STAND UP FOR COPS

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Obama and Holder made it obvious to this country that they have disdain and contempt for cops... all cops.  The actions in Baltimore where cops were told not to respond effectively to rioters in the streets and where cops have been charged with crimes for doing their jobs is an outrage to every American who believes in law and order.  The anti-cop activities of "Black Lives Matter" and other groups is fueling the atmosphere of anarchy that is growing on the streets of America everywhere, particularly in New York, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and soon in a major city close to you.  

Yet, not one leader... not one... in Congress, the administration or the White House... has come forward to denounce this anti-cop sentiment or to crack down on those who allow it to grow and fester.  

Have we Americans lost our sanity?  

These are the men and women who put their lives on the line for us every single day in this country.  They're the ones who chase down the crooks, jail the thugs, enforce our laws and deliver our babies.  They're the guys on the side of a road helping an elderly gentleman or lady change a flat tire.  They're the ones who give their personal time to Little Leagues everywhere and they do all of these things at all hours of the night and day and whether it's cold, wet, hot or buried in snow.  


And when the chips are down, when they are under attack from the seedy elements... we Americans reward them for their protection, love and care by turning our backs on them and letting them fend for themselves?  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

NAW

There's not a living soul in the current Obama administration or the previous, including Hillary, Eric, Janet,, et al... who ever did anything wrong.

None.  

Zero. 

Zip. 

Thank God and His angels.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES SUBMARINE FLEET

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North Korea has been on the verge of attacking South Korea for a couple of weeks now.  More than 50 submarines of North Korea’s fleet, about 70% of its total, left their pens as tensions hit a high-note last Friday, and many of them have still have not returned.The question nagging authorities is, "Where are they and what are they up to?  

This leaves North Korea in the rather ominous position of being able to attack the shipping lanes in and around South Korea.  With North Korea's military remaining on high alert, the area has become a tinder box; virtually any spark can now ignite hostilities which would require the U.S. to honor its commitments to South Korea for military support.  

The administration and the media seem to be keeping a lid on these developments.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHY WEREN'T TV CREW CARRYING WEAPONS?

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They didn't stand a chance.  They were literally sitting ducks. Neither Ward or Parker were carrying weapons. 

News reporters and crew members put their lives in danger every day.  They are in the middle of riots, confrontations... just because of the nature of their public profiles, they are targets themselves for deranged gunmen.  

Virginia has fairly liberal concealed carry laws.  There are hundreds of sources from which one can get basic through advanced training in gun handling and self defense.  Sidearms are available to fit every physical characteristic and limitation.  

In short, there's no reason why these two victims could not have been carrying a sidearm.  If either one of them had been doing so, they would have at least had a chance to survive.  But, as it was, their lives were tragically lost long before the first cop arrived.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WILL HILLARY GET OFF?

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Breaking news yesterday is that Lois Lerner at the I.R.S. had a second personal email account that she used for conducting I.R.S. business.  And Caroline Kennedy, Ambassador to Japan, also has at least one personal email account over which she has sent government messages.  You can now expect Hillary to claim, "See, everybody does it!"

But, there are differences.  Lerner's personal email account was on the IRS government server.  Kennedy's personal email accounts were infrequently used and contained "sensitive, but unclassified" information.  Several agencies are saying they sent and received classified emails through Clinton's private email server; that server was privately owned and unsecure.  It also appears that after Clinton was told she needed to produce emails, she then proceeded with the deletions... which smacks of obstruction of justice.  

Clinton tries to say she never sent or received classified emails on her server.  But, she didn't have a government email account, so how did she conduct State Department affairs if she had no access to classified documents by email?  You can see right through that story.  

The fact that Hillary had a private server, that it was unprotected, that she had no government email accounts... is prima facie evidence that she knew she was violating the law and that she did it for the expressed purpose of hiding the conduct of her government affairs from the State Department and from the American people.  

