The Coming Civil War?

 Winston Churchill once said, “If you fail to learn history, you are doomed to repeat it.” In the United States today, we are on the verge of proving that Churchill was correct.

There are no exact numbers like we keep today, but about 620,000 soldiers and sailors died in the first American Civil War. Basically, about one in every four men who went off to war did not come back. More Americans died in the Civil War than any other war in our history. If you didn't know that little fact, don't worry. Most Americans know very little about the American Civil War or The War Between the States or whatever they call it in your state.

Why do I think that there is a coming civil war? First, I actually study American history as opposed to those know nothing about anything that happened before smartphones. Beyond that, we all need to actually pay attention to what some of the liberal dumbasses being elected around the nation are doing and saying.

In the federal government, the level of a state's voting power is represented by the population of that state. That's why in the Constitutional Convention; they had to compromise on how slaves would be counted. Free states did not want them counted; slave states wanted them counted. The compromise was that the slaves would be counted as three fifths of a person. The Civil War ended that process. WOW!! It only took a war with 620,000 killed, to end the idea that someone could be counted as three fifths of a person.

In today's world, we count illegal immigrants in the census. The more illegals that a state has, the more money and representation the states get. So, despite bureaucratic protestations to the contrary, Democrats adore this concept because more population gets you more representation and thus more power and money in the Congress. 

In 1860, the issue of the power of the federal government was being described as an issue of "states' rights" by those in the Democratic Party. Almost all of those were in the southern states. The northern states were all led by Republicans. This brings us to today, when most of the old South is controlled by Republicans and the Democrats are in control of the North and West. 

Now, states such as California, Illinois, New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and Michigan are claiming to be "sanctuary states". Cities in those same states are claiming to be "sanctuary cities" where federal immigration laws don't apply. These are some of the same states that went to war to "Preserve the Union". What happened?

Pardon me, schmucks, but you might want to pick up a history book. South Carolina tried to nullify federal tariffs during the Andrew Jackson administration. It didn't work out for them then, either. The first Civil War was fought to prove the supremacy of federal laws. Ironically, the states who believed that in 1861, now push the whole "sanctuary states" bullshit. I think this may be the best example of "flip flop" that I have ever seen.

After the war ended, people in the South gradually and finally accepted the concept of the supremacy of federal law. It only took a little more than one hundred years and the civil rights movement to do that. If you run into Gov. Orval Faubus or Gov. George Wallace in Hell, they can explain that to you. If they can't explain it, ask for MLK, he's there with them.

The irony that the states who went to war to preserve the supremacy of the federal government are now claiming to be ready to go to war over states' rights. They want the right to bring in cheap labor from abroad. You have to love the irony in this situation. The same states that "fought to set men free" have now decided that slavery is worth another try. If not slavery, at least "indentured servitude". 

If you are unfamiliar with "indentured servitude", allow me to give you an example. Gavin Newsome will offer some young Mexican man American citizenship, if he will first work for below legal wages for ten years as Newsome's "pool boy". Democrats' plans for immigrants are just a high grade, 21st century version of slavery. Dims aren't fighting to bring in doctors and computer programmers. See Nancy Pelosi's 'We need people to pick our crops...." comment for more details. These are the people whose ancestors sang "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free" as they marched off to make war on the South. I can only assume that they have changed their minds. Flip, flop!

Why have people in the states that were on the winning side in the Civil War, suddenly have taken up the banner of "states' rights"? Because the eternal search for a class of people to do your dirty work has come to the surface in our nation in the 21st Century.

Why do people in the states of the Old South oppose this? Because we have experienced both sides of this discussion. The South was virtually destroyed in the Civil War. "Reconstruction" was Yankee propaganda. For more than 100 years after the war, the South struggled to rebuild. Northerners "helped" us by bringing textile mills and other manufacturing plants to the South. Did they do this to help their fellow Americans rebuild? Of course not.

Manufacturing has always been the pursuit of cheap labor. Northern manufacturers took advantage of the distressed economy in the South to staff their mills with cheap labor. The manufacturers just didn't want people to staff their mills; they wanted to control their employees' entire lives. Research "mill villages" and "company towns" if you don't believe me.

