Its not the Economy stupid! (updated)

Yet another wasted Q/A session for the Republicans tonight.

Its not about the Economy stupid!

The Economy doesn't matter to most, if not the vast majority of, Americans since, who cares about something that doesn't care about them?

No matter how many jobs are created, most will not be filled by Americans.

Why would they be?  On low end there are illegal aliens that will work literally for a dollar a day & on the the upper levels we have H1B's willing to work for a bit more of a dollar a day.

Americans have no chance to compete with either group.

And Business could care less.

Tonight we'll hear all about incentivizing Business with tax cuts & more corporate welfare but nothing about them hiring Americans.

Yes, there will be jobs... just not for us.

On the low end the argument for hiring illegals is that they will do the jobs that Americans won't do.  Interestingly, thats the same argument that Slave owners used before the Civil war.

Sure, American's are not willing to pick berries for $.50/bushel or clean toilets for $5/hr.  Why?  They can't afford it.  If Businesses were paying well & with benefits there would be plenty of American's doing these types of work.  But Business keeps wages low with illegals & then blames Americans.

On the upper middle positions, the complaint/untruth that Business likes to tell is that there aren't enough Americans that have the skills needed to do these jobs.

Baloney!  Business just doesn't want to pay an American wage scale.  If this was indeed a problem then it could be solved quite easily.  Apprenticeship programs.  I guarantee you these programs would produce better workers while fostering loyalty and goodwill among those trained.  Its not Brain surgery!  Oh wait, learning Brain surgery is a type of Apprenticeship program.   These programs would be more useful than any college (un)education (don't get me started about the pathetic state of (non)education in this country today --- why in the world do you need a bloated 4 year degree to fill out spreadsheets?  Or code? Or just about everything???  But I digress.... see my previous post on this).

So Republicans, you can talk til you're blue (pun?) in the face about Business, I still won't care.

Neither will 90 million others.

PS- don't know how I missed this but just found out Walt Disney fired hundreds of their IT staff but not before letting them train their H1B replacements.

Thank you Walt Disney for proving my views to be true.  Business abusing American's & that Apprenticeship programs work!

PSPS- I loved the debate last night.  More later.

Tonights CNN debate is going to be another farce. (now with post commentary)

All reports suggest that CNN is only interested in creating a fight amongst the candidates which won't be much of a problem since most of the candidates have no clue as to why they are such losers.

The sad fact is that while Trump is far from perfect, many will sell their souls just to get rid of the invaders.

The sad fact is that most Republicans do not realize that the real issues at stake in this race are not political solutions.

Here's a clue, American's want to be American's again.  They want their way of life resurrected.  They want to have their way of life defended.  They want someone that can point out the corrupt ideas & practices of the Left and shine a light on the doctrines that truly set men free. Counter bad, perverted ideas vomited by Marx with real ideas that are based upon Judeo-Christian values that made a great nation, great.   Values that bring honor & purpose & dignity to the Human being.  Not the starvation, disease, & lead poisoning that their psychotic god of rape & plunder taught them.

I've heard glimmers of Freedom being defended & explained by Ben Carson & Carly Fiorina.  They get it.  They know this is a war of ideas.  But will they be able to stick to the real issues or be dragged down into the sewers made by the dumbMass media?  The same media that makes its money off our misery therefore wanting to keep the status quo if not enhance it.  A status quo of division (cloaked in phony robes of inclusiveness) & hatred (while wearing the mantle of love but only for non-Christians).

I don't have much hope that Reason will win the day in the lunatic asylum that America has become.  I hope to be proven wrong!

Above are my thoughts about the debate... here are my thoughts after the debate:

Pleasantly surprised.  It actually sounded like a debate.

CNN just schooled Fox News on how to have a debate.  Remember- 35% of the time at the last debate was used up by preening Fox News peacocks!

My initial thoughts are that Trump did much better than I expected.  And it looks like he's risen even further in the polls since.

Truthfully, I really don't think any of them stood out.

I still have hope for Carson or Fiorina or even Cruz.  But if it comes down to it I'll vote for Trump.

