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Unintended consequences

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Unintended consequences will always come to light, soon after the good idea, or what was thought to be one, is either passed into law or made mandatory by the administration.

The 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which abolished liquor may have seemed like a good idea to some in 1919, turned out to be a bad idea for all. I have thought on and studied this idiotic idea and can not come up with even one thing that would be a positive consequence. First revenue. The government was voluntarily giving up a source of revenue, every thing is taxed in one way or another and most are taxed repetitively. Second unemployment. The people who were employed at the breweries and distilleries suddenly found themselves unemployed. Third more lost revenue. The people who lost their jobs could not spend as they had nothing to spend, thereby effecting the economy of the surrounding areas. How many people lost their jobs, because others found themselves without a job. The truck drivers were not delivering goods to warehouses, stores or establishments, fewer people were going to restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Less delivery trucks were needed, how many in the automotive industry, manufacturing or repairs, found themselves out of work because of decreased demand. Service stations as they were known in those days were effected as there was less demand for fuel. How many lives were effected by lost wages? How much total revenue was lost during this time? The ripple effect of even one industry closing has effects out as far as the eye can see. Fourth the borders to the north and south were not secure then, the same as now. Canada and Mexico were still brewing and distilling, thereby providing a product that was still very much in demand, and profiting greatly from the stupidity of another. Fourth crime. Say hello to “bootleggers” and organized crime and a dramatically elevated crime rate. Fifth the Great Depression. Could the Great Depression have been prevented or lessened to a Deep Recession had the 18th Amendment never happened? Possibly. One thing for sure with the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933, which repealed the 18th Amendment, a lot of people went to work earning wages, paying taxes and supporting the local economy, just 14 years earlier the 18th amendment seemed like such a good idea. 14 years of lost wages and revenue, for what, government’s good idea!!!!!!!! And finally you caused normally good and decent law-abiding citizens to participate in criminal activity just by enjoying a cold one or two after a long hard days work, just because you had a good idea, or so you thought.

Demanding that motor vehicles get better fuel mileage has had unintended consequences. Less revenue for the government, as less fuel is purchased, less highway taxes and less other taxes are paid. Less money is available for road repair, resurfacing or just plain improvements. The expression of “infrastructure decay” began shortly after government demands for increased fuel economy. People are still buying fuel, but motor vehicles getting better mileage combined with the constantly increasing prices has made the dollars go less distance, in other word words the cars are going farther on shorter roads. The demands on automakers to increase fuel mileage will soon if not already have a detrimental effect on safety, yet another unintended consequence. The vehicles are getting better fuel mileage, buying less fuel which leads to paying less highway taxes, using the highways and the highways and roads are needing repair. Now What? You want to place toll booths on the interstates. Where will the money come from to build the toll-booths up and down the many interstates? If there is no money for repairs, where will toll booth construction dollars come from. Will you steal it out of some other pile of money? Will you simply borrow it from some foreign government? How will you pay the many people who will be hired to support another money grabbing operation, after all they will surely be employed by some government agency? Will you claim that these jobs were created to repair the infrastructure of America? Then there is this “good idea” you have, highway usage taxes paid at the time of purchasing fuel. How the hell will you figure that? Will a lighter vehicle pay less than a heavy one, after all lighter vehicles cause less wear and tear. Or do they, their sheer numbers cause a lot of wear and tear. For me to get to town I use a combination of the following, a private road, that I alone maintain without any of your infrastructure dollars, a county road, cross over another county road and a state road, the last three are paid for with fuel purchases. How much more do you want? You should have thought about the loss of and less revenue, before demanding better fuel mileage. But that would have required thought, but you are incapable of that, so you would have paid tax dollars for a study or a commission to do that for you. Think about this many states get a lot of revenue from motor vehicle tags, people will stop making trips of less importance and may even eliminate the second or third car, having the unintended consequence of states losing revenue because of less motor vehicle registrations. Fewer vehicles on the road means less fuel purchases, thus compounding the problem and on and on it goes. What tax or fee will you seek next to make up another shortage that you alone caused? You are not capable of thought on your own, therefore you are unworthy to lead, you are too proud to follow, so do us all a favor and just get the hell out-of-the-way and let the private sector fix this and all the other unintended consequences you have caused, give them room and let them go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On your stupidity on gun control. You were never about controlling crime, you are about citizen control and making law-abiding citizens as dependent on government as your voluntary slaves are. The population of Americans that own firearms do so and the reasons run the entire gamut, from just to piss you off, self-defense, hunting or just to collect and preserve a piece of history, maybe an heirloom. Think on this for a moment. People do hunt, the money used to purchase licenses from the states for hunting are used to by various agencies within the state for wildlife management, and in some that is their only source of revenue. Again how many people would their jobs that depend on hunting? How many jobs depend on hunters? Gas stations, restaurants and even some large chain stores, not to mention entire industries that support hunting, clothing and the like. Not only that how many jobs would be lost in the firearms manufacturing industry and those that support it, manufacturers of ammunition and the like, and the ones that depend on it, shop owners. Who would occupy the empty buildings? Did you not learn anything from the 18th Amendment. Our economy is fragile, bordering on if not already in another recession, and the loss of an industry as large as the firearms industry would send us into another depression, even larger than the last. Say hello to crime again. As I said you are about population control not crime control, this path you are on will do the same as the 18th Amendment did, make criminals out of normally law-abiding citizens. As for me you will have to want to take it more than I want to keep it. The criminals will always be criminals and will seek the easiest victim or target.