In the 1950's and 1960's, cheaper labor became available in other countries. But after thirty or forty years of the onslaught of cheap Chinese shit, Americans decided that they wanted products built here in America. So, we started to increase US manufacturing. Today, instead of farming out industry, we are bringing in cheap labor to keep prices down. Instead of importing cheap goods, we are importing cheap labor. We have to learn Spanish so that we can keep shopping at the dollar store!

This is all complicated by government programs that pay people not to work. Combine that with programs like food stamps and free medical care and you have today's disaster. In their drive for political power, our "leaders" have forgotten the basic laws of human behavior.

This is the biggest principle of behavior: "Whatever you reward, you reinforce." If you give people money for not working, they aren't going to work. If you give people a place to live and feed them for crossing the border illegally, they are going to keep crossing the border illegally. 

When I attended the University of Waffle House more than fifty years ago, I worked for a guy who was always trying to help people advance in the company. He did this because he said that it made his job easier. If When you screwed something up, he would talk to you about it. He always started with this. "The road that you are on is not going to take you to where you tell me that you want to go." From there, he would help you resolve your issues. 

Before we end up in a new civil war that will kill millions, let's take a few deep breaths and learn from the past. The road that we are on is not going to take us to where we tell people that we want to go.

Friday Night Snark & More

California governor Greasy Gavin Newsome is still riding the "trans train". Somebody needs to introduce him to an actual scientist. Sorry Greasy, but the tranny train does not run to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Greasy is the only major candidate who still thinks that normal people (that means people outside of California) want boys in the girl's locker rooms.

I will be happy to lead a fund-raising drive for the first Senator or Representative who will introduce a  bill funding research into a vaccine for Trump Derangement Syndrome. Imagine the surge in Congressional productivity if they stopped wasting time trashing Trump. It's time to cure TDS!

Since most congressional Democrats seem to be talking out of their asses, let's require a mask on their ass to "slow the spread" of TDS. Following the lead of Dr. Fauci, let's require that they stay 10 feet away from each other to "slow the spread" of TDS. Only one can ride the elevator at a time. That would get Congress into better physical condition as they would have to take the stairs.

Joy Reid claims that "Jingle Bells" is "racist". This is because when it was written in the 1850's, it was performed by minstrels who sometimes used blackface. It started in that hotbed of old South racism, Boston, Massachusetts. Someone needs to break the news to Joyless Reid that the Star-Spangled Banner shares the tune of an old British drinking song. No word on the blackface on that one.

Last week I turned my phone off to avoid Penn State's search for a head football coach. Now, I am dodging the desperate people at the University of Michigan. Just as a side note, how does a guy coaching a college team with more than 100 players on the roster have the time for an affair? The guy they fired has a bright future. All that he needs to do is to start teaching time management classes!!

Judge Bozo Boasberg in Washington, DC is making a strong case for a single 5-year term for federal judges. What's the difference between God and a federal judge? God doesn't wake up in the morning thinking that he's a federal judge.

Representative Al Green of Texas needs to be tested for rabies or distemper. He is redefining "one trick pony" as all he wants to do is impeach Donald Trump. 

Sen. Elissa Slotkin was an analyst with the CIA before becoming the Mindless Michigan Moron in the Senate. This helps explain why the CIA is wrong so often.

There are days that I just can't turn on the news. I just get tired of hearing the same shit over and over and over. Donald Trump has been in office for a little less than eleven months. He was elected to a four-year term. He's got a little over three years left. We have seen more of Donald Trump on television this year than we saw of Joe Biden in four years. People in the news media are causing me to question the value of the First Amendment as they spend their time telling lies, half-truths and blatant falsehoods. If those folks want to know why their ratings suck, it's because nobody wants to hear all of their lies. Throw me a bone, guys! Try for a little balance or at least throw in some facts. I am not at all interested in your opinions. Got any questions?

Just Thinking on Thursday?

University of Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was fired yesterday and then arrested and taken to jail. Those Michigan people really take losing a game to Ohio State pretty badly.

How stupid are judges? The judge in the trial of murderer Luigi Mangione has ruled that the media cannot take pictures of Mangione in shackles because it might influence the jurors. Will watching the video of the shooting be allowed as it may influence the jury?

One of the Altoona policemen testified that in searching Mangione's backpack, they founded a loaded magazine wrapped in wet pair of underwear. I really don't want any more details on that. No wonder police officers wear gloves for a search.

I have never been as happy to be a Methodist as I was when I found out that Jasmine Crockett attended an all-girls Catholic high school.