She needs to be brought to justice and held fully accountable.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

QUIT BEATING AROUND THE BUSH

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I for one am sick and tired of the way this country has been run for the past 26 years.  We've had some damned weak presidents in this country, starting with George H.W. Bush and going through Billy Clinton, George W. Bush and now Barry Obama.  What's worse is that we have had 26 years of less-than-stellar performance out of Congress and the Supreme Court as well.  

A good chunk of this time, we've been told what we can say and how we must say it.  If we don't comply with the prescribed rules, we are faced with wide-eyed exclamations of horror and disgust.  We're either racists or we're un-American; we certainly should not be allowed out in public without a leash.  

Well, when you're so damned concerned about hurting someone else's feelings that you allow your own feelings to get lost in the translation, something's wrong.  The speech police in this country have us talking in ways that they can twist and spin as they please for whatever purposes suit them.  That's probably why they haven't gotten the message.  

Well, here's the message in plain English: Stop the bullshit.  Stop the merry-go-round.  If we want to call it an anchor baby, when it really is an anchor around our necks, then by God we'll call them anchor babies.  I don't give a damn what anybody thinks.  Quit beating around the bush and don't mince words; tell it like it is.  

We're sick and tired of the horrible way you people are running the country.  Period.  We're fed up with the crime, the illegal immigration, the runaway spending, our national security, ObamaCare, racism, the lack of jobs, the lies.... 

If you can't handle the truth, you belong in Russia or China.  Don't let the door hit you in the ass on  the way out of the country. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHY TARGET SUCKS

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Of course, we know that Target has banned the Salvation Army from soliciting donations at Christmastime outside its doors for many years now.  The Salvation Army is one of few charities that actually gets the lion's share of donations down to the needy; one would wonder why Target sells Christmas merchandise inside.  

Now, Target has decided to get rid of girls and boys sections within their stores.  They are going to completely remove all signage that distinguishes between boys and girls and they are going for gender neutrality.  Their argument is that separating the two enforces harmful gender norms and increases bigotry against transgenders and gender-neutral individuals.  God forbid that a child should be forced into losing his or her identity as a boy or girl.  Their next move will undoubtedly be to remove men's and women's restrooms. 

And who in this country designated Target to be the chief social engineer of our society?  These would be the same imbecilic thinkers who defend Planned Parenthood on the basis that we have the duty and right to dissect babies and sell parts in order to advance science.  

They are sick.  They are twisted.  They have no right to dictate to me what my perception of what a socially acceptable and responsible society is.  They are the true anti-religious and anti-social bigots of the world.  

They and their ugly friends will never see me spend one dime of my money in their stores.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

They create the theory, they find “problems” that can be solved by following the theory, and then they solve them. And if Target’s move is any indication, corporate America is scared to death of challenging these imbeciles. - See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/targets-gender-neutrality-how-far-can-we-bend/#sthash.2U5Cah3r.dpuf

They create the theory, they find “problems” that can be solved by following the theory, and then they solve them. And if Target’s move is any indication, corporate America is scared to death of challenging these imbeciles. - See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/targets-gender-neutrality-how-far-can-we-bend/#sthash.2U5Cah3r.dpuf

The argument is that separating sections into these delineations enforces harmful gender norms and increases bigotry against transgenders and gender-neutral individuals. That seems like a tough pill to swallow, but you can’t expect to apply reason and logic to anything liberals do. They create the theory, they find “problems” that can be solved by following the theory, and then they solve them. And if Target’s move is any indication, corporate America is scared to death of challenging these imbeciles. - See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/targets-gender-neutrality-how-far-can-we-bend/#sthash.2U5Cah3r.dpuf

The argument is that separating sections into these delineations enforces harmful gender norms and increases bigotry against transgenders and gender-neutral individuals. That seems like a tough pill to swallow, but you can’t expect to apply reason and logic to anything liberals do. They create the theory, they find “problems” that can be solved by following the theory, and then they solve them. And if Target’s move is any indication, corporate America is scared to death of challenging these imbeciles. - See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/targets-gender-neutrality-how-far-can-we-bend/#sthash.2U5Cah3r.dpuf

