates, while they sit back and harvest their built-in voter base they rabidly kept expanding while we slept. ..... and while we kept funding their own untouchable paychecks, perks and pensions.
Without drastically changing the fundamentals of this growing Big Government 23 million employee voter base, there may be little we will ever be able do short of a massive tax revolt once we finally ask ourselves why are we still paying these people every April 15 to keep doing this to us?
As Dr Ben Carson soberly pointed out in his excellent interview with Tucker Carlson, we are only one or two election cycles away from losing this country entirely to the forces of Big Government. We lost California when AG Kamala Harris was on board and our state capitulated to Big Government and their unions. Our state's own tarnished past, must not be prologue for the rest of the nation.
But please don't blame the GOP; blame the fundamental structure of this now formidable unelected fourth branch of our government and what it has done in the past few decades to maximize power. The nation's crisis today is now structural; not partisan. When invasive pests have undermine the foundation of your house, it does not matter whether you paint the front door red or blue.
How completely exhausting to read through 94 comments. But, truth is, in real life I have a very small handful of people with whom I can discuss politics, and certainly never in a business setting for fear of offending a potential client. So I come to the SB CURRENT to get a sense for what my community is thinking. Failing that, what they are feeling.
Looking at the state of our nation, and the world, I feel like it is a morality play; a battle between Good and Evil. Every time I see yet another stupid local decision like roads made more aggravating for car drivers to encourage bicycle use, I think there is a Force of Evil that has infected the brains of the Government employees who work diligently to justify their payroll and pensions by acting out their warped priorities.
Each of us is called upon to follow a personal moral code, to do our best, and part of that is to speak honestly about what we SEE right in front of us. How so many have been brainwashed into looking forward to a Socialist/Communist future is just the result of an educational system that has failed.
In my heart I believe this onrushing election will determine the fate of the Nation. And that Trump stands in the way of the NWO destruction of America. IF he lives, IF the voting is not manipulated, if he has a chance to get back into the position of power to stop the juggernaut of the illegal alien invasion...... IF America as we have known it stands a chance.
I agree with every word, Pat. America will not survive under another 4 of the same. And I fear for Trump's life as they are desperate to maintain their 'power' to destroy. Sigh. A sad day for the America that I grew up in.
Months ago Tucker Carlson commented that, watching Trump be besieged by LawFare and having been opposed by the Deep State in every way possible since his election in 2016, what was left but assassination? Nothing rings more true than when Trump says "It is you they are after, I'm just in the way."
Pat, I see you here and on other sites. I agree with you and so many other here on local topics but when it comes to Trump we are polar opposites. I watched him today for more than a hour and took notes. My honest opinion is he's loosing his mind.
Dan O. I watched the 2 hour talk with Musk and Trump and am infused with enthusiasm for these two men leading America into a prosperous future.
Elections are just like advertising campaigns for products & services.
Name recognition in a positive note is key followed with slamming your competitors product or record.
Typically those with the larger advertising budget wins.
I say this to point out Kamala. She was the worst VP with the lowest rankings, per the corporate media prior to Biden’s resignation.
Now she’s the cars meow, the “smartest & most hard working person in the WH”.
Recycling their propaganda from Dementia Joe.
But they also have brand loyalty. Just like those die hard sports fans that will never give up on their teams despite the Lodi g steak and questionable management decisions.
To the outsider, which is most of America and the entire world the manipulation is obvious.
True poling stats Trump has 75% of voters.
Everyone must Vote though.
If you do not personally vote, the Dems will fill in your ballot for you.
Go look up your voting record, did you vote in every mid term? Some found out that their ballots were submitted, without their consent.