MSNBC NOW SHIT needs to go just ahead and pack it in. Nobody is watching, nobody cares what you think. Rachel Mad Cow appearing one day a week is only making it worse.

Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia campaigned for Roy Cooper's U.S. Senate run here in North Carolina the other day.  I can only assume that Hunter Biden was too busy to make an appearance.

It's not "Affordable Care" if I have to pay for it for you. There is nothing affordable about the Affordable Care Act. The Inflation Reduction Act actually drove up prices and increased inflation. Democrats have a gift for mislabeling and misrepresentation or as we call it in the South, "Lying in Labeling".

Democrats are aflame about the United States seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. But they are okay with the federal government seizing the property of American citizens.

If Democrats were as concerned about the welfare of our children as they are about the safety and well-being of foreign narco-terrorists trying to smuggle drugs into our country, they might have a brighter future in politics.

If we counted all the paid anti-Trump protesters, the labor statistics on employment would be much better. Better yet, if we audited these folks to make sure that they were reporting this income, tax revenues would rise. 

Just for the record, I don't give a rat's ass about how many "taps" it takes to wipe out a drug running boat and kill its crew!! Just kill them before they kill us!!

Walt Disney World is suing Orange County over what it claims is "excessive taxation". Apparently, Disney disagrees with the county's property valuations. Anyone who has bought an admission ticket from Disney for the parks needs to sue Disney for the same reason.

In the real world, the Senate and the House would have gone straight to work on a spending bill when the 43-day shutdown ended. You're on drugs if you think this is what happened. Democrats continue to insist that we keep paying for people's "Affordable" health insurance. They first passed this during the contrived COVID crisis. Memo to Dims: COVID is past tense.

Good news!! No one has been stabbed on Charlotte's Light Rail today.

Mid-Week Moans and groans

 We could save law enforcement a lot of time and money if facial tattoos came with a complimentary tracking chip.

If illegal immigrants have all of the same legal rights as American citizens, then what is the value of American citizenship?

I keep hearing people talk about how illegals are paying income taxes and Social Security taxes but are not getting any of the benefits. First. if you buy a forged Social Security card and number so that you can work, you have caused that problem for yourself. Second, I have seen people who I thought might be illegal, claim excessive deductions on their W-4 form.  They do this to keep from having income taxes taken out of their check. When an 18-year-old tries to claim ten dependents, you can bet they are illegal. I would just give the form back to them and tell them that they could not claim that many dependents. Years ago, I had one guy who claimed that I was wrong and that he was entitled to all of those exemptions. I told him that I would take his I-9 form and his paperwork down to the Social Security office and have them validate that Social Security number for me. He changed the withholding form to one dependent. About three months later, I got a letter from Social Security telling me that the SS number and that name was not a match. The next day, I showed him the letter. He never came back.

Left wing loons claim that Europeans who came here starting in 1492 were "colonizers". So, are all of the people trying to come here now illegally also "colonizers"?

The House needs to start impeaching federal judges. We also need to end their lifetime jobs and pensions. The Constitution does not actually say that judges have lifetime jobs. Bonus complaint:  Nobody in the federal government should have a better pension than those who served in the military. 

The Constitution says that federal judges can hold their jobs "during good behavior". The Supreme Court has interpreted this to mean lifetime jobs. I don't think that a ruling by judges about how long the same judges can serve has any legal validity. Don't waste your time telling me about how this has been going on for more than 200 years. I remember that slavery was legal for a long time, too. Lincoln ignored that. Why can't Trump or any other president ignore the rulings on the term lengths of judges?

Mamdani is assembling his team of criminals to run New York City. The good news for residents is that the New York National Guard is already on duty in New York City patrolling the subways. 

I think that by 2030 the only political discussion left in this country will be to decide how many separate nations will be formed out of what is currently the United States. The Roman Empire broke up, the British Empire broke up, the Soviet Union broke up. The French, the Dutch, the Spanish and the Mongol Empire all broke up. The question isn't if it happens, the question is when it will happen.

Before you scoff at those observations, look at what has happened in the past and tell me why it won't or can't happen again.

Thanks for reading. 

Top Tuesday Topics?

Weeks later, people are still ridiculing Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy for suggesting on television before Thanksgiving, that air travelers should dress a little better. In the interest of full disclosure, I will admit that I gave up traveling by air more than twenty years ago. I don't believe that you must be denuded of your dignity to get on a frigging airplane. But back to Duffy's suggestion, I actually agree with him. As you pick yourself up off the floor, I will explain.

