Elective Despotism

Jefferson feared that it would only be a matter of time before the American system of government degenerated into a form of “elective despotism” (1785). 
Because Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) thought it would be only a matter of time before the American system of government degenerated into an “elective despotism,” he warned that citizens should act now in order to make sure that “the wolf [was kept] out of the fold”:
Mankind [should] soon learn to make interested uses of every right and power which they possess, or may assume. The public money and public liberty, intended to have been deposited with three branches of magistracy, but found inadvertently to be in the hands of one only, will soon be discovered to be sources of wealth and dominion to those who hold them… They [the assembly] should look forward to a time, and that not a distant one, when a corruption in this, as in the country from which we derive our origin, will have seized the heads of government, and be spread by them through the body of the people; when they will purchase the voices of the people, and make them pay the price. Human nature is the same on every side of the Atlantic, and will be alike influenced by the same causes. The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep the wolf out of the fold, than to trust to drawing his teeth and talons after he shall have entered.
About this Quotation:
1785 seems rather early for Jefferson to be making such dire predictions about the unhappy fate of the new American government, yet his worry that democracy might turn into a form of despotism has proven to be correct if some 200 years later and “not a distant” time as he originally thought. What is interesting about this quote is also the use of animal imagery, this time seeing government as a “wolf” whose teeth and claws would need to be pulled if liberty were to survive.
NOTE: In this present time, it was the wolf that used the means of FISA Warrants to accomplish this corruption. I do not care if we ever again are able to spy on one foreign “terrorist”, when the wolf is the real terrorist. That is the nature of the beast. Our Intel Agencies are now as corrupt as the wolf who appointed them to the task.

Trump's Budget Authorization Hoodwinks Democrats, AGAIN!

We are hearing from the unwashed that the GOP has lost its conservatism with respect to federal spending. That is just spin to throw cold water on the budget resolution, step 2 in the budgetary process. What just passed was the "up to" budget authorization. Don't believe everything you hear from MSM who has no idea of this process. I have a feeling the congressional leadership knows exactly what it is doing. Step 3 will be what is termed "budget reconciliation" or "markup" of the Appropriation Committees in each chamber. The final step in the legislative process will be the final Appropriation of budgets provided by the 12 Appropriation Subcommittees. Of late, all 12 are thrown into an "Omnibus Appropriation Bill". You say, if you are Tingly Leg Boy, Chris Matthews [No relation, hopefully], that the GOP has lost its conservative way. If you believe that, you are hopelessly naive about the wily ways of Washington. I say however, once again, the Ds have been comically hoodwinked. A Budget Resolution simply states the maximum that may be spent in the Appropriation process. Does that mean they will appropriate all that has been authorized under the Resolution. Absolutely not! Defense will get every penny they wish. Discretionary spending, so giving the Ds that tingly feeling up the leg however, will be short-sheeted. It should also be known that, even if funds are appropriated, it is not require that they be spent. The Rule is that any appropriated funds now spent are returned to the General Fund--so much the better. It is already fairly known that certain agencies, created by the Obama Administration, will never see a dollar and by default will just disappear from planet Dearth. HOODWINKED AGAIN!

Obstruction Junction

Eric Holder says Trump committed Obstruction of Justice in firing Comey. That is rich. Eric Holder was AG under Clinton. It was during that Administration when both the Special Counsel, Fiske, AND the FBI Director, William Sessions, were fired in the midst of various investigations of the Clinton Administration, White Water no less and of course, lest we forget, "Devil with the Blue Dress". So, Eric, aren't we guilty of Obstruction of Justice under your rationale? 

