The Many Faces & Enablers of the Washington DC "Swamp"/"Deep State"

The Washing DC “Swamp”/“Deep State” has many faces.  None the least, the so-called mainstream media and others who—as they now spend 24/7 trashing President Trump and his agenda—not so long ago spent over eight years singing (and yet continue to sing) the praises of then Candidate/President Barack Hussein Obama.  As he and his spokespersons saturated our nation’s ears with utterances known then by him and others, and now by an open-minded many, to be just so much BS and in many cases blatant lies.  Such as:

“We have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism . . . That is one option.  Or, at this moment, in this election, we can come together and say, ‘Not this time’ . . . .”

“The first thing I will do as President will be to reverse the illegal and unconstitutional aspects of the Patriot Act, with the stroke of my pen.”

“. . . that means no more illegal wiretapping of American citizens.”

“I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America.  I want to be the president of the United States of America.”

“. . . I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution, and I will obey the Constitution of the United States. We’re not goanna use ‘signing statements’ as a way of doing an end-run around Congress.”

“I pledge to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.”

“I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.”

“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will execute the office of president of the United States faithfully, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the United States.”

“My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government.”

. . . IRS targeting of political dissidents had “not even a smidgen of corruption”.

“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan.  Period.  No one will take it away. No matter what.”

“. . . I believe in the Second Amendment, I believe in people’s lawful right to bear arms, I will not take your shotgun away, I will not take your rifle away . . . .”

“If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

. . . U.S. will “do what we must” to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons.

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Well, so much for “Change We Can Believe In"!  But, of course, the faces and enablers of the Washington DC “Swamp”/”Deep State” do not end with those mentioned above.  For, there are many others. None the least the radically-liberal element of the Democrat Party. AND, that part of the “Republican Establishment” who, instead of fighting for a “Make America Great Again Agenda”—would be much willing to “lose” the now majority in the House and Senate.  So that they, while continuing to receive their lucrative taxpayer funded salaries and special benefits, could bask in position of being the “helpless minority.”  And therefore be seemingly “not ultimately accountable” for much of anything—other that conning us into keeping them in their positions of self-serving power and influence.

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And whether the many faces and enablers of Washington DC “Swamp”/“Deep State” continue to win, will in the long-haul depend, for example, upon what the rest of us do with the power that rests within our “vote” and within the “ratings we support” by way of the media stations we tune into, etc. And, the “effort we put into” trying our best to be factually-informed citizens; and the sacrifices we are willing to make, and demand that others make, in combatting our nation’s many ills (none the least, the out of control National Debt we keep kicking down the road to be dealt with by our country’s young children, grandchildren, and the yet unborn). 

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But what do I know, I’m just an old unteachable, unfixable, and unapologetic deplorable. One who, through ignorance and inattention, etc., spent too long being part of the problem and offering little towards solutions.  And one who has likely offended someone with these views (again, unapologetically so).    —William James Moore.

Some Thoughts About "Business BS"; "Personal Privacy"; "Freedom of Speech"; and "Manipulated Reality"

Facebook (FB) CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg returned to Washington DC Capitol Hill the morning of April 11, 2018 to another round of questions prompted by the recently revealed “Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.”  Involving Cambridge Analytica’s collection of personally identifiable information of some 87 million Facebook users.  Personal data used by Cambridge Analytica to influence voter opinion on behalf of politicians who hire them.

The day prior, April 10, Mr. Zuckerberg was “grilled” by 44 senators during a five-hour hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees.  “Grilled” by politicians many if not most of whom have been willing recipients of untold thousands of dollars of FB political contributions and attention of FB lobbyists.  “Grilled” by politicians that know about as much about the related technology as they do about rocket science and the origin of the universe.  In any case, the whole ordeal makes for one heck of a show.

It is noteworthy that during his April 10 Washington appearance Mr. Zuckerberg stressed in words to the effect that FB’s aim is to offer a social media platform that facilitates togetherness between friends, families, communities, countries, etc.  Which of course is just so much “business BS.”  For, in reality, FB’s aim is to collect user-information that can be used for targeting advertisements to respective user-preferences (e.g., our respective “Likes”).  Benefiting from the fact that the more personal information and other feedback we users freely provide FB, the more effective and dollar-valuable their targeted ads.  Hence, FB is not about promoting togetherness, but, rather, everything to do with appealing to the fact that we humans are for the most part social beings that crave attention and acceptance in one fashion or another.

In any case, whether it be FB, Google, our phone calls, e-mail, or otherwise—“personal privacy” seems to no longer be a relevant issue.  For, the technological cat has long ago been out of the bag and we are fooling ourselves to believe that any resemblance of “privacy” yet exists.

However, what continues to be an ever-growing threat to our liberty and freedom is the use of social media and Internet search platforms (such as FB, Google, etc.) to restrict and/or manipulate what we see and don’t see.  Given the information-glut we are overwhelmed with today, truth versus falsehood is often difficult enough to distinguish—even without the help of technology beyond the comprehension of the majority of we lessor beings.  Technology in the hands of an out of sight, uncontrolled, and potentially biased few, having the means and opportunity to carry out agendas that threaten our liberty and ultimately our nation’s survival.  —William James Moore  

A "Heads-Up" to Law-Abiding U.S. Citizens Who Own or Sell Knives!

England was among the leaders of the pack who years ago disarmed its law-abiding citizens and opened its borders to immigrants and others committed to never assimilating England’s culture.  And with such notable achievements in in mind, in February and March of 2018, London (similar in size to New York City) reportedly reached the milestone of recording more homicides than New York for the first time in modern history.  With most of London’s murder victims not being shot to death—but, rather, stabbed to death.  And given this trend and related publicity pressures, on Sunday, April 8, 2018, London’s politically-progressive Muslim Mayor, Sadiq Khan, announced a tough crackdown on knives.  Reportedly tweeting: “No excuses: there is never a reason to carry a knife. Anyone who does will be caught, and they will feel the full force of the law.”

No doubt London’s recently declared war against “knives” will be soon followed by one similar against “acids.”  In that the United Kingdom reportedly has one of the highest rates of acid attacks per capita in the world.  With year 2017 being London’s worst ever for “corrosive liquids” being used to maim victims in muggings or punishment attacks.

Yes, our world will be a much, much safer place as soon as we dream-up, pass, and enforce enough laws to rid the planet of everything that can be used as a weapon (guns, knives, acids, automobiles, fertilizer, pressure cookers, ball bats, etc., etc.).  A clearly awesome task that may take a while.

In the meantime, back in the U.S.A., the least and “most caring” and most “feel good” thing to do is follow London's lead.  And unrelentingly pursue suicidal efforts to ensure that all law-abiding citizens are stripped of any/all means of self-defense, and that our nation's borders are unsecured and open to all.  While always ensuring that aims to do so never get side-tracked by any resemblance of sanity.  Nor commonsense focus on the “user” of weapons in unlawful acts against others.  For such distractions would not only be grossly politically-incorrect, but also blatantly offensive to those hell-bent to destroy our U.S. Constitution, borders, common-language (English), and common-culture founded in Juedo-Christian values.      —William James Moore