Thoughts on Donald Trump

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 by BZ

I’ve not made much mention about Donald Trump on the blog if for no other reason than he certainly doesn’t require my approval for any move he makes. However, with the most recent kerfuffle regarding John McCain, I felt it was time to put phalanges to black keys.

That is because we, meaning Conservatives, are on the cusp of losing the presidency once again; not because we didn’t vote or decided to stay home but because we became what I will call “Perot’ed.”

One nice thing about being older is having a memory, as it is, with regard to America’s history. Ross Perot, another wealthy individual not customarily linked to overt politics save those required to build his company, decided to enter the 1992 presidential contest as a third party candidate. His vacuuming of votes from then-president George HW Bush resulted in the installation of Bill Clinton as president, though Clinton won only 42% of the national vote. Perot himself won 19% of the vote — the greatest for a third party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt with his “Bull Moose” party of 1912.

I credit Trump for bringing certain issues to the forefront, primarily those of illegal immigration.

However, Trump’s venture into the verbal battle with John McCain proved that I cannot take Trump seriously for what I consider to be some very good reasons.

In my opinion Senator McCain “started it” with his pejoratives towards Trump. Trump verbally retaliated. I don’t believe it’s any more complicated than that. McCain made it “personal” in the eyes of Donald Trump. And therein lies the problem.

Certainly Trump can be as bombastic as he wishes because of the monetary buffer he possesses. He is unlike any other candidate in that regard. But upon closer examination one discovers that Mr Trump has supported Democrats and their causes in the past, written them large checks, and is a friend of Hillary Clinton. Taken in a business perspective, this is understandable. Trump’s world is New York as was Hillary Clinton’s. In business you frequently have to play both sides of the street. I just have to be convinced now, in order to vote for him, that Mr Trump is truly a reformed Democrat.

I find myself not so convinced, unlike others.

Trump is who he is, there’s no denying. He’s loud, flamboyant, larger-than-life, and broadcasts his appearance via the neon-orange shellacked nest of material atop his pate.

What he isn’t, however, is politically astute.

Certainly, he has negotiated tremendous financial deals sitting down at ebon tables, that much is readily apparent.

But when as powerful a man as Trump takes a comment personally to the point that he retaliates with even greater overwrought (and apparently ill-thought-out) rhetoric, he proves to me that he can be unbalanced in his application of critical thinking skills.

To the point that he may be manipulated.

It is now no secret that, should Trump be elected president, he can be swayed or purposely engineered into speech or actions that are predicated upon either emotions or his own immediate personal reactions and feelings.

Yes, Donald Trump is getting good poll numbers at this point. And yes, it is understandable that people are tired of staid politicians and yearn for something fresh and new on the political stage. I get that.

But I can’t see handing a vote to Trump when he has proved, time and again, that he is not to be trusted with consistency. He’s in, he’s out. He’s serious, he isn’t. He says he’s serious now. He’s funding his own campaign. He’s making what I believe are totally off-the-cuff speeches.

It shows.

You have to be able to play the long game. Trump is having difficulty playing the short game.

But here’s the caveat.

As Trump — if Trump — continues to take the air out of the room, we as Conservatives and the Republicans are in danger of revisiting 1992 all over again. Trump could siphon a certain percentile of votes away from the GOP to do nothing more than guarantee a win for Hillary or another Demorat candidate.

What keeps me from walking away away totally from the GOP this time around can be condensed down into one consideration: SCOTUS.

Think about that aspect.

P.S.

Michael Beckman has a wonderful article about Trump here. Please read.

Enjoy young boys in the absence of women

Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 by BZ

Live and direct from the pederastic mouths of ISIS.

From Trendolizer.com:

Report: ISIS leader encourages pedophilia

Tells jihadists to “enjoy young boys in the absence of women”

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Caliph Ibrahim of the Islamic State, reportedly tweeted that it is permissible for jihadists “to enjoy young boys in the absence of women,” another shocking insight into the warped beliefs of ISIS.

Let me provide you with a tad bit of insight into the Middle East, with regard to our soldiers who serve there. They rapidly discover the ME philosophy for Muslim men is this: 1) women are for procreation, and 2) boys are for pleasure.

You know, that nasty little hypocritical thingie where ISIS members kill people who do the same thing. Or much less.

ISIS doesn’t mind doing this to a little girl. And pederasty with boys can’t be worse.

According to Jihad Watch, the translation of the Arabic reads, “It is permissible for the mujahid [jihadi] to enjoy young boys in the absence of women.”

The message is justified with reference to Koran 52:24, which states, “There will circulate among them [servant] boys [especially] for them, as if they were pearls well-protected.”

Verses 76:19 also read, “There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.”

But wait. It gets even better:

A manual released by the publishing house of the Islamic State last year also includes graphic instructions on how to beat and sexually molest female slaves, including underage girls.

“It is permissible to have intercourse with the female slave who hasn’t reached puberty if she is fit for intercourse,” the guide states.

As Jamie Dettmer explains, ISIS also relies on techniques used by pedophiles to groom underage prey when recruiting young westerners.

Somehow that seems fitting, does it not? Islam working hand-in-hand with NAMBLA?

And yes, even in 2015, Islam has slaves. Hear of it? Of course not. That would be, well, “anti-Islam” — and we certainly can’t have that in any Western culture, can we? Not when GOWPs rule the roost.

So when you hear or read of someone referring to — in a less-than-cheerful or perhaps even a pejorative manner as delineated above — now you have a bit of background. Yes. Some of them are. Now comes the official condonation.

Ah, Islam. Isn’t it a truly wonderful religion of peace, understanding and tolerance?

The idiocy of Leftists

Posted on Monday, July 20, 2015 by BZ

First, the Tweet:

Yes ladies and gentlemen, besides being unable to spell, this unknown individual who deserves no more attribution has no idea whatsoever how the world and the nation actually functions and appears to be completely ignorant of our founding documents.

Not that I would expect someone making such ridiculous statements to be other than a fairly recent public school product.

Leftists’ outlook on weapons

Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015 by BZ

In an incomprehensible world, this serves as “proper” and “normal” for Leftists.

Why we love movie scores

Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015 by BZ

A reminder of just why we love movie scores.

Everyone can remember where they were when they first saw the first STAR WARS movie in the theater.

I cannot help but attach this video as well, which has the full and true opening scene.

A wonderful theme by a wonderful composer, strong, true and appropriate. You gasped when that massive, incredible STAR DESTROYER passed overhead, and it just kept coming and coming and coming.

One cannot forget the IMPERIAL MARCH from Star Wars.