The argument is that separating sections into these delineations enforces harmful gender norms and increases bigotry against transgenders and gender-neutral individuals. That seems like a tough pill to swallow, but you can’t expect to apply reason and logic to anything liberals do. They create the theory, they find “problems” that can be solved by following the theory, and then they solve them. And if Target’s move is any indication, corporate America is scared to death of challenging these imbeciles. - See more at: http://www.fixthisnation.com/conservative-breaking-news/targets-gender-neutrality-how-far-can-we-bend/#sthash.2U5Cah3r.dpuf

DETROIT URGES GUN OWNERSHIP

In a city plagued by chronic unemployment and crime while protected by a dwindling police force, residents of Detroit are increasingly taking protection of themselves, their families and property into their own hands. Those who do so responsibly have the blessing and backing of Detroit Police Chief James Craig.  

Since his 2013 plea, thousands of guns have been purchased and hundred of concealed-carry permits have been issued.  Home invasions and other crimes have gone down. 

I had occasion to call for law enforcement a couple of years ago.  I had a suspicious car parked in my driveway and the occupant appeared to me to be carrying a handgun; I let the dispatcher know that when I made the call.  Sixteen minutes later, the first unit arrived.  Now, I have to say that three units responded and the officers proceeded to surround the car, guns drawn, and to demand that the driver get out.  He was high on drugs and, thankfully, what appeared to me to be a gun proved to be a cellphone.  

The point here is that, had the intruder been carrying a gun and had he had evil intent... well, 16 minutes is a damned long time.  He could have shot me dead and been 15 miles down the road in that amount of time.  What he didn't know is that I was armed and fully prepared to protect myself.  

Do you have any idea how long it takes for an aggressor to fire off five or six rounds?  Unless you are prepared and have practiced, that sequence can happen before you can get your gun out of the holster, let alone call the cops and wait 16 minutes for them to show up.  

Detroit has the right idea.  Americans need to arm themselves, get trained, get a concealed carry permit and carry a sidearm wherever they go.  Hopefully, they will never have to use their guns, but without them, they are sitting ducks... a crime waiting to happen.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.       

WHY?

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We have a president and secretary-of-state who deliberately covered up facts about the Iranian deal which, had they been known, would have scuttled the "deal" long before it was "agreed to."  This is but one more in a long string of blatant lies, spins and cover-ups which have been thrust upon the American people for over six long years, from ObamaCare to Benghazi to Fast & Furious, ad infinitum.  

We have a former secretary-of-state who has breached our precious national security by ignoring the law and who has also lied, spun and covered up... for at least 30 years...  from the Rose Law Firm to Whitewater to Travelgate to Benghazi to emails, ad infinitum.  

We have a government-funded agency encouraging pregnant females to have abortions so that they can dissect the bodies and sell the body parts; the mother is most often unaware of the process.  What happens with the money the agency gets for these parts is anyone's guess... cutting off the face so they  can get at the intact brain while the baby's heart is still beating.  And we have a president who refuses to do anything about it. 

And there is no outrage.  We should be marching on the White House, stampeding the Capitol, rising from our couches and demanding prosecution punishment, impeachment and imprisonment.  But we are not.  

Why?  What have we become?  How can we sleep at night? 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

PLANNED PARENTHOOD: IT GETS UGLIER

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In another just released video, we discover that a medical technician used scissors to cut off the face of an aborted, (but nearly fully developed), baby... in order to be able to extract the complete brain.  Her colleague took an instrument and “tapped the heart and it starts beating.”  

And our president thinks this conduct is acceptable and fundable?  

I'm sorry, but I am beyond sick over this... just thinking about what we have become.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

MORE DIRT ON SECRET IRANIAN SIDE DEALS

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It was learned yesterday that Yukiya Amano, IAEA director general,has remained silent about the secret side deals involving the IAEA and Iran over Obama's treasured nuclear "deal,"  because he was threatened with retaliatory harm by Iran if he talked.  Iran apparently threatened Amano in a letter meant to ensure he did not reveal specific information about the nature of nuclear inspections going forward.  

