I trust the judgment of President Trump more than anyone in the House, Senate or Supreme Court. He is a flawed human being, as are the rest of us; however, I believe he genuinely cares more about this country than any other politician and is trying to protect and save it.
How bad is it when a law has to be passed to stop our politicians from insider trading?
Barack Obama swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and then proceeded on an eight-year track (followed by the four years of Biden's term) to destroy our country.
I'm not so sure about "I believe he genuinely cares more about this country than any other politician and is trying to protect and save it." Susan. WWIII isn't going to help protect us. Because if he was, he wouldn't be so down on Thomas Massie.
We are allowed to have differing opinions. I respect that right. I personally can’t stand Thomas Massie because I consider him a grandstander, who will take any side as long as it does not support Trump.
Maybe you need to see the interview of Massie by Tucker Carlson before nailing his coffin shut. He will NOT take “any side”. He is a strict Constitutionalist.
I once was a big fan of Tucker Carlson before he went off the rails. It would be an inhumane punishment for me to listen to them blowing smoke at each other.
As much as I enjoy reading you, you are wrong about Massie! He is a plant, partly fuelled by Koch money who certified Biden with a lame excuse in 2020!
Hello CL, I am an American I am not a member of the democrat&republican PARTY. When can I live free from the tyranny of the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular), their politicians, and their "Useful Voters?"
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If 'Ol Johnny were alive today, he'd probably write, "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe the constitution would guarantee their freedoms."
The anti-constitutionalists (anti-federalists) were correct.
The only thing that will guarantee our freedom is if we the people are willing to do as Patrick Henry said and take a bunch of them with us. GIVE ME LIBERTY or GIVE ME DEATH. I'd word it this way... GIVE ME MY LIBERTY, OR I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR DEATH.
Be careful! I don't think a peasant uprising was ever successful, and if one was it wouldn't and didn't last long. And I'm pretty sure that the only ones who benefit from assassinations are the money bags crowd.
Most of the so-called revolutions are likely instigated by the moneyed devils themselves who promptly co-opt the thing, (after the rest of us are weakened and exhausted) and take it over.
We have to cook up other alternatives, but don't ask me; I'm as flamboozled as everyone else!
I was always entranced by the stories of Gen Francis Marion (Swamp Fox) and other guerillas, but as I age, I've begun to suspect that maybe things ain't always as described.
It takes a lot of resources to incite, engage and maintain such things. There're reasons that our masters put so much energy in getting others to do their dirty work. I'm generally a happy dude, but I feel downright sad when I think how badly the "Continentals" were used and screwed over.
This character is an utter abomination no doubt about it but, he is also a reflection of the majority of modern day Americans who take every opportunity to violently chant USA! USA!. The western world as a whole rotten to the core.
The "boodle crowd" co-opted the spirit of the revolution by fastening the centralizing thing around our necks.
Whatsa "boodle crowd?"
"I should suppose it would be appropriate to have a dove come down from Heaven and perch upon his shoulder and say : “ I am from the boodle crowd in New York who run the Government of the United States, and this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.”
Scary stuff, no doubt. Couple this with the significant increases in the numbers of ICE agents and the ICE budget, could we conclude that ICE is being transformed into a domestic police force, intended to carry out the dictator's wishes?
I suppose it is expected that you would take words out of context and truly distort the meaning. Of course Trump acknowledges the Constitution (and the Declaration). He has said it often. But of course, you ignore that. He is only suggesting that the preceding evil done by previous administrations (that actually did ignore the Constitution) will take enormous time and effort to make right.
Either you didn’t read the post in its entirety or your reading comprehension sucks. Which is it? I think John did an excellent job of backing his view and John is FAR from being a liberal. Check out the Rutherford Institute. He IS a Constitutional Attorney also. ACKNOWLEDGING it and FOLLOWING it are two different things. He may ACKNOWLEDGE the Communist Manifesto too.
There is a serious and necessary conversation to be had about executive power, emergency authority, militarization, and the long-term health of constitutional limits. Those concerns did not begin with Donald Trump, and they will not end with him. They deserve clarity, not escalation.
The problem with pieces like this is not the warning—it’s the saturation. When every action is framed as tyranny, every supporter as morally corrupt, and every disagreement as collaboration, analysis gives way to performance. The argument becomes less about institutions and more about condemnation.
Power is not measured by rhetoric. It’s measured by incentives, constraints, and outcomes.
If the claim is that constitutional guardrails are eroding, the burden is to show how—specifically and comparatively. Executive orders, surveillance expansion, emergency declarations, and militarized enforcement did not originate in one administration. Treating everything as unprecedented obscures the real mechanisms of failure.
