The Frustrated Voter

Opinion — T Z Sawyer The public comments in the FCC docket concerning ABC’s The View appear to lean strongly against treating the program as a “news program” for equal-time purposes, at least among commenters who filed more detailed submissions rather than short express comments. That distinction matters. In my working review of the docket, filers who submitted supporting comments or more substantive arguments generally opposed ABC’s position. Most did not view The View as a bona fide news interview program. A smaller number supported ABC’s position. More recently, however, the docket appears to have seen an influx of short express comments supporting ABC or objecting to FCC involvement. Many of those comments frame the issue as “free speech” or “hands off the FCC.” But that misses the point. This docket is not about whether The View may speak. It is about whether candidate appearances on the program should trigger equal-opportunity rights for opposing candidates. The more precise p...

[article originally written 1/14/2022, revised and republished 12/20/2022] AFP/Getty Images I can't imagine a single American citizen wishing for a U.S. President to fail, any President. Failure or success of a presidency is a reflection of America's ability to elect leaders that can unite and lead a nation. Yes, even in times of great diversity of opinion, a path forward must be provided that brings multiple viewpoints together to resolve this nation's issues. Such are the times that we live in, a nation that still tears itself apart over the "personality" of a previous president. One who actually did a pretty good job restoring the American dream for most citizens but certainly not all. The problem, of course, was while we waited for Mr. Trump to have an Eliza Doolittle moment and develop a bit of class-befitting the presidency, it never occurred. [Do you want class or results, that was the theme of his administration.] Trump's overbearing personality, self-...

Harris: "We Can't Secure The Border Until Central America Is A Paradise." Credit: AFP/Getty Images [original published date: July 30, 2021] Yes! Make Central America a desirable place to live, raise a family, and overthrow the troubled countries' current leadership! Done deal. Simple. Why didn't anybody else think of that? WOW, what a breakthrough. Link to background story here [Harris's] approach requires the democratic transformation of Central America’s governments [decades to accomplish] in a region controlled by the illegal drug trade and vast political corruption. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of illegals pour into this country each month across the open southern border.  188,000 in June 2021 alone, and that's just the ones that turned themselves into the border authorities.  So let's just call it at least 200,000 persons and growing each month. The cost to administer the Biden-Harris border policy, feed, transport, and provide temporary hous...

Today, being the 4th of July - in a troubled nation, a nation divided by political rhetoric, a nation that needs a leader. The New York Times published a piece today  (link here)   that invoked a sadness and a sense of loss in me.  Here's a short quote:  " Today, flying the flag from the back of a pickup truck or over a lawn is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person’s political affiliation in a deeply divided nation."  As I was setting up my Flag display yesterday (two small flags attached to my lampost), a young couple passed by with their small child in tow without initial comment. They passed by again upon ending their walk, and the young women said to me; "you really want to put that up?"  I was taken back, and said, "What?" She just shook her head and walked away, but turned to say after a few steps, that she thought it was racist. I did not respond. I could not respond. What's the point? But I should have responded,...

Some observations: 91-Days of Chaos. Biden-Harris cap tax increase impacts all wage earners via retirement savings - 401k growth slows, causing a 2 to 5-year delay in reaching your retirement goals - slow market growth and capital gains tax on distributions. Look out below. Thanks, Joe! @ POTUS @ VP It's a train wreck and will keep middle-class and blue-collar people working well past any "normal" retirement age. It will add at least a 2 to 5 years delay to a modest retirement plan, regardless of income bracket.

NYTimes reports; "President Biden’s administration, facing a surge of migrants, is under intensifying pressure to expand its capacity to care for unaccompanied minors." "The numbers are daunting: There could be more than 35,000 children to care for by June. The crisis has broad political and human ramifications."  (NYTimes story above is behind a paywall - sorry) There have been several reports, that the possibility (100%) of this crisis occurring was discussed in November with the incoming Biden-Harris administration team.   It's all about politics, not about the human suffering that Biden's action has caused. Biden's 47-year record of political failures continues at great human expense. CBP estimated expenses on a weekly basis to care and feed the children are now at $60,000,000 per week ($60 million!) That figure will double by June. This will soon be a $4-5 billion yearly expense. Imagine how those funds could have been put to use to help our own hom...

McDonald's to hire 25,000 staff in Texas this month. McDonald’s Corp said on Thursday it would hire 25,000 people in its restaurants across Texas in April.  "The Day Ahead" for Monday, April 10, 2020 Reports full link here;   TDA_NAM.pdf (thomsonreuters.com) The burger chain said it will hire for crew and management positions in a three-day event from April 13-15.  Last year, McDonald’s hired around 260,000 restaurant staff in the United States when stores reopened for diners after serving them through delivery, drive-thru and take-a-way for weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  McDonald’s, which owns about 14,000 restaurants in the United States, hires thousands of restaurant employees every summer across the country, drawing several high-school and college students for the job.  --#30-- Editor:  As the Biden-Harris team would say - more jobs for displaced energy workers are available. It's a win-win.

