Dwain Northey (Gen X)

Are we at one of those very consequential moments in our history?

There have been moments in the past that if the tides had gone a different way the world would be a different place. In the early 20^th century if America hadn’t elected FDR in 1932 and Hoover had retained the Presidency would we have gotten out of the depression? For sure we would have had the New Deal, social security would not be a thing. Would the United States stayed out of WWII, would we even have supported Great Britian in the late 30’s when Hitler was blitzkrieg London?

Thankfully these are questions we only can hypothesize on our current timeline.

Lots of those historical What Ifs linger in our collective consciousness.

What if Nixon beat Kennedy?

What if Nixon refused to resign in 1974? Would he have been impeached and removed from office setting a historical standard that we could have followed after Trumps impeachment? Hell, what if Ford hadn’t pardoned Nixon and let him stand trial for Water Gate? Wouldn’t that have been something…   

I really think if we had exercised the actual wheels of democracy in 1974 that the unindicted crimes of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush would have never happened. But we have let crimes go unpunished for the sake of decorum and president.

For the first time in our history we are holding a former President accountable for his criminal actions something that if Nixon had been held to account no future office holder would have attempted. Nixon was a politician that became a criminal while Trump was and is a lifelong criminal, and due to the electoral system this country has, became a politician.

This country so craves Royalty that we elevate celebrities to that level of nobility. Trump is a C list celebrity at best but has ambition to be King and we can not let that happen.

We have been told that this coming election is the most pivotal election and 2020 certainly was if Trump would have retained the Presidency, I am not sure that he would have ever relinquished it. He’s the only office holder in our history that refused to concede after losing the election then attempted to stay in office by inciting an insurrection. This nation was built on the smooth transition of power after an election and a winner is declared. Trump would not acknowledge that he did not win the election in 2020 and in 2016 he stated during his campaign that he would only accept the results if he was the victor. In both 2016 and 2020 he did lose the popular vote but based on an antiquated electoral system he was able to win. He wholeheartedly tried to corrupt that system in 2020 but wasn’t able to because of the overwhelming number of citizens that actually voted.

In 2024 I know the argument that Biden is old and can’t do the job. Which is true but look at Donald 3.5 years younger than Joe and in far worse condition physically. The accusations that Biden is senile and confused but also the mastermind behind a crime family make no sense at all. If he is senile then what does that say about the Republicans that he continues to out flank at every turn.

Yes, Joe is 80, but he is getting shit done. He is getting shit done that has never been done before, historic lows in unemployment, an infrastructure package that rivals the interstate highway projects of Eisenhower and the New Deal programs that saved us for the Great Depression. Trump promised infrastructure and a better health plan than the ACA, he delivered on none of it.

Yes Joe is Old but if Donald is the alternative I will that Joe ‘old’ over Donald ‘unkept promises’ any day.

Thanks for suffering through another rant.

Dwain Northey (Gen X)

We live in a world of BIG TALKERs, but their actions don’t seem to add up to the rhetoric. One blaring example is the Freedom Caucus that continues to cry freedom while taking right away from those they pretend to represent. Most recently the Freedom Caucus held the debt ceiling hostage nearing causing a National default if they didn’t get what they wanted. What did they want you may ask, well mostly they wanted all or most of the infrastructure funding stopped because they are unhappy that the Democrats passed the bill during the last session of congress. None of them seemed to understand that the debt ceiling isn’t about future spending, it is about spending that has already happened. They also refuse to acknowledge that 25% of the debt they the nation has was accrued during 45s time in office… yes nearly 250 years of national debt and one quarter of it belongs to the Republicans and Trump form 2017-2021.

That faction of the GOP aren’t the only people in this country that aren’t providing the action that their words specify.  Florida Governor DeSantis proclaims that his state is the freest state in the Union, yet he has banned books, LGTBQ+ events, drag show, transgender treatment for minors with gender dysphoria, teachers from even mentioning anything about gender all the way till 12^th grade, he has also banned Black studies in primary school and universities base on his distorted definition of Critical Race Theory. That really doesn’t seem like it is free to me. He has also gone to war, in a legal sense, with Disney because they had the audacity to disagree with his ‘don’t say gay’ law.

People that have co-opted the moniker of Patriot but then attack the very government that they proclaim to hold so dear… again ACTIONS not words show everyone who you really are. Those that proclaim they are for LIBERTY and even use the word in the title of their groups but continually step on the right of others… ACTIONS not words.

I want ACTION and so far the only group that are consistently working for the Nation and its people is getting drowned out by the words of that non-actors. It is time to take back the words that define what we stand for FREEDOM, LIBERTY, PATRIOT from those that use them but don’t understand the ACTION necessary to keep them.

Thank you for reading and I hope you take ACTION.

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

The term “Weaponization” keeps coming up with reference to the DOJ and the FBI and just about any department or organization that is actually doing the job they were created to do. This is especially true if that job is looking at corrupt activity and specifically if that effort is directed toward Trump and his attempts to overturn the election, stealing classified information or sticking his fingers is someone’s body orifices. 

