Some of my gray haired readers may remember Laugh In from the 1960’s. Some things never change. If the recent election was about anything, it was about who would get to pick the next judge. Each side, convinced of their own righteousness determined that they would win the election and then have the right to pick the next judge. There would be no compromise. I was truly impressed that the stakes were so high.

Personally I don’t see what a huge thing it is. A Judge should simply determine right from wrong. Unfortunately there is some sort of partisanship going on. I could care less about Roe vs Wade. I might be upset if the IRS messes with me, but I really don’t expect a judge to help me with that because of that previously mentioned partisanship.

So ideally I would not think a judge would set policy, but of course I was just proved wrong. Evidently a judge can set national policy, so I must be impressed. I am delighted to point out that it is a Republican judge countering a Republican president. It may even be in the way the founders envisioned. Or it could be a ruse or distraction, a red herring if you prefer. As I see it now the left is delighted that that a judge has independent thought. The right happily proclaims independence of thought is justice. Trump takes a blow and the world is a good place.

The system is working. Do you really think we would have had this type of scenario under Democrat rule? I am unaware if it was so. I almost think President Trump set himself up to take the blow for the sake of unity. The alternative scenario is he is just an easily manipulated rube. Do you really believe that? I don’t. The end result is great theatre.

Out of curiosity, how much of a role do you think money is playing in this. I sense big money wants cheap labor. Big money is looking to get the wheat, while the rest of us will get the chaff. Or will we?

Go back to when life was really rough, and the life of a refuge was epic. I won’t pretend to understand how bad it was because I don’t. I do believe in compassion, but I also believe there is no free lunch. As President Trump says, I want experts to figure it out. If this the worst we have, life is good. The promise I see being made is refugees will be vetted as individuals. If these individuals want to be American, and live a productive American life, will be let in. Any sort of existing quota system I hope will be abolished.

Once again I have known a good number of refugees. Some have been some really good people, people that I have been glad to know. Then some, well, may have not been. So I want to leave this little essay on a positive note. I think the system is working.

My dear Milo, I read that you’re one of the most horrific political commentators out there. I can not begin to add up all the negative descriptors that have been used to describe you. In other words the press views you as just another Trump supporter. As a fellow Trump supporter I wondered what you had to say, so thanks to Breitbart I found a transcript of one of your Californian provocations. Honestly, I was stunned to learn that your a gay guy that doesn’t like abortion. My first thought was does a gay guy care about what goes on inside a woman’s body. After a bit I began to understand that you believed the stilling of many heartbeats was a form of genocide practiced by feminism. I was waiting for another shoe to drop, but that was it. You do not like people killing unborn babies.

I now consider myself to be in trouble. I think my views to be much more controversial. For I have had such kind words for the great melting pot of partisanship, racism and fascism that is progressivism. You, Milo, simply think that killing an unborn baby is murder. I however, think we’re in a political revolution against prevailing partisanship, racism and even fascism. You define yourself as the defender of the ethics of the church. I find myself as a frightened child in the swirling cauldron of dark politics. This gives me great fear.

Dear dear Milo, you so prove my fears.  You have proven that you cannot speak outside the monolithic thought of Berkley, once the land of free speech. Now the bastion of Blueness. If instead you had preached intolerance against the law, hatred towards those who serve, and unity in disbelief, you would have been lauded.  Instead you have provoked the dark forces of the self described resistance fighters. Unimpeded by the law they have set fires and attacked your supporters. You are condemned for saying a beating hart is life. Yet those that beat your supporters, destroy property and prevent your simple speech of caring go unpunished.

The dark forces of progressivism has already taken lives, when will it end? I find myself in deep trouble. So I save my kindest words for the progressive media. For they are more dangerous than any terrorists. I have written that the progressive media has cared more about royalties than terrorism. I have written that progressive media cared more about selling houses to those that can’t afford them than the health of the economy. I have written that the progressive media entered us into war by promoting bombs that did not exist. I have written that progressivism brought down the European Union wIth unmitigated population movement caused by the desire of cheap oil. Worst of all I have written my independent thoughts.

I think the very very worst of all, I have written that a wall is by definition a gate. A gate that should be a door to opportunity. For there is always a gate in a wall. Unfortunately the door of dialog seems only a wall to the progressive media. In Berkeley they slammed the gate, We await our fate.