So here we have the president and the Secretary of State, fully aware of the fact that the secret side deals exist and who are themselves ignorant of the contents, trying to shove the "deal" down America's throats and threatening Congress?  At the very least, they are both complicit in failing to advise other nations involved, including Israel, and the United Nations of these facts?  

What ugly, anti-American bastards they are both proving themselves to be.  Get them out of office NOW. 


That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

UNAMERICAN AMERICANS

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I was recently reading through some quotations about citizenship.  I was struck by a thread in the quotes from foreigners who moved here and who went through the citizenship process.  By and large, everyone of them shed tears of joy on the day they were sworn in as U.S. citizens; at long last, they had completed their necessary steps of qualification and had become Americans.  

It has historically been a privilege to be an American; citizenship here was held in high esteem everywhere.  Yet, today we have a president and members of the two major political parties who are poised to bestow citizenship on millions of people who got here illegally.  

No wonder there are tears streaking down the cheeks of Lady Liberty; she's been totally trashed.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHAT'S WRONG WITH DOMESIC NSA SURVEILLANCE?

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Yesterday, it was revealed that telecommunications giant AT&T has had a very close working relationship with the National Security Agency.  Billions of emails, cell phone calls and land line calls were collected and handed over to the NSA on a monthly basis... over 400 billion records in one of its initial startup months.  

There is a legitimate reason for NSA to have access to some of this material, and it definitely does involve national security.  One of the difficulties in staying on top of terrorist communications is that they don't use the same phone number or the even the same method of communication consistently;  on a daily basis they can switch from one to another.  Rand Paul's argument is that there is a legal method for obtaining warrants to monitor, but things change so rapidly that by the time you can obtain a warrant, it is outdated and useless.   

So, the argument continues, it is more efficient and productive to be able to monitor everything and then to cull out the suspicious activity and break it down into something useful.  

Fine, I get that.  

But here's the problem: The blanket collection of such information over a period of time opens the door widely to the collection of data that can be used to persecute political enemies.  We already know that the IRS was using tax information to go after political enemies such as the Tea Parties.  If you or I are consistently sending out emails and creating blogs that denigrate the president or some facet of government, this NSA routine can provide fodder for the IRS to start auditing us on a monthly basis or for the EPA to nail us for allowing lawn fertilizer to get into water draining down street gutters.  

This administration is more than capable of thinking in those terms; they've even been caught red-handed monitoring phone calls of conservative reporters, as we all know.  

So, it's not the legitimate collection of information to be used in furthering national security that offends my senses; it's the sinister thinking and agenda of our government that scares the hell out of me, and that bullshit has to be brought to a stop.   

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

CLINTON'S "WIDE OPEN" SERVER

Late yesterday, it was learned that the company that installed and maintained Hillary Clinton's server apparently did not have a government security clearance.  In fact, Platte River Networks has been in trouble in the past, once for allegedly stealing the names and numbers of top White House military advisers.  The company also openly shares information it obtains from clients' computers and servers with other companies.  

This is a huge breach of national security... caused by a politician who had her own secrets to hide and was willing to risk national security in order to accomplish it.  

Shades of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

I.S.I.S. LISTS 1,400 AMERICANS "TO KILL"

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I.S.I.S. has released onto the Internet the names, addresses, phone numbers and other information regarding 1,400 American soldiers along with instructions to kill them.  This group's message is to attack the people on that list. Also on that list is private information of employees of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as well as credit card numbers for U.S. State Department employees.  

Of course, Obama still has everything under control.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE DEBATES, ONE WEEK LATER

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Well, the last of the dust is finally beginning to settle; even the press and the media are finally running out of ways to regurgitate their opinions of what the opinions were about the opinions on the event.  

So, where are we now? 

