THE KYLE RITTENHOUSE MODEL ?

Thinking of other young men from other times; full of idealism, energy and testosterone, was Rittenhouse really unique ? Was he a hero or anti hero ?

I believe there have been many Kyles in our history from the American Revolution, Civil War and other wars of the 18th and 19th century through the great World Wars, Conflicts in Korea, Vietnam and Gulf States of the Mideast. Young men often lacking an abundance of formal education, common sense, and from homes without both parents. Many of these have done some crazy and remarkable things. Boys, like young Rittenhouse, enthralled with weapons and intoxicated by fantasy heroic characters from classic literature to video games felt they could protect their friends and bring justice to a riot. 

Every great assault against our republic has resulted in young people volunteering for the fight. Outraged by Pearl Harbor or 9/11, millions of teenagers and young people have rushed to enlist and willingly marched off to war. Politicians declare the wars and send our youngest and best off to win the wars. While many survive or become heroes too many return to America in body bags. Usually an eighteen year old or twenty something doesn't know all the reasons for a war. In the foggy glow of patriotism, seeking justice, family tradition or answering the nations call, they march off to war. 

Wars and armed conflicts happen when differences between nations or tribes cannot find agreement and peace with dialogue and negotiations. In my opinion, the riots of 2020 and 2021 happened because some groups refused to recognize the important role of established laws and a fair judicial system. Outraged by an event and anxious to find "quick justice", street mobs kidnapped legitimate concerns and sponsored waves of looting, burning, killing and maiming. In too many places, intimidated mayors, governors and national politicians failed to defend police, laws, courts and allowed or encouraged violence. 

Was Kyle Rittenhouse any different than the colonial boy in Boston who died while trading blows with a heavily armed British soldier ? Was Rittenhouse any different than a fifteen year old lying about his age to get into the war the day after Pearl Harbor ? Is it possible that sometimes young people feel compelled to drastic action when established leaders fail to maintain peace and security ?  

Despite the jury verdict, Rittenhouse killed two white men and injured one white man. He will never forget the violence and must live with a form of  PTSD forever. While Rittenhouse and other young men shouldn't carry around or contemplate using a deadly weapon, too many do and it begs a question. Where the hell were the police to quell the mayhem ?  Why wasn't the media and all their talking heads laying out the facts of the incident rather than convicting Rittenhouse as a racist killer ? Why did the Wisconsin governor in 2020 not allow extra National Guard troops into Kenosha when President Trump suggested same ?  Why did so many racist commentators and politicians frame the tragic actions of Rittenhouse as "racism" ? Why will the ongoing narrative from political and media left pundits continue to distort the facts of this sad case. 

Shouldn't the leaders of our nation get off their pandering soapboxes long enough to enforce common sense law and order ? I believe, Kyle Rittenhouse and other young people should not feel compelled to be agents of law and order. Real leaders can no longer wait for poll results before they take action. 

COMING SOON - A SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION

I believe a return to common sense government will dawn in America between the 2022 and 2024 elections. This second revolution began in Virginia which ironically played a significant role in the first revolution. While restoring the nation to a stronger constitutional republic governed by laws may take a few years, current trends indicate a new national direction.    

Too many citizens have had enough of BLM & ANTIFA mobs, street violence, open borders, ineffectual greedy politicians, anti police rhetoric, big city looting, Chinese Virus confusion and hypocrisy, politicized left wing media, out of touch federal Departments of Education, Taxation, Labor, Transportation etc., and a military headed by political generals more interested in gender pronouns than a proper Afghanistan retreat. The days of "woke" and "cancel culture" politics and social conformity are ending. The election of Youngkin started it and the 2022 midterms will hopefully see a flood of new republicans replacing democrat/socialists in state and federal legislatures.  

In the first American Revolution, people opposed King George's far away and out of touch government, military occupation, over taxation/regulation and self rule denial for colonials. Eventually, conditions  became intolerable for American merchants, traders, citizens and farmers. Without a second amendment, rag tag militia men and women took up their pitchforks, old hunting rifles and clubs and slowly grew from a poorly equipped military gaggle into a second or third rate military force. With help from the French and incredible native energy and determination, a loose union of states championed their desire for self rule and won. Ending in Yorktown, the birth of American liberty from the English Empire happened from humble origins fired by noble goals. The birth of a new independent nation was won with bloodshed, a remarkable constitution, and founding fathers with great vision. The first American Revolution and it's brilliant constitution made America the greatest place on earth. With amendments and improvements to our laws and customs we have prospered and survived for nearly two hundred and fifty years.  

