Obvious Truth

Americans are, by their very nature, rebellious. If Trump has done anything for his country, he has shown us, by example, that we need not keep marching in lockstep behind those politicians who had assured us that they were our betters and had all the answers. What Trump has continuously demonstrated is that these answers almost always benefited those elites rather than us deplorables.

And I, for one, thank him for reminding me that I am an American rebel.

Hello!

From Diogenes’ Middle Finger blog

Democrats’ attitude toward us deplorables ...
(Second from the right is Buttigieg)

Headlines

All from Internet news sites. Guess which from Politico?

Bannon plotting primaries against slate of GOP incumbents

Bannon: Comey firing was 'biggest mistake in modern political history'

Australians face coldest night in 45 years ...

Nearly half of U.S. men who dropped out of workforce on opioid painkillers

Merkel: Europe needs coherent foreign policy

Hillary stands by her 'deplorables' remark

NFL Hell: Opening weekend sees more Stars-Spangled Banner protests ...

Maher: Time for Hillary to 'get in the Winnebego' and do 'whatever older white people do'

McCain: 'Every life has to end one way or another'

Bannon worries Trump's DACA decision could cost Republicans the House

Nordstrom tries stores without merchandise ...

Bannon: I hold Bush admin 'geniuses' in complete contempt

Discrimination

Discrimination has become a dirty word. Once, if one had discriminating tastes, it was a good thing. Now, no more. If one favors something over another ... no matter what ... one is ironically discriminated against. Our founding fathers recognized religion and creed as discrimination no-nos. (Add race, color and gender later by Constitutional amendment.) Now, these taboo categories are inflated and virtually endless. If I paid attention to all these strictures, I could not shun convicted felons, lewd-lyric rappers, new Black Panthers, Scientologists, pedophiles, radical Islamists, Communists, those with "fluid genders," satanists, and Lena Dunham (whatever she is).

Hellery Clinton recently twisted things with a short list of those whom I am now allowed to hate ... the deplorables ... sexists, racists, homophobes, xenophobes and Islamophobes. And all of the myriad of the discriminated-against groups I was required not just to tolerate, but to embrace.

But now that Hellery is relegated to walking the woods, can I go back to not discriminating against just race, color, religion, gender and creed? No?

Tipping Point

Was it Trumpism that caused not just conservative Americans but the average Joe and Jane here to throw open their windows and shout "Enough! I can't take it any more!"? There clearly is something happening to upset the progressive agenda in this country. Hampshire College has realized that it was a bad idea to get rid of the American flag. Colin Kaepernick looks like he has become persona non grata in San Francisco. Kellogg cereals are being boycotted because of the company's decision to stop advertising on conservative websites. Even Michael Moore seems to be straddling the political fence ... as difficult as that is for him to do. No longer does an "ist" accusation necessarily win the day. The "deplorables" have suddenly realized that, when they band together, they no longer need to be cowed by the race baiters and Soros-paid protesters.

This really feels like a sea change is happening not just in the United States ... but around the world. Obviously Brexit was symptomatic of this tsunami. Angela Merkel is booed in a German town-hall meeting and likely will lose her grip on the EU in the not too distant future. This weekend Italy may be joining Britain and the US in voting to reject globalism. The "new world order" that was destined to create an eternal [un]democratic world government and universal open boarders is fighting a rear guard action around Davos, Switzerland. Those arrogant globalists had been going balls out with their blitzkrieg progressive agenda ... unconcerned with the lives that they are leaving in their wake ... which now seems to be their undoing.

It sure looks like we are at a tipping point which will change the direction of world politics for at least a generation. Much of the justification for this globalism seems to have arisen out of the mayhem of the many wars of the last hundred years and the economic dislocation caused by the disparity between international labor costs. The latter differential is being diminished by automation and the former has been refocused into resisting the growing threat of a radical Islamic caliphate. Globalism of course is not dead but it is on life support. In the meantime I predict that nationalistic fervor will rule the day.