When I was in junior high school and high school, we used to have "Dress Up Day" periodically through the school year. In the ninth grade, I asked a teacher why we had "Dress Up Day". She told us that students behaved better when they were better dressed. I asked the Dean of Boys later that day and he told me the same thing.

One of my favorite restaurants, the Angus Barn in Raleigh, has a dress code. Their dress code even covers hats that people are allowed to wear. If you think that this might affect their business, I will point out that their reservation list is completely booked for the holiday season. So maybe Secretary Duffy is on to something?

At a class reunion a few years ago, there was a dinner on Saturday evening as the main event of the weekend. The cost of dinner was $95 per person. Of the roughly ninety people who attended, several wore shorts. Interestingly enough, most of the women were dressed up. Secretary Duffy would have been pleased. There were three of four of the men present who wore a coat. Yes, I was one. I also wore my Dilbert tie, but that's another story. A male classmate asked me why I was wearing a coat. I explained the Jones Rules of Dress. If dinner is not served in a bag or box, you at least wear long pants. If dinner is over fifty dollars, you wear a coat. As the questioner was wearing shorts; he was not amused.

If you are skeptical about The Jones Rules of Dress, feel free to contact my children. Several years ago, I wanted to surprise my wife for our fortieth wedding anniversary. I made reservations for our family to have dinner at the Angus barn. I told my sons and other family members who were invited that the Jones Rules of Dress would be in effect for the gathering. If you guessed that everyone complied, go to the head of the class.

If Democrats were as concerned about the welfare of our children as they are about the safety and well-being of foreign narco-terrorists trying to smuggle drugs into our country, they might have a brighter future.

I saw a local news program the other night where they were interviewing Charlotte residents who ride the Light Rail. There were several who said that they would not even sit down on the train. They stayed standing to improve their chances of escaping criminals. Someone needs to forward this video to NC Governor Josh Stein.

Zohran "Commie Mamdani" has appointed a guy who served seven years in prison for robbing a taxi driver, as a "legal system consultant" in his administration. How long before he appoints a bank robber or a drug dealer as an "economic" adviser? That big flushing sound that you hear is New York City going down the shitter.

Let's go ahead and admit that "college football" is officially dead. We should forever ban the use of the term, "student-athlete". It's time to admit that what we have is professional teams sponsored by and representing various universities and colleges. I am looking forward to sponsoring the Random Moments of Lunacy Bowl game. 

Senate Democrats have announced that they will not support a bill to fund medical research to find a cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome. However, some more moderate Democrats have indicated that they will support the funding for establishing Liberal Losers Anonymous, a group that will offer a twelve-step program to deal with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Watch for a chapter near you!!

I can see it now!! "My name is Chuck the Schmuck Schumer and I have TDS."

Monday Morning Meaningless Medley

 Yes, I love alliteration!

Penn State finally hired a head coach for their football team. I can turn my phone back on now. See Thursday's post "Thirteen Thursday Thoughts" if you don't understand this.

They announced the schedule of games for the College Football Championship Playoffs today. Nearby Duke University has the worst record of any team in the group. Even if they lose in the first round, they will have outperformed any preseason expectations. They surprised Virginia in the ACC championship game, maybe there's another surprise left in that team. Go Duke!!

That's my limit on sports for the month!

There's a process for everything in government. Members of the House and Senate who participate in anti-ICE protests cannot claim that they are just using their investigative authority. I am pretty sure that participating in an anti-ICE demonstration would be considered a violation of their oath of office. I am certain that their job is to uphold the law. If they don't like the law or agree with the law, there is a legislative process that they can use to change the law. I am pretty sure that screaming obscenities at ICE agents is not in the process prescribed for changing the law. You were elected to be a legislator, legislate the changes that you seek.

As long as we are on legislators, how about that Moron Mark Warner, the junior Senator from Virginia? The sad thing about Warner is that he is probably the smarter of Virginia's two Senators. Not every Senator is lucky enough to be paired with some other dumbass from their state like Tim Kaine. Tim should have resigned right after he ran with Hillary in 2016. 

Moron Mark blamed the Trump Administration for taking almost a year to arrest a suspect in the attempted pipe bombing in DC on January 5, 2021. He also blamed government staffing cuts for causing to take so long to solve the case.

