Ha Ha Ha

Who didn't see this one coming?  The head of the FBI said that Hillary Clinton will not face charges in her handling of the Benghazi (and other?) tragedy/travesty, including all those e-mail gaffes.  The Justice Dept admitted she was "extremely careless," but not worthy of prosecution.  Nah, foreign affairs and national security aren't at all important.  We can afford to be "extremely careless."  Hey, wasn't this woman, not to far in the past, called "the smartest woman in the world?"  I laughed then and I laugh now.

Again, who didn't see this one coming?  Wasn't it just last week that Bill Clinton had a 45-minute meeting with Loretta Lynch?  But the First Abuser and Attorney General claimed they didn't say a word about the e-mails.  And because Clinton has such a spotless record when it comes to telling the truth, we all believe that--right?

Furthermore, isn't there a rumor coming out of DC that, when elected (more on that in a minute), Clinton will keep Lynch on as AG.  "Extremely careless," but no prosecution.....

BTW, a recent poll gave takers three choices:  Clinton, Trump, or a giant meteor crashing into the earth.  Clinton rec'd 43% of the vote and Trump 38%.  The crashing meteor scored 13%.  Hmmm......

I understand the people calling for gun control.  I really do.  Now I do think that they are misguided and very much misinformed.  To gain much credibility with me, they have to get the facts straight, which they often don't.  I think I've posted on that before.  But I wonder when someone will have the guts to ask about the mindset that has permeated American society where so many people thinks it's just fine to shoot someone--for a pair of shoes or to hijack a car, because someone has been "dissed," etc.  Why don't we focus on the people, dare I say scum, who drive by houses and riddle the living rooms with bullets, far too often killing innocent people, esp kids?  Why do I constantly hear and read of the "need" to restrict gun ownership/possession, but never is there any consideration for the scum who hold others' lives, esp the lives of little ones, with such little regard?  Instead of getting rid of guns, which don't shoot themselves, why don't we get rid of the shooters?

Speaking of that, in a local community a police officer was fired for overly aggressive actions taken against a perpetrator.  Let's look at this one.  The felon was caught breaking and entering and robbing people's homes.  The off-duty officer who beat him had arrested the scum, not once, not twice, not three times, not four times, but five times for, you guessed it, breaking and entering and robbing people's homes.  First, why was this felon still on the streets?  Second, I have no problem with the off-duty officer beating the guy.  If he didn't want to get beaten, he shouldn't have been stealing from other people.  Perhaps it's just me, but shame on the police chief who fired the officer.  He should have been given a medal.  And the Wayne County sheriff is having a hard time filling openings even though offering $29,000 salaries??????

Which reminds me......  Didn't one of the officers who was involved in the death of that drug dealer in Baltimore have his day in court--and was found not guilty?  Oh the protests!  But where were the protests over the burning and looting of other people's property in the wake of the drug dealer's death?  Where was the concern for the people then?  Where were the civil rights leaders then?  Ah, but maybe those whose businesses were destroyed or whose homes were burned to the ground understood that all this was for the "greater good?" Yeah, right.  Whose "greater good?"  Where are the trials for the looters, the arsonists, etc.?  In fact, where there even any indictments or investigations?  Surely with all of the videos around, the prosecutors' offices could easily identify the looters, the arsonists, etc.?  So, where are those trials?

I came across this quotation from Calvin Coolidge, who I'm coming to believe is a much maligned and underrated President.  "Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery."  Hey, haven't I blogged about that, the government stealing our earnings?  What is it called when people take something that's yours without your permission??????  Right.  I know it was O.W. Holmes who penned, "Taxes are the price we pay for living in a civilized society" and Madison who wrote "The power to tax people and their property is essential to the very existence of government."  OK, I understand all that.  But Ronald Reagan said, "The problem isn't that we are taxed too little. The problem is that the government spends too much."  Amen.  And here we have Obama, the Chief Hypocrite (Is that one of the hats Presidents now wear?), still blathering about "fairness."  What does a guy who's been handed everything in his life, most undeserved, know about "fairness?"

Who was it, Pogo, who said, "We have met the enemy and he is us......"