I did not mention Benghazi, the IRS, Fast and Furious, Obamacare and the rest because of one important thing they all have in common. There were no unintended consequences in any of them. BHO and his administration knew exactly what they were doing and did not care about the consequences. This is best demonstrated by the demands and actions of the “elected” current leader of Afghanistan, he demanded money, a sort of “tribute”, for each “civilian” killed by military actions in that lovely country, and he was paid. He as a responsible leader should have done his best to protect the population by ensuring their safety, but instead he viewed them as a positive cash flow, and did nothing to ensure their safety, while he held up in a palace that was more of a fortress, safe and secure. There have been reports that he may be “coming to America”, Afghanistan might be unkind to him. But if he comes, will he be alone, or will many, many friends come with him? I close with this concerning the payments of “tribute”. Three important things about Libya, the airstrike that killed an armored vehicle occupied by insurgents, the theft of equipment at an American supply depot, unguarded of course, and finally the murder of 4 Americans, where after over 20 months not a single person responsible has been captured or killed. Did the administration pay a “tribute”?

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Proving grounds, their uses and lessons learned

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The World and even America has turned from modernization and civilization to becoming the proving ground for ideas.

The Ukraine has provided the latest proving ground of ideas. But why, was it intended to test ideas to be used here in America? The Ukraine as a “democracy” has had a very short life since the collapse of the U.S.S.R. The protests against an abusive and corrupt government, began as just that a protest. How did a protest turn so violent so fast? The same as it has always been done, agitators were introduced. What was the “final straw” by the government against the people? We will never know that answer. What was the original intent of the protests? We will never know that answer, either? The reason we will never know the answers is simple, they no longer matter and were never reported on earnestly. But they do matter and should be reported on. The protests in The Ukraine did not begin with the burning of buildings. One thing for certain, is that if they had originally intend to overthrow the government, they had no plan for what comes next. The federal government missed one important thing, The Crimea, they never even thought that a country would voluntarily rejoin with Russia as a subject country. This one thing changed the whole “game”, The Ukraine is so destabilized it also too may be lost to Russia. Now The Ukraine has an “interim” government. Where did they come from and how did they get appointed? Were they appointed by the people or were they selected by outside influences? Are the people satisfied with the new government? By the reaction of the people I would say that they are not. The Russian Pro-Separatists as they have been labeled are the catalyst provided by intervention. But who are they? They were first claimed to be Russian soldiers, turned out they were not Russian at all. Now the violence has spread throughout the country and will surely spread to neighboring countries. At what point will the “interim” government be forced to declare “martial Law” and who will decide for them? Time will tell. This proving ground is still providing lessons and those may prove to be catastrophic for America and the World. At some point Russia will step in either because they chose to or were left no choice.

While the “Crisis in The Ukraine” was developing and receiving 24 hour coverage, what similar event was unfolding here in America? Federal government over-reach, Bunkerville and The BLM. What was the reason for the sudden aggressive action by the BLM, the case has been in court and ongoing for years? What was the intent of the BLM, after all they are an arm of the federal government? Does the federal government have the answers to the questions above concerning the Ukraine? You bet they do. Was Bunkerville a test? You bet it was. Did the federal government get what they wanted? Yes and No. They now know that some in America will “stand their ground”. Did they set off a string of protests where instigators could be used to escalate the protest into violence? No. Will the federal government try something else? Definitely. What will they try next? That depends on the proving grounds. Is the media complicit in this? You bet they are. They have turned regional news stories into national news, if it fits their true agenda. This is best illustrated by the number of national news stories about firearms being used in citizen on citizen acts of violence. Is there a sudden increase in shootings, or just an increase in reporting? There may be the occasional report of a knife or similar implement being used if there are enough victims or if the act is brutal enough. The firearm use will be reported on if even there was only one victim. The use of a firearm in the act of self-defense will never make national news, and only get a short, if any, mention in regional news. People are murdered everyday around the world with many items other than with firearms, some are even murdered with hammers and other common items used in daily life but these acts will never make the headlines. One has to ask why, the answer is simple, their true agenda, they pick and choose.