Why?  Because I don't believe the politicians in the group will be able to change anything.  They've been ineffectual so far and will continue to attack problems in a political way.  I.e., an ever losing proposition.  Also, don't care if these Governor's have been successful in their respective States... the royal courts of DC are a special kind of stupid.

Why?  Although I like what I hear from Carson & Fiorina (they get what the real problem is), I don't think they will have the force of will to accomplish what needs to be done.  I could advise how.  Its obvious their handlers don't know how.  And as for Cruz.  I totally believe he would stick his foot up some rear ends, with no effect.  He's alienated too many politicians on both sides of the aisle.  They would fight anything he proposes out of spite.

Why?  Because the only person I believe would kick true butt is Trump.  And there will need to be a boatload of kicking to be done for whoever gets into the White House.  And, what needs to be done will be much easier for an outsider.

Side note- another reason I don't have hope for any of the other candidates is that they (and Fox News porn) don't get why Trump is so popular.  If only one of them took a stand like he did or does, they'd rocket past him.  But, since they are trained politicians, it will never happen.  With the exceptions of Carson & Fiorina of course.  Whats blocking them from taking over Trump is lack of ego, also known as force of will.

Long ways to go.  Again, pleasantly surprised by the glimmers of a debate last night.  Further fuels my hatred of news porn as glamorized by Fox.  But I digress...

Fox News Debate Farce

Guess I'm the only one that thought ‪#‎FoxNews‬ stunk it up last night with more than a few 'gotcha' questions that had nothing to do with the sad state of affairs in America today.

It wasn't just the many 'gotcha' questions but also how full of themselves the moderators were.  Ironically, just read another article a few minutes ago timing the moderators at 32% of the talking time.

Way to go for being more like ‪#‎CNN‬ everyday!  Even before I knew CNN was praising the performance of the debate, I congratulated Fox News on how CNN-like they had become.  More irony.

The first debate was masterfully done compared to the main event since we actually got more out of the candidates, who they were and their positions without the snark.  And those that know how much I hate Bill Hemmer will know how hard it is for me to admit this.  It too was not a debate but at least it had useful information.

The main event was a farce.  It was about the moderators showing off how they could, or tried to, trip up the candidates on issues that make no difference whatsoever as to the sad state of affairs in this country... well, except for Abortion.  But even when that subject was touched it wasn't expounded upon as to not only what a barbaric, nazi-esque practice it is.... also how it destroys the soul of the country.  I take that back, Huckabee did a wonderful job on it and actually had an impressive answer to it.  Since I've always believed Abortion (and our Education system) are Human Rights violations, he nailed it.  Makes me re-think Huckabee.

Despite the inane questions, there were a few standouts.  Like I mentioned, Huckabee impressed me but so did Carson & Cruz.

Another standout comes from the first (non)debate- Carly Fiorina.  Impressive.

I was expecting a lot more out of Trump & Kasich, with bad questions what do you expect.  But then again, its the opportunity to overturn the tables on the bloviating moderators.  The rest aren't even worth a mention.

Hannity's interviews afterwards gave us more than the actual 'debate'.

Despite some impressive performances, especially by Fiorina & Carson, the (non)debate screamed 2012 all over again!

Fiorina & Carson were the most impressive of the group though.

They get it.  This election is not about jobs or material wealth.  Its about why our way of thinking is better than theirs.  Both candidates spent quite a bit of time speaking as to how our current thinking is destroying us & what we need to believe in to be great again.

What we believe is what is going to save or sink us.  I think they get that.

One more thing I would say is that people are looking for something to believe in not their next job.

The America of Today is not worth believing in but the America of the Past (sans its mistakes) was worth believing in & defending.  Seeing an American flag fluttering in the wind used to bring a tear to my eye.  Corny but true.

Hopefully their political handlers don't throw these candidates off course like they did Newt Gingrich.

America is an idea, not a place.

Then again, I think the next election is pointless (unless the arguments change just like Carson & Fiorina have done)... but more on that later.

Bloomberg Debate - Newt & the rest

I find it very discouraging how the Republicans never learn from their mistakes.  Yet again it looks like a Beauty contest more than a Presidential campaign.  Additionally, all these debates are the best prep for Obama or Hillary in the upcoming Presidential debates.  You know they're taking notes, you know they're prepping... they will be very prepared for the Nominee of the Republican party and I believe they can beat all but one of the current Candidates.