Well - they don't call him Uncle Sam for nothing... American homeless left behind - Thank Biden-Harris @ POTUS @ VP Biden Considering Cash Payments to Central Americans To Slow Illegal Entry. https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2021/04/09/biden-considering-paying-central-americans-not-to-enter-us-illegally-n358378 One Twitter user suggested that; " Folks can use that cash to pay the coyotes for their trip north." Quoted material follows (use link above to article): Have you been wondering what Kamala Harris was doing after she was tasked to deal with the borders issues and slowing the surge from Central American countries? We heard that she spoke to one Central American leader and that was about it. She hasn’t done one press conference on the issue. Instead, she seems to be traveling pretty much everywhere else except the border, taking trips to California and to Chicago where she got some baked goods as a snack. Meanwhile, the border is still imploding. But the word is out ...

There's a new bill (California) to let the target of a recall get the list of signatories so they can be harassed into recanting. Nothing terrifies our political class like a free and fair vote. Kevin Kiley    @KevinKiley  CA  California Legislator fighting for sanity and decency at our State Capitol. And yet requiring voter ID is a problem?

Once obscure, the Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny not only because of the enormous power it gives a single senator to halt President Joe Biden’s agenda but as a tool historically used for racism. Senators and those advocating for changes to the practice say the procedure that allows endless debate is hardly what the founders intended, but rather a Jim Crow-relic whose time is up. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/groups-pressure-senate-to-end-filibuster-as-jim-crow-relic/2635504/ Observation - consider the source for this article; AP propaganda (a sad demise to a once-great wire). Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi (Manchin). You're our only hope. Filibuster? The Democrats had no problem with the Senate rules when they needed it. The clock is ticking 578 days until mid-term elections and they are in trouble.

The salacious contents of the Hunter Biden laptop are beginning to surface. "Might not be his laptop" said CNN/MSNBC. It's not looking good for Hunter (or the press). Do I care? Not really, it's not news if you suspected it all along. Help us Obi-Wan Kenobi. You're our only hope. Reports of the contents are damning. HunterGate has begun.

Hunter Biden calls laptop 'red herring' during 'Jimmy Kimmel' appearance. Imagine that... "When the left says ' red herring ' it's usually not." Here, Hunter says the laptop is intended to be misleading or distracting. He's not even sure that it's his laptop, despite the evidence to the contrary (signed receipt for service, numerous personal emails, private telephone numbers, etc.).  One email sent to Biden on May 13, 2017, with the subject line “Expectations,” included details of “remuneration packages” for six people involved in an unspecified business venture. Biden was identified as “Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC,” an apparent reference to the former Shanghai-based conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co. His pay was pegged at “850” and the email also noted that “Hunter has some office expectations he will elaborate.” In addition, the email outlined a “provisional agreement” under which 80 percent of the “equity,” or sha...

  We have an old saying in our family when complaints are lodged: "strong letter to follow." Time to drag lame-duck Pelosi and mini-emperor Schumer down to the area to witness this tragedy first hand. 579 days until mid-term elections, we will remember. Grassley, Cornyn Call For Hearings About Border Crisis WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ranking Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, are urging their Democrat counterparts to schedule hearings about the ongoing crisis on the southern border.   The senators today wrote to Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Subcommittee Chairman Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) requesting an open hearing on the circumstances at the border, to include testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and component agency officials charged with managing the crisis. https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/gras...

  Everything Is ‘Infrastructure’ To A Party That Seeks To Dominate Your Life APRIL  8, 2021 By  Gabe Kaminsky The Biden administration unveiled a roughly $2.25 trillion dollar “infrastructure” plan in Pittsburgh last week. Dubbed “The American Jobs Plan,” the initiative would run for eight years and allocate yet more money the U.S. government does not have to expand the role of government at the expense of the American taxpayer. Biden Thinks Infrastructure Means More Than it Really Does https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/08/everything-is-infrastructure-to-a-party-that-seeks-sheer-domination-of-your-livelihood/

So terrorists crossed the border, career officials announced it and political appointees deleted it...?! Can't make it up. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki refers reporters to CBP & DHS about the terror watch list apprehensions at the border. ....hours after CBP deleted their own press release on the issue. You know that thing about cockroaches*? Cockroaches are excellent at hiding and the one you've seen may be a sign that there are others nearby. They rarely live alone – and there are consequences for making a wrong or overly-slow decision. *Terrorists.

Imagine that...you don't say.... Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told employees he’s considering building more sections of the border wall to fill in “gaps,” The Washington Times reported Monday. Biden Admin Considers Building More Border Wall Where ‘Gaps’ Exist: Report | The Daily Caller

from NBC News: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order Monday that prohibits state agencies and local governments from requiring "vaccine passports." The Republican governor's office on Tuesday said the order prohibits government entities from "conditioning receipt of services on an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status" and prohibits publicly funded organizations from requiring people to prove whether they've been vaccinated. Gov. Abbott Signs Executive Order Restricting Vaccine Passports – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com)

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Upcoming Elections Virginia State: Three state executive offices are up for election in  Virginia   in 2021: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General. The primary will occur on June 8, 2021. The general election will occur on November 2, 2021.  Elections for the  Virginia House of Delegates  are taking place in  2021. The primary is on June 8, 2021, and the general election is o n November 2. The filing deadline for candidates is March 25, 2021. Senate special elections called: District 38 : March 23, 2021 - Vacant due to the death of the incumbent.  Other Virginia Local: Primary June 8, 2021 Election November 2, 2021 The city of Chesapeake, Virginia, is holding general elections for commissioner of revenue, commonwealth's attorney, sheriff, and treasurer on November 2, 2021. A primary is scheduled for June 8, 2021. The filing deadline for this election is March 25, 2021, and the filing deadline for independent and m...