Well, in my opinion... You may recall that I said, right after the debate, that I felt FOX NEWS was out of line in the way it set Donald Trump up and in the tone and tenor of some of their questions.  Trump, true to his history, spat right back; and after the debates, Trump let it be known in no uncertain terms that he did not appreciate Megyn Kelly, Bret Baier or FOX NEWS for the questions they asked or the manner in which they were asked.  

When Kelly went on the air Monday night and refused to delve into the resulting fireworks, when she refused to defend herself... I knew then that the top dog at FOX had received the message, and that he didn't like it.  By Tuesday, Roger Ailes had called Trump personally to apologize and to try to mend the fences.  Trump did something I would not have done... he accepted the apologies and they are at least back to talking with each other again.  I would have let FOX stew in its own broth for another week or so.  

Trumps poll numbers showed that he had emerged from the skirmish unscathed and was still in firm command of the lead.  More interesting to all of us is that Carson and Fiorina emerged in stronger positions, as did Cruz.  Over in the Democratic camp, Bernie Sanders managed to take the lead away from Hillary in New Hampshire.  The common denominator here is that all five of these names... Trump, Cruz, Carson, Fiorina and Sanders... are tackling the established political hierarchies with welcomed vengeance.  

Those candidates who manage themselves and their campaigns in the traditional "old style" of politics are slowly... very, very slowly... realizing that the dust is about to settle on them.  Now, well after the dance has started, the participants are discovering that the traditional beat of the music has morphed from a tip-toe, soft-shoe waltz to a strong, robust John Philip Sousa march.  

Americans are sick and tired of the constant spin cycle of political business-as-usual in Washington.  They want, expect and demand change... the type of change that was never remotely in Barack's game plan.   They want to see good old reliable, patriotic and sensible leadership, all of the way from the top down into the trenches.   

Right now, in my opinion, those who represent "the establishment..." the Grahams, the Bushes, and the Clintons of the world, are probably going to end up on the outside looking in... as they damned well should.  

The winds are blowing in a refreshing direction.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

HILLARY'S EMAILS: THE PLOT THICKENS

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First, Hillary said she had turned over all of her emails to the State Department when she left.  Then it was discovered she had a personal and very private server.  Then she said she had personally gone through all of her emails and deleted anything that wasn't personal.  Then she admitted to still having some government emails on her server, but insisted they were not classified.  Then she said that if there were, by chance, classified emails on her server... she didn't know it.  Then, one of her assistants, who might have sent to and received emails from Hillary announced that she had erased all emails on her account.  Then they found classified emails on Hillary's server.  And now they know that at least two of those emails were classified as "Top Secret" and that Hillary had to know it.  

State Department officials have warned that there were “potentially hundreds of classified emails” on Clinton’s private server.  

Could it be that her emails, obviously on her own server to prevent prying eyes from finding out what she was up to, will lead to her ultimate demise?  Oh, what webs we weave when we practice to deceive.....

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

THE KINGDOM OF DONKEYS

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency, (USEPA), that huge, but pious government agency that has been piling mountains upon mountains of regulations on air, water and land use, has become squarely to blame for one of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the western states.  An 80-mile length of mustard-colored water -- laden with arsenic, lead, copper, aluminum and cadmium -- is working its way south toward New Mexico and Utah, following Wednesday's accidental release from the Gold King Mine, near Durango, Colorado,  when an EPA cleanup crew destabilized a dam of loose rock lodged in the mine. The crew was supposed to pump out and decontaminate the sludge, but instead released it into tiny Cement Creek. From there, it flowed into the Animas River and made its way into larger tributaries, including the San Juan and Colorado rivers, according to a report from FOX NEWS. 

Not only is the toxic sludge contaminating waterways, it is likely to contaminate both domestic and agricultural wells as it settles into the ground.  This will involve years, if not decades, of monitoring and decontamination efforts, all paid for by the U.S. taxpayer.  It is yet another one of Obama's administrative agencies that has systematically ruined our country.  