Modeled after policy and recommendation from the Obama and Clinton administrations the temporary immigration ban has proven to be unpopular in the media. I personally think that President Donald Trump purposely modeled the ban on policy and recommendations from the Clinton and Obama administrations so that he would not be setting precedent. Of course the truth adverse media claims new bigoted precedent. They know no other story.

Of course it is not surprising that when turned around the policy precedent from the Clinton and Obama administrations would be unpopular. I certainly hope that immigration reform will be fair and just. The Trump administration has said that cases will be reviewed on a case by case basis. This was not always done before.

Granted the risk of terror is statistically small right now, but the Trump administration is right to review the process. The inconvenience in no way merits the protests. Hopefully the process can be improved, and our safety retained.

[Edit/update: 872 wavers were processed in the first 72 hours]

Supposedly Donald J Trump hung a portrait of President Andrew Jackson in the oval office. It is a seemingly logical choice as Andrew Jackson was the first populist president. Despite completely different histories, Donald also successfully presents himself as a populist.

So the first thought could be that Donald sees someone to be emulated in Jackson. In addition to being the first populist Jackson was the only president to eliminate the national debt. A very worthy goal indeed.

Unfortunately Andrew Jackson had a bit of baggage. Baggage that has caused him to fall out of favor. He was a slave owning land owner. Even worse, he was responsible for the trail of tears brought on by Indian relocation. Trump’s detractors, because they are incapable of seeing goodness, will say Trump is idolatrous of Jackson bigotry.

Then again Jackson is the founder of the Democrat party, the party of bigotry. A party whose sole goal now is to make the life of President Trump miserable. My guess is when President Trump looks up from his desk, he sees a reminder of the enemies within.

Donald, being Donald, will defeat them.

Saw a little bit of argument about moving the press room at the White House over the weekend. Trump of course wants a bigger room. That way more people can hear what he has to say. The press of course doesn’t want any changes to the status quo.

So I about ready to change the channel to watch Full Custom Garage when it was announced that there would soon be a press briefing. So I figured I would watch and see how big the room really is.

Of course they made everyone wait. Then the guy comes out and yells about a bunch of nonsense, then immediately goes away again.

Stunning! Of course it is a ploy, Trump will get his bigger room. He has to, there is no better show on earth.

According to the New York Times Melania Trump’s powder blue inaugural gown checked all the right boxes. The gown was made in New York by a up and coming designer. It was deemed politically correct. For those that claimed the Trumps couldn’t bring the same class and elegance to the White House that the Obama’s did, I think that they will probably be disappointed.

Then I heard the Inaugural gown referred to as a “Blue Dress”. It was a completely innocent remark. However my thoughts turned to a completely different presidential blue dress. I had seen the pictures. No wonder Bill Clinton looked at Melania approvingly.

The following day a million women around the world wore pink hats to disapprove of Melania’s husbands words. We will let’s just say he was talking about trying to pick up a pink kitty. Probably not his proudest moment. However Melania believes in her man. It was after all just talk.

Then there is a case of actions speaking louder then words. The literal stain on the dress.  There was no universal displeasure in the media. It was nothing more than a story of the radical fringe. Normal folks claimed that it was none of our business. I ask, where were the millions of women wearing a Blue Dress to disapprove of Bill Clinton’s not so proud moment? No universal displeasure in the press. No, there is no double standard.

So I do agree with the New York Times that Melania’s dress absolutely checks all the right boxes. However, the press didn’t notice.

A nation exists to serve its citizens. Buy American. When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.

In the name of Trump I distilled the inaugural address down to its essence and fit it into a single 140 character tweet, as shown above. Of course I left out a lot of good stuff, some of it is below.

Together, we will determine the course of America and the world for years to come. What truly matters is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people. We do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone, but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to follow. We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the Earth from the miseries of disease, and to harness the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow. God Bless America.

I had thoughts about going to that coal powered despotic steam punk utopia known as our nation’s capital for the weekend. I even tried to wrangle a ticket, though I was unsuccessful. I even had a brief thought about about just showing up and sleeping in my car. I quickly realized that trying to sleep in my car in the nation’s capital would be completely unwise. Especially with it having a Trump bumper sticker. That would be a path that I would be completely unwilling to pursue. It’s the realization that I know not the ways of the city that keeps me away.

In any case, extreme climate changes at my place of employment had given a number of coworkers a pretty good cold. Finally I too succumbed to the frigid contortions that I endure in pursuit of livelihood. They had broken down my resistances. So ultimately I ended curled up in bed sniffling while watching the proceedings of the transfer of power. If nothing else, this should give me kinship with my political adversaries.