More importantly, moral absolutism explains nothing. Calling a leader immoral does not explain why millions support him. Invoking Hitler does not explain why institutions failed to restrain overreach across multiple presidencies. Declaring a police state does not explain why many Americans feel less protected by law than they did a decade ago.
A republic does not survive because leaders are virtuous. It survives because institutions function, incentives correct behavior, and citizens retain proportional judgment.
History shows republics fall—but not because one man thinks too highly of himself. They fall when panic replaces analysis, when disagreement becomes heresy, and when politics is framed as an existential moral war rather than a system to be governed.
Warnings matter. But when everything is treated as the end, nothing can be fixed.
Most humans are the most dumbest animals on Earth, give power to one guy to rule over millions. The sheep and other animals are not this dumb, each individual is free. Centralized power is idiotic. Self Rule is the only way. But most humans are too dumb and keep on voting for some guy or girl to tell them what to do.
I trust the judgment of President Trump more than anyone in the House, Senate or Supreme Court. He is a flawed human being, as are the rest of us; however, I believe he genuinely cares more about this country than any other politician and is trying to protect and save it.
How bad is it when a law has to be passed to stop our politicians from insider trading?
Barack Obama swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and then proceeded on an eight-year track (followed by the four years of Biden's term) to destroy our country.
I'm not so sure about "I believe he genuinely cares more about this country than any other politician and is trying to protect and save it." Susan. WWIII isn't going to help protect us. Because if he was, he wouldn't be so down on Thomas Massie.
We are allowed to have differing opinions. I respect that right. I personally can’t stand Thomas Massie because I consider him a grandstander, who will take any side as long as it does not support Trump.
Maybe you need to see the interview of Massie by Tucker Carlson before nailing his coffin shut. He will NOT take “any side”. He is a strict Constitutionalist.
I once was a big fan of Tucker Carlson before he went off the rails. It would be an inhumane punishment for me to listen to them blowing smoke at each other.
LOL! How did Tucker go off the rails?
PMd you.
It's always the here and now. Rightfully so.
The problem: What got us here. (A question formatted as a problem).
Then: How strict or intense must something be to rebalance. Based on what? (Now a question).
We've all lived through disdain.
The pain.
The feign.
Imperfect as we are,
Trial and error,
We'll be doing it again.
Peace on earth,
goodwill towards the human.
Cultures collide.
You rather Harry Truman?
What's the Big Deal. (Rhetorical)
(Oops. Let my fingers do the talking on those two. Influenced by stated animosity I suppose. It's a control thing).
As much as I enjoy reading you, you are wrong about Massie! He is a plant, partly fuelled by Koch money who certified Biden with a lame excuse in 2020!
Hello CL, I am an American I am not a member of the democrat&republican PARTY. When can I live free from the tyranny of the democrat&republican (one word) PARTY (singular), their politicians, and their "Useful Voters?"
Lebo Von Lo~Debar
Former/Always 82nd Airborne Infantryman, Disabled Veteran for Life, & Author of the book, "The Separation of Corporation and State" subtitled "Common Sense and the Two-Party Crisis" Available on Amazon.
https://a.co/d/fy5rSdW
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If 'Ol Johnny were alive today, he'd probably write, "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe the constitution would guarantee their freedoms."
The anti-constitutionalists (anti-federalists) were correct.
The only thing that will guarantee our freedom is if we the people are willing to do as Patrick Henry said and take a bunch of them with us. GIVE ME LIBERTY or GIVE ME DEATH. I'd word it this way... GIVE ME MY LIBERTY, OR I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR DEATH.
Patrick Henry also refused to attend the constitutional convention, saying, "I smell a rat."
Indeed, since there was a whole pack of rats, one wouldn't have needed a very sharp schnoz!
Be careful! I don't think a peasant uprising was ever successful, and if one was it wouldn't and didn't last long. And I'm pretty sure that the only ones who benefit from assassinations are the money bags crowd.
Most of the so-called revolutions are likely instigated by the moneyed devils themselves who promptly co-opt the thing, (after the rest of us are weakened and exhausted) and take it over.
We have to cook up other alternatives, but don't ask me; I'm as flamboozled as everyone else!
I don’t know John. But this book does explain some interesting facts. https://www.amazon.com/War-Flea-Classic-Guerrilla-Warfare/dp/1574885553
I was always entranced by the stories of Gen Francis Marion (Swamp Fox) and other guerillas, but as I age, I've begun to suspect that maybe things ain't always as described.
It takes a lot of resources to incite, engage and maintain such things. There're reasons that our masters put so much energy in getting others to do their dirty work. I'm generally a happy dude, but I feel downright sad when I think how badly the "Continentals" were used and screwed over.
