I was disappointed that Mike Johnson did not attach a southern border security package to the Ukraine funding bill. Given that the majority of both Houses favor funding Ukraine, I thought that such an attachment would win. However, I do not favor Johnson’s ouster. I know that my representative (whom I still like), Tim Burchett is among those who would vote to vacate. But I oppose such a move. Leading republicans today is akin to herding cats and I sympathize with anyone with the gumption to try.
I don’t understand, as I have previously suggested, why Johnson doesn’t have the republicans to enact a simple change in their rules: namely that any motion to vacate must be accompanied by a nominee for speaker. That would end nonsense like Marjorie Taylor Greene’s threats.
Personally, I don’t know why we fund Israel. It is a developed country with a strong economy and actually has a budget surplus. Are the funds grants or loans? I am not opposed to our selling them armaments but I question why we have to give them funds when they have the ability to pay.
As to Ukraine, it is a European problem and the Europeans need to shoulder most of the load. I understand our commitment to NATO but Ukraine is not a member of NATO. Besides, the EU is a much larger economic entity than Russia so I don’t understand why we get blamed for not supplying the Ukrainians. Why not have the EU purchase the military hardware from us and gift it to the Ukrainians?
I had the worse turkey season ever. Not only were there no gobbles – so I could not locate the birds, I could find no signs on the 70 acres that I hunt in Georgia despite being overrun by turkeys during deer season. Still it was great being back in the woods.
Biden is panderer in chief. He is trying to cancel student loan debt to bribe former students to vote for him. His crushing green agenda is for the greenie weenie vote. He has decided to delay the proposed ban on menthol cigarettes to avoid alienating black smokers. He is trying to walk the Israeli-Hamas war down the middle of the road by criticizing Israeli military tactics while endorsing additional funding for the Israelis. He has become rabidly pro-abortion to keep the women’s vote. But despite all of this, Biden still has the lowest approval ratings of any incumbent president and is running behind Donald Trump.
Speaking of Trump, I once thought that all the indictments were aimed at getting Trump nominated. The democrats thought that the indictments would galvanize the right wing of the republican party around Trump and intimidate the rest into supporting the former president, thinking that Trump was the only republican that Biden could beat. That strategy worked. However, Biden is such a disaster that he has made Trump look good. Now I think the strategy is to bankrupt Trump and to keep him off the campaign trail by tying him up in courtrooms. I think most everyone knows that Trump cannot get a “fair” trial anywhere in the country and that he will lose in New York, Atlanta, and DC even though all the cases against him are a joke. However, he will be forced to spend millions defending himself and will have to expend additional millions upon appeal. I think that each conviction will be overturned on appeal. But the fact that all this is occurring during a presidential campaign cements the Biden and his surrogates as turning the country into a banana republic (without the bananas).
California has raised its minimum wage to $20 and hour. I am assuming that there might also be benefits with the job meaning that the realized wage is even higher. Not surprisingly, businesses are raising prices with the cost of a Happy Meal now creating frowns. Businesses are also laying off workers. Many small businesses will fail, creating more unemployment in the state that has the highest unemployment rate. I know that California has lost over a million residents but why the remainder put up with this nonsense is beyond me.
I love living in Knoxville. I was going past a local school when I saw young people with signs. I thought “you mean there is a pro-Hamas demonstration in Knoxville?” The signs said “Want swimming lessons?”
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