And it is now apparent for everyone to see... nobody in Obama's government knows their ass from a hole in the ground.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

OBAMA SICKS RUSSIANS, CHINESE ON CONGRESS

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Late Friday, as often happens with unpleasant, controversial or bad news in Washington, it oozed out that Barack Hussein Obama had asked Chinese and Russian representatives to head to Capitol Hill and lobby Congressional Members on the Iran nuclear "deal."  These "emissaries" are being told they must convince Congress to vote for approving the "deal,"  according to informed sources.  

What leverage they might have is up for speculation.  Perhaps the Chinese are going to threaten to call the U.S. debt due, or to refuse any further loans.  Perhaps the Russians are threatening to cut off the supply of vodka to Congressional chambers.  Whatever the plan, one thing is certain: never before has a sitting president of the United States enlisted the help of foreign interests to put pressure on Congress for action which is being contested and protested by the vast majority of American citizens.  

Why?  

This activity runs contrary to the spirit of American democracy.  When coupled with the existence of secret side deals that the White House adamantly refuses to disclose, it becomes readily apparent that the deal is not... cannot be... in the best interests of Americans or of the world.  

Not only must Congress turn down this "deal," it needs to pass a bill of censure against the president for his treasonous, anti-American maneuvers which have far surpassed the limits of presidential propriety.  Either that, or this nation is now being governed by the United Nations, and our Constitution has been usurped and successfully overthrown by Obama and his odious regime.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

DEBATE SURPRISES AND SHAME

By and large, the debates were informative, but sometimes disappointing and sometimes shameful.  

In the first debate, Carly Fiorina did distinguish herself with strong and articulate answers; it became readily obvious that she belonged in the first tier of debaters and there were several in the second debate who did not step up to the plate and should have been in Carly's spot.  In my opinion and based upon the debates, three were less-than-stellar and may as well drop out now... Gilmore, Graham, Pataki, Perry and Santorum.  

I think the second debate got off to a very bad, disgusting start.  When Fox asked the first question, it was clear to me that a very poorly crafted and antagonistic trap had been set up against Trump.  The question was if there was anyone on stage who could not pledge support for the eventual nominee and who would pledge not to run on a third party ticket. Trump had already articulated his position on that issue several times in the media and it was therefore clear that the question was designed to specifically shame him in front of the national debate audience. It was a heavily baited question and served no purpose other than to deliberately denigrate one of the candidates...  Trump.  I saw no such attack by Fox on any other of the candidates. 

To be fair, Trump flunked a question about his vocal disdain for women on prior occasions.  I felt that Paul made a poor showing and that Bush had a lackluster performance.  Those who shined in the second debate and who stood out were Carson, Huckabee and Cruz.  I felt that Christie was the barracuda of the event and probably should have stayed home.   

Everyone else had their moments, both good and bad.  There was a whole lot of ducking, bobbing, weaving and spinning going on.  The most poised of the groups would be a tossup I think between Bush and Fiorina, but I'm not looking for poise... I'm looking for someone who demonstrates the ability and fortitude to tackle the daunting task of turning this country around.  In that respect, based on the debate, I would put Cruz, Fiorina, Huckabee, Trump... and possibly Rubio and Carson.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.

WHY THE DEBATES ARE A SHAM

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With one exception that we know of, all of the participants in yesterday's debate crammed for it.  They had associates ask them questions they thought they might be asked in the actual debate, they gave instant answers and then everyone sat around and discussed how that answer would sound on stage, whether or not it was "politically correct," and if there wasn't some better answer.  

Then, they got on stage last night and gave their canned answers to the questions.  

This leaves the audience to wonder what the candidates really think about the issues, how much knowledge they really have about the subject matters and whether or not they are the genuine article. We know from immediate past experience that smooth talkers don't necessarily make good leaders.  But, the format of the debate sets us up to like those who can spin the most, give polished answers and toss in a few timely and glib remarks of their own.  