Infrastructure and Economic Development

Are you hearing what I am hearing? This is something I have been begging to hear for 30 years. In the open meeting today at the White House regarding Infrastructure and Economic Development, we are hearing from Governor after Governor—great stories especially from the governors of NM, WI, SC, who have all stated that they will be using their Vo-Tech systems to train the employees in advance of the plant sites being even completed. This is what States do and Oklahoma is the premier such program in the USA. OK Vo-Tech sets up sites, equipment, systems etc. and train plant hires to hit the ground running when the plant doors open. The Governor of Wisconsin told of 13,000 direct jobs at their new plant [Foxconn] being trained right now. I speak of economic and employment multipliers quite often. In this case, WI projects another 22,000 indirect jobs from this investment. The economic multipliers can generate a factor of 4-5 per each dollar of direct investment. SC of course landed that $350 Billion plant from iPhone. There will be thousands of new direct jobs, also with economic/ employment multipliers. SC also announced major plants by BMW, Volvo and Samsung.
Another crucial factor that I am hearing is the state permitting problem for major construction projects for infrastructure. Remember these words: Prevailing Wage Law [PWL]. THAT is THE problem. The WH infrastructure plan will leverage federal dollars in the amount of $200 Billion with state and private sector dollars for a total investment of $1.5 Trillion. The most important factor is that the WH will demand that permitting time to be cut from 15-17 years to 2 years and maybe get it down in finality to 1 year. Here’s the catch: If you can’t get your permitting times down to that 2 year cycle, you will not be sharing in the federal funding. Your Fed funds will simply go back into the pool for states that can comply.
Here are a few of the states that will not be able to comply, due to their ridiculous permitting systems [PWL]: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and likely Maryland. These states should look quite familiar to you, pursuant to the 2016 election. Too bad! Elections have consequences. Welcome to Washington! You might say, he needs those states. No, firstly, he will never get them and the Electoral College says he does not need them this election past nor in 2020.
Just as importantly, what the WH proposes earmarks an amount certain for rural infrastructure development, including broadband infrastructure so they are no longer left out.
BRILLIANT! By the way, as you might expect from someone who has been involved in permitting and construction project finance, Trump already knows how he is going to pay for it. I have been waiting for 3 decades to finally have someone in the WH who understands this. It is great to have an adult in the WH for a change.

Seat Obama Before Grand Jury Under RICO

The benefits of having a special prosecutor charge the Obama administration, before a Grand Jury, under RICO is that you avoid having to prove a criminal act by leadership. You can take the whole administration down. "Improperly Surveilled Due Process". Bingo!

The RICO Act was first used by the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York on September 18, 1979, in the United States v. Scotto. Scotto, who was convicted on charges of racketeering, accepting unlawful labor payments, and income tax evasion, headed the International Longshoreman's Association. During the 1980s and 1990s, federal prosecutors used the law to bring charges against several Mafia figures. The second major success was the Mafia Commission Trial, which resulted in several top leaders of New York City's Five Families getting what amounted to life sentences. By the turn of the century, RICO cases resulted in virtually all of the top leaders of the New York Mafia being sent to prison.

Obama would at least be in tall company :-)

Always Follow the Money

Uranium to Putin aka Hotcakes for Putin

Let them eat cake…

Hot Springs was running “yellow cake”, and the guys from Indonesia, James Riady and John Huang of Indonesia's Lippo Group, shoveled cash to the Mullahs while the Russian Mafia moved the enriched uranium to Iran which most likely traveled to North Korea. Has anyone seen Eric Schmidt or Gov. Bill Richardson [Los Alamos Bill] lately—sure is quiet out there? The final paper trail ends with the Clinton Foundation in the form of in-kind contributions.

This Democrat Party Is Not My Democrat Party

When I read of the quotes in email exchanges between Mark Warner and a lobbyist tied to HRC and a Russian Oligarch, I was absolutely bowled over. I know US Senator Mark Warner. He was instrumental in electing Doug Wilder as Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. He later served on his staff, as did my late wife. His explanation of the matter described just does not wash with me and it is of someone other than the Mark Warner than I knew. Mark co-chairs a Committee investigating the Russia debacle. What Mark describes as his "excuse" is specious. No matter how you cut it, that is double-dealing and outside the realm of honesty in the investigation. So Mark, if you don't like what you learn from the lobbyist, you just don't bring it to the Committee because it might implicate HRC? You consider that appropriate, honest? You are now tainted and should resign your co-chairmanship, although I seriously doubt you can be replaced by any other member of the minority party who would be any less dishonest. This party does not even resemble the Democratic Party I know. Mark Warner, I know Democrats and you are no Democrat.