There are just a couple of flies in the ointment of Moron Mark's analysis. First, the Biden Administration was in office for four years and produced exactly zero arrests in the case. Forget about an arrest in the cases, how about the simple acknowledgment that they were even working on the case? Trump had been in power about ten (10) months before the feds made an arrest. So, by complaining that staffing cuts were the cause of how long it took to solve, then maybe Biden should have made some staffing cuts, and his guys could have solved it after ten months? 

Moron Mark's remarks on staffing should be applied to the Senate and their staffing. Let's cut Senate staffing by about 50% and see what happens. Let's get Senators and Representatives to punch a time clock. We just spent several weeks in a government shutdown because the Congress could not get a budget deal passed. Congress should not adjourn for the holidays until they pass a spending bill. These guys are procrastinating professionals. The motto of the Senate apparently is something like "Why put off today what you can wait and put off tomorrow?" Pass a frigging spending bill!! Don't go home for the holidays until you do!!

Yesterday, I accompanied my wife to the local Wal-Mart. Wandering the store while my wife was shopping, I saw a display of pocketknives. Knives are an all-purpose gift in my world, so I stopped and picked up one that I liked. When I returned to the front of the store, my wife had already checked out so I went to the checkout. There was a guy training a woman in the self-checkout area. When I scanned the pocketknife, he came over with the trainee and said, "I need to see your driver's license."  I asked, "Why?" He said, "We have to make sure that you are over 18." I may have actually snarled at him and said, " I am 72 years old. I am a fat, old, bald guy and if you can't tell that I am over 18, then you're just too damn stupid to work here!" It went downhill from there. I opened my wallet and pointed to my driver's license. I said, "Now you have seen it." The woman said, "I couldn't see the year you were born." I told her, "I am 72, do the math." At that point the trainer took the trainee and decided to go learn something else. I headed out the door. About three hours later, I checked my blood pressure. I decided to wait until morning to write.

What did I learn today? Next time, just order the knife from Smoky Mountain Knife Works. It will be less stressful. I won't need my driver's license.

Let's take bets on the body count during the 2026 World Cup. Horse racing may be the sport of kings, but soccer spectating is the sport of coroners.

Sunday Morning Sage?

The state of Alabama has been placed on a suicide watch after the ass-whipping that the Crimson Tide took in the SEC Championship game yesterday against Georgia. Maybe Atlanta wasn't the best "neutral site" to play that game?

In other college football oddities, Duke beat Virginia in the ACC Championship football game. Duke probably has the worst record of any conference champion in the nation. This must be that "parity" that everyone always claims that they are always trying to find? 

But enough about college sports, I feel my IQ sagging as the conversation goes on.

In political news, Gov. Tom Walz is upset that people in Minnesota are driving by his home and shouting the dreaded "R word". Here's a hint; they aren't chanting "Republican". They are following Trump's lead and calling Walz, "Retarded". Unable to offer any proof that Trump and the shouters are wrong, Walz has retreated to the much-feared Democratic practice of whining. Why not just do something that would prove them wrong? Start by taking action against the fraud happening in state government.

The Somalis in Minnesota and other states appear to be operating some sort of large criminal syndicate. Why doesn't government handle them like they do other criminal gangs? Why aren't Democrats like Tim the Retard doing something about this?

Don't worry Timbo, Gov. Josh Stein of North Carolina is giving you a run for the dreaded R-word King Award. Stein was the NC Attorney General for the past eight years and still claims that crime is under control in Charlotte. This despite the fact that the Charlotte police chief who resigned a few weeks ago, said that he "couldn't keep telling people that Uptown Charlotte was safe." 

Governments keep playing games with the crime statistics so that things don't look so bad, but people can see the flashing lights on the streets and watch the news. You can't tell people that the city is safe as the bodies pile up.

A few weeks ago, ICE started Operation Charlotte's Web, so the leftists and their hired protesters took to the streets to interfere with ICE and the enforcement of federal laws. Did Governor Stein offer any state law enforcement officers to help ICE? Did he offer any help to keep protesters from interfering with ICE operations? Did he even speak out and tell protesters not to interfere with ICE agents? Of course not, because he is on the side of the illegal immigrants. I was going to say that he didn't speak out because he is some kind of leftist pussy, but maybe that is best left unsaid?