I look at the whole thing as being nothing short of an old time carney show, but I'm sure the advertising revenues and the ratings for FOX were out of this world.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

RUSSIA CLAIMING ARCTIC OIL & GAS

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The Arctic contains up to 25% of the known oil and gas reserves left in the world.  The United States, Russia, Canada, Denmark and Norway have always vied for those rights, but Russia has now stepped forward and asserted to the United Nations that it is laying sovereign claim to 463,000 square miles of the Arctic.  

Now, where the United Nations gets the authority to decide such an issue is beyond me; they don't own the Arctic Circle.  The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States (Alaska), Canada, Denmark (Greenland), and Iceland (where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey).  There are, by the way, inhabitants of the Arctic Circle and it would appear to me that they therefore own it.  Those inhabitants, coincidentally, are American, Russian, Canadian, Norwegian and Danish.  

But, we all know that Putin has been flexing his muscles of late; he knows that Obama is impotent and that the other nations involved will not protest unless the U.S. takes a strong and affirmative lead.  

You can look for Obama to take about as strong a stance on the issue as he has taken in the Ukraine.... in other words, Russia can have it.  Maybe Russia will give part of their new land claim to Iran so that they can test their nukes there.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

REPUBLICAN CONGRESS SUFFERS FROM E.D.

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The Republican Congress is suffering from "Electile Dysfunction." 

While there is a lot of flapping of the gums about how the Republicans in Congress know what the people want, what is right for the country, what has to be changed...  when the rubbers meet the road, they can't perform.  What have they done about ObamaCare?  How did they handle the Trade agreement?  Did they ever get the answers to Benghazi?  We all know the IRS is totally culpable of the misdeeds with which it is charged regarding targeting of conservative groups, but Congress is still floundering around like sick fish.  They're already softening their stance on the Iranian nuclear "deal," and their Republican-controlled Senate voted Monday against defunding the sick and macabre Planned Parenthood.  

We the public, sick and tired of the liberal-left agenda, gave them a mandate in 2014 to change the ways of "business-as-usual" in Washington.  Yet, they've managed to ignore that mandate and to totally fail to carry out their mission.   

When it comes to doing the job we elected them to do, they just can't "get it up."  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.  

DISGUSTING CALIFORNIA PAROLE

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39 years ago, James Schoenfeld and two others kidnapped a school bus and 26 young students in Chowchilla and buried them alive in a trailer underneath a mountain near Livermore. There they were held captive inside a buried, ventilated trailer stocked with mattresses, food and water. The victims eventually managed to dig their way out and escaped unhurt.  The kidnappers intended to demand $5 million for their release.  

 

Governor Jerry Brown has granted Schoenfeld parole.  Sadly, nobody is talking about it in the press or media and no one is protesting the release.   

 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.   

A LESSON IN AMERICAN ABSURDITY

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As it turns out, Lt. Cmdr. Timothy White of the United States Navy had in his possession his personal weapon at the time of the Chattanooga shooting spree and he managed to get off a shot or two at the perpretrator, Mohammad Youssef Abdulazee.   

The Navy is electing to file charges against White for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property.  

Sleep well tonight, Americans.  The lunatics are definitely running the asylum.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted. 

WHY CLINTON IS UNFIT FOR OFFICE

Hillary Clinton is unfit for office.  

As president, you are entrusted with the nation's secrets every minute of every day.  There's hardly a breath uttered in the Oval Office, probably never a telephone call or email that does not contain classified or sensitive information.  Yet, she has demonstrated time and time again her unwillingness or lack of capability to comply with basic safeguarding of such files... from the Rose Law Firm, to Travelgate to the Clinton Foundation and now... to the State Department.  

She has emails on her personal internet server which she claims were not classified, but if they were... then she says she didn't know they were classified.  She deleted emails, she copied emails to a thumb drive and gave them to her attorney who, I presume, does not have a security clearance.  She has no idea whether or not her database was ever hacked, but it certainly lacked government safeguards designed to prevent intrusion.  

She treats our national secrets like garbage.  

Take all of the politics and all of her past history off the table and just zero in on this.  She is totally unfit to hold the office of president; she cannot be trusted with our nation's secrets.  

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.