Why is it weaponization but rather, they are doing their jobs. The reason is that with investigation there are certain things that are being exposed and the result of catching someone with their hand in the cookie jar or finger in an orifice is leading to rather large settlements or jail time. Neither of these options make T happy because, “I could shoot someone on the streets of New York and get away with it” is not having great luck in the “getting away with it” category.

It is unlikely that he would shoot someone, that would take involvement. The only thing he knows how to shoot is his mouth and that never seems to be out of ammunition, most of it fictitious, or an out and out slanderous lie. So we talk of weaponization and we have T right in the middle of winding up those that believe his line of horse shit and they are all ready to go do the dirty work for him. The ones that stormed the Capital are finding out how much he thinks of them, as I am guessing he has yet to pick up the legal fees for any one of them. 

Then we have members of Congress that have someone run against them and they go to the effort of finding out about the family to see if there is anything useful, as in a way to cause problems. That is weaponization for the purpose of being an ass hole. The person that is running against you should be your focus, not family members, they are not running for office. Then you go get a “News” media involved and possibly endanger someone for the sake of your campaign. 

Well if the party you are running against finds out that you worked as a Stripper to get through college or maybe the Mustang Ranch, wouldn’t that be great in a headline. Those are just two examples of the things that could be dug up and of course with scab newsagents running around your reputation could go down the drain in short order. That outcome would be deserving as you have weaponized the media to make life difficult for one, it is only fair they hand it back.

The one thing I would like to see coming from Congress is that they can all present themselves in an adult fashion. All we have seen for at least 7 years is childish nonsense, pointing figures, name calling, and in general slapping one another around and getting nothing done. How about you all remember why you got elected, to take care of the nation’s business, not the party’s business, and get on with it. 

Lyle Northey (Silent/Boomer)

With the polls showing that 6 out of 10 Americans do not want a return visit by DJT it seems like a major political party would have the moxie to cut him loose and look for a different horse to run in this race. Is the reason they have not done so because they fear him? He is potentially dangerous, not in a personal sense, he doesn’t have the balls to get physically involved, maybe he’s afraid of the sight of blood. His danger comes in that he knows how to wind up the crazies that follow like little sheep. Any one of them could be turned loose and who knows where that might go.

So many of you like theories about things, and the T followers are always talking about a new civil war, suppose that the incident on the highway in Pennsylvania was one of the things that was done to get the war started. All the shootings we have had around the country, are these tied into a plot to get people riled up enough to go postal? Is that far-fetched, well I heard that same theory proposed over the school shooting in Connecticut under a different administration as an attempt to take our guns away. Now we have a derailment of toxic liquid in the Yellowstone River because of a “faulty “ bridge. Was it or had someone helped it collapse? The new banking system is supposed to be just another way that big brother is watching you, and so sneaky. More fuel for the fires of the imagination or talking points for the people that believe in the rumor mill.

Why do so many tiny minds think that they have the answer to our problems by doing really terrible things? Why do people believe that they can make our country better by putting a man in the WH that is such a shit businessman he even lost money on a casino? If no one is paying attention then why is it that every problem that comes up, and they arise daily, are solvable if you donate a few dollars. This is not one side of the aisle or the other, it is coming at you from both sides. Where does all that money go? Have you had a nice vacation in the last couple of years, everyone in Congress has.

During the Civil War the rich men could hire someone to take their place in the military. Of course that did not mean they were well protected and always came home in one piece, no way they had to take whatever was dealt. No one, or at least history does not tell us, but no one made derogatory comments about these rich men and bought their way out of service. During WWI they had conscientious objectors and they were shunned and beaten and generally treated pretty badly by those around them. We still have very few rich men that are willing to serve and lead is the thing they feel they should do.   Again, money makes the difference. 

Dwain Northey (Gen X)

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66006880

As if Putin didn’t have enough trouble holding his seat of power now his paid mercenary group has risen up against him.

Earlier this weekend the Wagner Group, who are a paid military group, rose up and took over the Russian staging area for their Ukraine offensive. The group claimed that Putin staged an attack on the group killing and injuring fighters.

I find this amusing considering that the invasion of Ukraine was according to Putin only going to take day to accomplish and now the Russians are getting their asses handed to them by the Ukrainian forces after over a year of fighting.

According to Trump if he were in power the conflict would never have happened because Putin was afraid of him. That’s amusing because Putin in a sociopath and has zero compunction about murdering anyone that gets in his way, Trump on the other hand is a narcissist that has never been in a physical fight in this life. I am sure that there probably would not have been a conflict because Trump would have rolled over to Putin and refused to support Ukraine in any way. He would have probably tried to perpetuate Putin’s lies to the American public and throw our military behind Russia. I don’t think he would have been successful but as Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces he could have potentially ordered his generals to strike Ukraine. This may have concluded with the military rising up against a sitting President or at least the huge fracture in out Armed Forces and weakening our standing on the world stage.

Remember Trump wanted to pull the U.S. out of NATO on the ruse that we pay to much and smaller NATO countries need to step up if they want the Americans to protect them. It always comes down to money with Donald.

I am happy that Biden is in office and sincerely hope that the Ukrainian conflict is over soon. Two pluses would be if Putin were to be removed from power in Russia and Trump ended up in federal prison. I can dream.

Thanks again for indulging me.