However, our grip on national greatness has slipped over the last few decades. I think an unholy alliance has grown joining the political, media, cultural, labor union, paid DC lobbyists, domestic and international moneyed interests along with government bureaucrats into a force. This force has more collective "self " interests to maximize it's power and wealth than the interests of the "everyman" citizens of America. Also, we the people have become complacent, perhaps apathetic, about our duties as citizens. Many folks stopped voting, traded their votes for impossible eye candy freebies or voted on emotion or out of family tradition without thinking through the issues and candidates. 

Our federal government increasingly wastes taxpayer money on legislation which rarely match the promised goals. Thousand plus pages of legislation are OK'd with arrogance by lawmakers who tell us, "details will be known after we pass the bill". Earmarked millions and billions of tax payer money routinely go for projects which payback big contributors with fat contracts or to name new unnecessary bridges or buildings after big political donors. Does anyone really think in our lifetime the recently passed Infrastructure Bill will get our national rail service anywhere near the level of Japanese, Chinese, or European rail service ? Who honestly believes our airports and jetways will get more efficient or our highways and bridges will get much needed repairs and upgrades ? Deep down we know the trillion plus legislation will be poorly spent and wasted. Did Lyndon Johnson's trillion dollar plus 1965 "War on Poverty" end poverty ? Check history - it didn't ! 

The federal government constantly seeks new schemes to increase taxes and regulations on every citizen and business enterprise to pay for it's wasteful failed projects and pandering of new shiny promises. Also, the federal government seeks to micromanage the speech and behavior of citizens by using the force of it's IRS and other federal agencies to squash the free speech of dissent and punish opposition figures. The lies of big government about "no new taxes", cradle to grave government care, Trump collusion with Russians are buoyed by lobbyist funds and broadcast non stop by the ninety five percent of media favoring the political left. Brainwashing of our school children. Teaching CRT, End of the World Climate Crisis, acceptance of sexual dysfunctions, and "The 1619 Project" are now featured  curriculum in many schools. Objecting parents are censored by dictatorial school boards and labeled as "domestic terrorists" by Garland's DOJ .  

Mayors, governors and federal legislators are often bought and paid for by partisan and moneyed interests. Their re election campaign funds and personal portfolios are financed by powerful forces with goals that exclude the safety and welfare of the governed. Soaring big city homicide rates, the 2020 riots of murder, property destruction, looting, and fires are secondary concerns to many leaders who are more interested in their re election and media popularity. These loser leaders really don't care about citizen safety and the security of private property. But, CNN, NYT, WAPO, NBC etc. and other lefty propaganda outlets only report the invented crimes of Trump, 1/6 as something worse than 9/11 and Pearl Harbor and any guest "expert" willing to blame government failures on "racist" republicans or the former orange man POTUS.   

I hope and believe the political leaders who answer all criticisms with counter charges of racism will  soon diminish. The whining and angry generation of BLM, ANTIFA and aged hippies will not prevail  much longer with their bombastic arguments and violence against law and order. I believe too many citizens of good will have seen the nation mature to a place where people are judged more by "the content of their character" rather than their skin color or national origin. America has always been a nation of immigrants and a natural melting pot of incredible diversity. In my opinion, our greatness as a nation is directly linked to our diversity. The real bigots and racists among us are those political and social leaders who constantly preach about our differences and seek to divide us with class warfare into warring tribes. 

To anyone with a slight education of economics, the idealism of socialism is fools gold designed to enslave workers in a society where all production and distribution of goods and services are controlled by the government, eg. Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela to name a few. Thanks to FDR and LBJ we already have too many nasty and unfair tidbits of socialism and we don't need anymore. When manned by "honest agent" lawmakers our republic is a superior form of government because we rely on voting in representatives which represent our best interests. The key element is the election of "honest agents". In the last few voting cycles, I fear we've been too apathetic, less informed about the issues or more interested in voting for anyone not named Trump. At any rate we got Biden and without elaboration his tenure has been a colossal mess and failure for the nation and free world.  

In my opinion, to avoid a second American Revolution, which might destroy our union, we need to take care of our nation by rejecting and fact checking the daily litany and BS from government and the media. We must become better informed citizens, learn and follow the principles of our constitution and established laws. We must call our representatives, write letters to the editor, and flood our blog and face book spaces with our opinions. Equally important, we must study the issues and candidates and challenge incumbent politicians at every turn. Republican, Democrat, Socialist, Green or Other our elected officials must feel our presence and opinions.

