Miscellaneous

One month from now Virginians who care about their country will go to the polls.  The entire legislature, House and Senate, is up for election.  Republicans control both chambers by the slimmest of margins.  Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is bragging the election is in the bag.

The people of Virginia need to send the Congress and the media a message.  They need to elect majorities of Republicans to their legislature.  The message delivered would be a vote of confidence in President Trump.

In wave elections, state legislatures become part of the wave.  You never see a party winning a national election big, and also lose state legislative seats.  So let Virginia be a marker for 2020.  And let the wave begin.

Trump won election by the smallest of margins.  For his work on behalf of the American people, he deserves a landslide reelection.

We’re counting on you, Virginia.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has to be the toughest guy in Congress.  He’s ready to take on the Turks, in defense of his friends the Kurds.  He’s a warrior, a real Captain America.  Some other old school Republicans are with him on this, but none are as tough as Lindsey.

Well, not really, not personally.  I doubt little Lindsey has ever been in an honest to God fight in his life.  What he wants is for your son to do the fighting for him.   Your boy could be killed or wounded, but Lindsey’s willing for you to pay that price.  Oh, you’ll also have to foot the bill for the money needed to do all this fighting.

It’s hard not to sympathize with the Kurds, but then it’s easy to sympathize with all kinds of downtrodden and threatened people all across the globe.  We’ve been in Syria lately to take out ISIS, and the Kurds benefited from our presence.  Our job is done, so it’s time to leave.

Since we don’t need any oil from the Mideast, we have no skin in this game.  Everybody in the region loathes everyone else, and war there will be constant far into the future.

But not with your son, or mine.  Not with Donald Trump as President.

In today’s American Thinker

Every pollster I’ve known is not satisfied with their station in life.  They all want to be more than the numbers crunchers they are.  Even the best of them, Nate Silver, succumbs to this temptation.

Today Nate offers his political advice, namely that the Ukraine hoax will hurt the President.  He doesn’t know his butt from a hole in the ground.

Stick with what you know, Nate.  You’re embarrassing yourself.

(The following appears in today’s American Thinker)

The Moslem conquest of India lasted a thousand years, and is probably the bloodiest story in history.  Typical were Sultan Muhammad bin Tughlak and his son.  He invaded Bengal, and offered a reward for every Hindu head, and paid for 180,000 of them.  His son, Firoz Shah, feasted for three days whenever the number of defenseless Hindus slain in his territories reached twenty thousand.

The subcontinent of India is divided between Moslem Pakistan and Hindu India because of this history.  Naturally enough, these two nuclear armed countries have despised one another since they were formed in 1947.  They have disputed control over Kashmir, and only the nuclear balance of terror have prevented war.  Now, with President Trump, they have a chance for a resolution of this conflict.

As the President made clear in his joint press appearance with Pakistani Prime Minister Khan at the UN, he is ready and willing to arbitrate this dispute.  But only, of course, if both sides want peace.  He is on excellent terms with both Khan and Indian Prime Minister Modi.  America has no skin in the game.  In similar circumstances, President Theodore Roosevelt successfully arbitrated the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1906.

The “Howdy Modi” rally in Houston was a resounding success, and the bond between the President and the Prime Minister is genuine.  Modi trusts Trump, and knows he wouldn’t sell India out.

It was apparent from their joint appearance that Khan and Trump have an easy relationship.  Trump heaped praise on Khan, who was clearly enjoying himself.  Just for fun, and for Khan’s amusement, he singled out and bitch slapped a particularly loathesome member of the fake news media.  A good time was had by all.

Pakistan and India are about to have one important thing in common;  reliance on American natural gas.  India is investing $7.5 billion on an American natgas facility.  Pakistan is working with Shell and Exxon to set up LNG terminals for the import of American natgas.  These projects will bring both nations into the American economic orbit.  They are clear evidence of trust in our country.  American energy dominance is emerging as a force for peace.

If they do want peace, Modi and Khan, with President Trump’s aid, can have it.  Are they strong enough leaders to bring their countries along with them to the bargaining table?  It is only because of their trust in President Trump that the question can even be asked.  Peace between the second and sixth most populous countries in the world could be within reach.

While these world historical developments take place, the media is fixated on a phone call to Ukraine.  This is what fake news looks like.  It’s like chaff, the metal foil or filings released to obstruct or confuse radar detection.  It is a means of distracting attention from the real news, because in the real world America is on a roll.  In reality, the balance of geopolitical power is being transformed by an American president.  An Alliance of Democracy is being assembled, and it could lead to a century of peace.

Only President Trump has had the guts to take on the subversives in the media.  It’s the most courageous thing he’s done, and God bless him for it.