I wish that somehow I could have been at the Thursday evening concert. It was a unprecedented thank you to the voters. A most brilliant tribute to the Trump voter. An unrepentantly glorious bit of stagecraft that left the soul tingling. Talk about a big league thank you to middle America, this was it. It was a nice recognition for the people that voted for Donald Trump. [edit: MSNBC pointed out President Obama had a similar event]

As I sniffled the following day I watched the peaceful transfer of power. So happy that I live in a time where we have a system where such transitions are nonviolent. True it is a long ceremony, but I am happy that our leaders have the energy and stamina to endure such ceremony. After what was admittedly a populist inaugural speech by President Trump, President Obama said good job to President Trump. Indeed the two presidents spent more time together then expected. I would not be surprised, that at some point in the future President Trump will receive the support of President Obama. In any event, the day will go down in history as the day a business man, instead of a politician, become president. Then the transfer was celebrated by a great parade, and some big parties. Of course my favorite part was the tractors in the parade.

The following day was equally remarkable, a massive protest without real cause. It was called the women’s march. The main feature was pink hats. Although some called it a anti Trump rally it was completely nonviolent. The rally also spawned sister rallies in different cities around the country and across the globe. There may have been a million people involved. I applaud the nonviolence, and support the freedom of speech. That being said, there were many inflammatory signs. The Hollywood left made appearances and denounced Trump. Madonna made an appearance and swore on TV. I think that the point of the rally was a displeasure with some of the words that President Donald J Trump used in his campaign. In fact, I would be willing to don a pink hat to denounce the use of bad words. Unfortunately the radical left takes words and actions out of context and amplifies them until the original meaning is unheard. For the use of such bad words are protected under our right of freedom of speech. The end result is a cacoffiny of bad words. This leaves the majority of people struggling to understand what is actually going on.

It is almost to simple to say that the pink hats are snow flakes, each with their own reason for protesting. There is no unifying theme, just individual struggles. But this is to disrespect their cause, for they are unified in the struggle. It is those that try to take advantage of the struggle for their own advantage that will be the losers.

So it is true we are beginning a new era. For this I am glad. The voters have expressed displeasure with the status quo. And each in their own way, the pink hats have also expressed their own dissatisfaction with the status quo. They are expressing hope for the future. With this I agree.

After more than a year and a half of involvement in this transition of power I have learned a few things, and confirmed a few observations.

I think I was most impressed by the division of urban and rural on political opinions. There is an absolutely huge disconnect between the urban and the rural. Even more amazing was it didn’t matter if it was urban rich or poor, they had one point of view. The rural folks have a completely alternative point of view. This was dramatically brought to my attention with the Trump Truck. On the back roads people would wave and give the thumbs up. On the highway, well I did get the same thumbs up, but I also got the thumbs down along with some vigorous middle finger salutes. Ultimately people tried to run me off the highway. I figured that these people were driving between cities. These traits were verified by voting results of cities versus smaller towns. The denser the population density, the more Democrats in residence. These were the richest and poorest of voters.

Let me ruminate about monolithic thought exhibited by the liberal left. Meryl Streep is a nice recent example. During her heralded keynote at the Golden Globes where she achieved a lifetime achievement award. She put forward a rather dramatic performance. I can only be reminded of a speech given by Kim Jong-un. Based on false evidence, it was a reminder to all media on who the boss really was. It’s forcefullness was enforced by a not so subtle threat of violence. Truly a fascist performance. I enjoyed watching the members of the audience, their reactions were the same as shown by the generals at a Kim Jong-un speech. I am sure these people will remember the joy of President Obama when he had a successful drone strike. In the left, there is no dissension. No matter how outrageous the lie.

There are people that believe all the mainstream has to say. When, so unfortunately, the propaganda propagated by the mainstream left fails to deliver. There is heartbreak and angst. The Trumptards, we, having endured so many demeaning names and labels have come up with a name for these people. Snowflakes. Yes, the people that been labeled Trumptards, and other much worse names have come up with a label for those who have demeaned them. No two alike, they are snowflakes.

When Barack Obama was elected president, I sincerely wished him health and success in bringing peace and prosperity. I also figured life would get better in the west side of Chicago. So far President Obama has remained healthy. Hopefully he will remain healthy for the next couple of days. The peace and prosperity are debatable. Unfortunately for those who live there, life didn’t get better on the west side of Chicago.

Maybe those flyover rural deploratards are not so dumb after all. They elected a high density rich coastal liberal. Let it snow.