We must realize every day and every action we take is rooted in politics. Like it or not, the business of politics effect every fiber of our lives present and future. Political decisions will control the quality and conditions of life for our future generations. Therefore our votes today, 2022 and 2024 will make the the world of our grandchildren. Our enemies domestic and foreign are counting on our apathy and ignorance to reach their goals. God forbid and short of using our second amendment rights, our best way to restore a stronger, safer and more independent America is with our ultimate action weapon - VOTING. 

  

WHAT BIDEN DOESN'T KNOW ?

While it would be impossible for any President to know all the things going on in their executive department, it does seem Biden is often clueless about some things going on in his name and under his nose. 

The most recent revelation about a plan to pay 400-450 K to certain illegal immigrants is a good case. With all the glaring failure of the Biden administration's southern border crisis, why would a scheme be developed to reward immigrant lawbreakers ? Which federal bureaucracy and unelected pinhead  official decided on this goofy idea and why was the president surprised with a reporters question about the program ?  

Our founding fathers designed a government with three distinct departments. The executive and legislative branches would be leadership people elected by the citizens and the judicial branch would be appointed master judges selected by the president and approved by congress. For many decades this brilliant system of checks and balances on government authority and powers worked, but in the last century it has begun to fail. Whoever is running the Biden show is trying to kill the equal but separate functioning feature of our government. 

With increasing regularity moneyed interests, political extremists, and agents with special concerns have infiltrated the ranks of elected officials to get their pet projects realized. Lobbyists with wheel barrows full of cash are making legislators rich with campaign donations and stock tips. Making senators and congress people wealthy and more interested in their re election than the "peoples business" makes for lazy legislators. Unable or unwilling to reject the loot and satisfied to sell their votes, lawmakers pad federal agencies with more and more employees to get things done. While there are still honest legislators the trend suggests more self interest than passion to pursue the public good. 

Unelected bureaucrats have steadily gained greater power to make regulations fitting the political agenda of their bosses. The IRS, DOJ and other federal departments have become governments within a government with rules micro managing citizens and actually endangering our constitutional rights. Foreign governments are also major players in twisting our policies to their ends with massive payoffs and bribery bucks. Finally, the media and popular culture gang wield their substantial influence by promoting their ideas with a steady stream of eye candy propaganda.

Joe Biden is very weak intellectually, but to live out his lifetime ambition as president he has allowed others to set the national agenda. More than any other recent resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Biden doesn't know what's going on in his administration. It's scary what Joe Biden doesn't know and the potential downside of his ignorance could portend future disasters for the nation. His current decisions and actions counter his career as a moderate democrat and the spectacle of his mumbling and thoughtless comments are sad to Americans who want the best of their president. More importantly, his increasing incompetence is a gift to our enemies foreign and domestic who strive and dream of a weaker America. 

More than ever, citizens are living the negative results of an incapable commander and chief. More than ever, folks are realizing the consequence of their vote and the importance of honest election mechanics. Hopefully, citizens will take greater responsibility in their voting choices in 2022 and 2024. 

  

13 TO FIRE, RETIRE OR REHIRE IN 2023 ?

Just for the record, these are the thirteen republican house members who voted for the democrat party infrastructure bill. Is passage of this bill Part 1 in getting Biden's BBB socialist initiative passed into law ? Other then these thirteen, how many other republican congress people are squishy on wasteful federal spending and socialism ? 

BACON, Don                              Nebraska

FITZPATRICK, Brian                 Pennsylvania

GARBARINO, Andrew              New York

GONZALEZ, Anthony               Ohio

KATKO, John                             New York

KINZINGER, Adam                   Illinois

MALLIOTAKIS, Nicole             New York

MC KINLEY, David                   West Virginia

REED, Tom                                 New York

SMITH, Christopher                   New Jersey

UPTON, Fred                             Michigan

VAN DREW, Jeff                       New Jersey

YOUNG, Don                            Alaska

Hopefully, citizens represented by these individuals will inquire about their reasons in  supporting this wasteful spending bill. More importantly, are these 13 people simply RINO's or just easily manipulated Pelosi pawns or both ?  The largely un publicized or publicly read infrastructure bill is likely full of wasteful expenditures which will do little to improve the roads, bridges, railways or airports of the nation. 

I hope it's a great bill which will improve our infrastructure. However, I am suspicious the current crop of selfish lobbyists, busy body bureaucrats and lying politicians fouling the DC landscape are capable of honest service to Americans - prove me wrong !  

In my opinion, it's important we know their names because the thoughtful citizens who gave them their congressional jobs should consider whether these so called republicans should be fired, retired or rehired in 2023.