This makes me wish I were younger than I am. I'd be right there with you.
This character is an utter abomination no doubt about it but, he is also a reflection of the majority of modern day Americans who take every opportunity to violently chant USA! USA!. The western world as a whole rotten to the core.
I think Greg Reese's post pretty much explains it.
He' s also a reflection of his masters.
The "boodle crowd" co-opted the spirit of the revolution by fastening the centralizing thing around our necks.
Whatsa "boodle crowd?"
"I should suppose it would be appropriate to have a dove come down from Heaven and perch upon his shoulder and say : “ I am from the boodle crowd in New York who run the Government of the United States, and this is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.”
-Pettigrew, Richard, “Triumphant Plutocracy,” 1922
https://heritech.com/yamaguchy/library/pettigrew/petig_16.html
Pettigrew was a US Representative from South Dakota from 1881-1883 and as US Senator, 1889-1901 as a Republican, but he ultimately left the party.
Lincoln was instrumental in making the Federal Government the central point of EVERYTHING that it has turned out to be. A good one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJomWxW6pcU&t=858s
Yes, he was. Another tool of the bankers appearing and promoted as the messiah.
If it weren't so tragic it'd be hilarious.
I also doubt that he was killed. Probably sheep-dipped and moved on.
Scary stuff, no doubt. Couple this with the significant increases in the numbers of ICE agents and the ICE budget, could we conclude that ICE is being transformed into a domestic police force, intended to carry out the dictator's wishes?
It sure is starting to look that way.
I suppose it is expected that you would take words out of context and truly distort the meaning. Of course Trump acknowledges the Constitution (and the Declaration). He has said it often. But of course, you ignore that. He is only suggesting that the preceding evil done by previous administrations (that actually did ignore the Constitution) will take enormous time and effort to make right.
Either you didn’t read the post in its entirety or your reading comprehension sucks. Which is it? I think John did an excellent job of backing his view and John is FAR from being a liberal. Check out the Rutherford Institute. He IS a Constitutional Attorney also. ACKNOWLEDGING it and FOLLOWING it are two different things. He may ACKNOWLEDGE the Communist Manifesto too.
"He has said it often. "
So what?
Are you kidding? The whole premise was based on a single statement, that is, “something he said.”
There is a serious and necessary conversation to be had about executive power, emergency authority, militarization, and the long-term health of constitutional limits. Those concerns did not begin with Donald Trump, and they will not end with him. They deserve clarity, not escalation.
The problem with pieces like this is not the warning—it’s the saturation. When every action is framed as tyranny, every supporter as morally corrupt, and every disagreement as collaboration, analysis gives way to performance. The argument becomes less about institutions and more about condemnation.
Power is not measured by rhetoric. It’s measured by incentives, constraints, and outcomes.
If the claim is that constitutional guardrails are eroding, the burden is to show how—specifically and comparatively. Executive orders, surveillance expansion, emergency declarations, and militarized enforcement did not originate in one administration. Treating everything as unprecedented obscures the real mechanisms of failure.
More importantly, moral absolutism explains nothing. Calling a leader immoral does not explain why millions support him. Invoking Hitler does not explain why institutions failed to restrain overreach across multiple presidencies. Declaring a police state does not explain why many Americans feel less protected by law than they did a decade ago.
A republic does not survive because leaders are virtuous. It survives because institutions function, incentives correct behavior, and citizens retain proportional judgment.
History shows republics fall—but not because one man thinks too highly of himself. They fall when panic replaces analysis, when disagreement becomes heresy, and when politics is framed as an existential moral war rather than a system to be governed.
Warnings matter. But when everything is treated as the end, nothing can be fixed.
Brutus, aka Robert Yates, predicted the military industrial complex in 1787. He predicted all the corruption we know today.
Brutus was right about everything: https://lizlasorte.substack.com/p/brutus-was-right-about-everything?r=76q58
OMG! He's one of my favorites! Never saw a comment about him, ever, til this! Bravo!
Brutus was certainly correct about everything and that goes for most of the antifederalists as well.
A deep bow to you, Madame!!! You made my day!
Most humans are the most dumbest animals on Earth, give power to one guy to rule over millions. The sheep and other animals are not this dumb, each individual is free. Centralized power is idiotic. Self Rule is the only way. But most humans are too dumb and keep on voting for some guy or girl to tell them what to do.
Here is a good answer. https://gregreese.substack.com/p/binary-thinking-and-its-blind-spots
"Most humans are the most dumbest animals on Earth"
Especially when they act in large groups. Now we know another reason why "democracy" is deified.