The support for the current front runners is a recipe for disaster as well.  We are setting them up for failure.  They don't know how Washington works.  They don't know, and are guessing, how to bring about permanent change in our current, corrupted system.  They are the band-aids.  We don't need band-aids, we need a Surgeon and that would be Newt Gingrich. 

Unfortunately petty jealousies, self-righteous attitudes, feelings of abandonment, amateurish analysis, or outright ignorance will keep people from voting for Newt Gingrich.  Whats ironic about that is that most if not all will acknowledge that Newt is the smartest guy in the room but.... I've found that "but" is code for all the aforementioned feelings, in other words, the heart.  Their minds say yes but their hearts say no.  There are ways to overcome it but should not necessarily be addressed by Newt's campaign.  Newt should do what he does best, he should stay on point.  Others should do that heavy lifting.

Last night in the debate you heard every Candidate preen about their substance or the need for substance.  Yet the Contract of America has more substance than all of these Candidates put together even in raw form.  Newt's campaign needs to do a better job of "reminding" people of who Newt is, what Newt was and is, how Newt did it, and why Newt is exactly what America needs. 

Newt alluded to how the his campaign could accomplish those goals last night when he said look at the mess the Politicians have created in the last decade.  In other words- look at the mess the Politicians have created since I left office, its time for me to finish my work.  Hows that for a campaign theme???

Lastly, if you closed your eyes and listened to Perry's or Romney's impassioned verbage for their programs, you would never have guessed they were Republicans.  I now firmly believe they are secret agents from the Democratic party.  I've never heard Republicans use emotionally dishonest rhetoric in defense of a or in creating a program that serves their cause & no one else's.  Thats always been the Democrats specialty.  I grieve for the Republican party if either one gets into Office.  It will be Bush all over again.

Huntsman's Ken doll looks, Cain's sloganeering, Santorum's fiery attacks, Bachmann's continually reminding people that she keeps picking fights and losing are not enough to make a President.  They do not have the depth needed.  Ron Paul is the Jekyll & Hyde of the group... good for Halloween and ending the Fed but thats about it.

Newt is the only one that has the knowledge to make permanent changes.  Yet feelings trump Reason. 

Newt knows the Why, the Who, the What, and the How of America. 

All the rest know most of the When & Where. 

We need to get back to Why America was created - What it was supposed to be - Who we were supposed to be in America - How America works & How to get back there. 

The rest know dates of When things happened and Where they happened (I hope). 

We need Newt's knowledge and his experience to remind us of the work he started and the work that needs to finished.

Newt not afraid of debating Obama

“And I will be happy to debate Obama on any university campus in the country, including Harvard and Berkeley. I’m not afraid to debate this president anywhere, any time, on any topic.”  

From an interview of Newt Gingrich in the Des Moines Register article on the "New Contract with America".

I've had so many that do not support Newt say that they don't know if he's electable but boy would they pay real money to see a debate between him and Obama.

Maybe we should start a petition to make this happen, anyone?

Also, link to article is in the title.

Rush Limbaugh on Newt Gingrich

Just finished reading Rush Limbaugh's thoughts on last nights debate.  He made some interesting if not telling comments about Newt Gingrich.

Comments:

And Newt last night, you know, you look at Newt Gingrich and you can't help but have the reaction, "Gosh, what could have been?"  Honestly, folks, what could have been? I mean Newt kept it focused last night.  Newt was like the adult in the room with some of the things that he said.

And the people on that stage last night that kept it focused on health care, Obamacare, and the economy, deserve plaudits, and that's Bachmann and Newt.  

So, all in all, folks, just from a pure enjoyment standpoint, that thing was good television last night. Gingrich and Herman Cain, they just... I love 'em! I just love 'em. With Newt, as I say (sigh), "What could have been! What could have been!"

Rush knows that what we are going through now need never have happened. 

If only the self-righteous, myself included, had not thrown Newt out of power before he could make the changes permanent.  We have only ourselves to blame.

Now we have the opportunity to right the wrong & vote the best person for the job back into office and let him make it permanent this time around.

Lets not have to ever say again “What could have been!  What could have been!”

The Newt Difference