Earl R. Smith II's Blog, page 15
June 26, 2020
The Delusion of the Losing Side – the Anti-Americans Begin to Sound Retreat
The latest example of the hypocrisy and delusion of the right comes in the form of an opinion piece by Tucker Carlson posted (where else because who else would publish such stuff?) on Fox News. In it he makes some truly outrageous statements. Here are just two examples: “If the president does lose, that would […]
June 21, 2020
Danger Will Robinson
These are truly times that try men’s souls and the Republic is more at risk than it has ever been before. We are rapidly approaching a brink that few currently recognize, and things are far more dire than most will admit. The talking heads are smirking about the low turnout in Tulsa. Typically, short-sighted, they […]
June 18, 2020
Newtclear Dogma
He is at it again – the Angry White Old Loony (AWOL for short). In a Fox News opinion piece (Where else? No professional news service would publish such a thing!), the professor of ‘lets go to Washington and destroy the government – somebody bring Beauregard’s battle flag – the south will rise again and finally […]
June 13, 2020
The Confederate Flag is a Banner of Treason
It is time that Americans woke up and realized that those who pledge allegiance to this symbol of treason are dedicated to the overthrow of the government. That is what it stood for then and that is what is stands for now. One of these is the flag of the United States – honored by […]
June 12, 2020
The Most Cynical Trumpism Yet
In what will go down as one of the most cynical strategies by any American political party, the GOP through the Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. campaign is demanding that people who attend a political rally – essentially a march towards the coronation of Trump for a second term – sign a liability waver […]
June 10, 2020
A To-Do List for the Biden Administration
There is this mythology, particularly on the Left, that Joe Biden is going to come in and set things right. But there is a problem with that. The Obama presidency. During its first term they had a majority in Congress and, it would seem, that was the time to undertake substantial institutional reform. But, except […]
A Two-Do List for the Biden Administration
There is this mythology, particularly on the Left, that Joe Biden is going to come in and set things right. But there is a problem with that. The Obama presidency. During its first term they had a majority in Congress and, it would seem, that was the time to undertake substantial institutional reform. But, except […]
May 3, 2020
Guilty Until Proven Innocent?
Occasionally, a member of the chattering class makes a statement so bizarre that it stuns the sensibility. Recently Jonah Goldberg, writing for something called the Tribune Content Agency, published “Opinion: Burden of proof is on Biden to deflect Reade accusations”. Under the rule of law, it is the responsibility of a plaintiff to provide evidence […]
April 22, 2020
Things That People Are Doing With All That Time
It’s true that the world as we knew it has changed – and maybe gone forever. The lives we were living in January are on hold. Maybe the old normal will not come back for a long while; if at all. I got to wondering how this was affecting active people who relished human contact […]
April 20, 2020
Swimming Against a Strong Tide
My days are full of conversations about the pandemic, responses and the future of human society. When some that I talked to are getting depressed, I quote Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs: When a colleague said “I don’t know if I can take much more of this” during a series of marathon meetings in the […]