The federal government has been “provided” with, and have even “provided” themselves with many other proving grounds to test their ideas and theories.

Libya was handed to BHO compliments of the E.U., our government had no “beef” with Libya or it’s dictator, yet we attacked. The rebels and insurgents were armed to fight against the government forces of the dictator. The dictator was overthrown and killed, a temporary government of sorts was put in power, again by who. Who are these people are they Libyans or are they some convenient surrogate? The federal government even established diplomatic relations with the new temporary government, even set up a diplomatic mission and embassy. Then the Ambassador and three other Americans were murdered. The administration and even BHO claimed it started as a protest over an internet video, knowing that it was a terrorist attack. The lie and the cover-up of the lie are just now coming into light, but I know that this will only serve to reveal all of the other ugly truths about the lies and will expose what else BHO and the administration are hiding. What was promised to the Libyan temporary government? What did the Libyan government promise in exchange for help? Other than weapons, what were they given? The lesson learned from this proving ground is the following. You can take a country from it citizens and give it to whom ever you choose.

Syria is a great proving ground. The masses attempting to overthrow an evil dictator, even better it is a dynasty, passed down from generation to generation, much like North Korea. The protests began peaceful enough the people making demands on government, then for some reason or because of outside influences the protests became violent. The rebels, insurgents or what ever you want to call them have been battling with government forces for over two years, and even come close yet. When the news broke that chemical weapons had been used in Syria, which incidentally was the “red line” that BHO had drawn in the sand the insurgents expected an immediate response from BHO. My position on the use of chemical weapons, the correct term when a weapon is used by the military is deployed, was that the insurgents were getting their “asses” handed to them , they deployed the weapons and blamed the government forces. This was the beginning of BHO using the expression “there will be consequences”. BHO could have done in Syria the same as he did in Libya as just ordered an attack, but he wanted help or a promise of help from the E.U. in return for his actions in Libya, the E.U. said no. BHO was stuck, he went to congress for approval. Then Putin and Russia stepped up in defense of Syria after all Russia has a Naval base in Syria. This proving ground provide the following lesson. Do not try to intimidate a country that has a big and powerful ally. Have you noticed lately the increasing trend of “pissing off” our friends and allies. Is BHO trying to alienate us and leave us alone with no friends to help should we have difficulties? Think about it.

Egypt is by far the best proving ground to date. The Arab Spring gave the world Egypt. The protests started like all others peaceful, then because of some event or outside influences they turned violent. The President of Egypt, think of him as you may, was a good ally helping to keep peace and order in the Middle-East. BHO said that the people have spoken and Mubarak had to go for the good of Egypt, a country that had been stable for years and held the Muslim Brotherhood at bay. Mubarak gave up power and the force his government held at bay for years was unleashed on Egypt. The brotherhood made life in Egypt unbearable on the Egyptians, the Egyptian military told the newly elected president, who as it happens was a muslim brotherhood leader, to get things right and gave him a time limit to get it done. Morsi the elected President, and leader of the muslim brotherhood, did not heed the warning. The Egyptian military arrested Morsi, removed him from office and took control of the Egyptian government. BHO and his administration went “nuts” demanding that Morsi be restored to power and the rightful and duly elected Egyptian government be re-instated. Lesson learned from this proving ground. Do not let the Military be large enough to remove you from power. Did you notice that not long after the Egyptian military removed Morsi from power, BHO and his minions began the plan to reduce the size of the U.S. military. Since the muslim brotherhood was rounded-up, contained and tried for crimes against Egypt and sentenced to death, all of them, BHO and his minions have said very little in regards to Egypt. Egypt may even realign with Russia, lost another friend and ally. What was the brotherhood promised by BHO for him to be such a steadfast supporter? What did the brotherhood offer to BHO for his friendship? We may soon find out.

Afghanistan though began as a noble effort turned into a proving ground for advanced weaponry. Who or what countries now possess those weapons? Who or what are their intended targets? Who got sold out?

Why not us? Part 1

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Indeed, Why not us?
The world has erupted in wars and internal strife, the nations of Venezuela, The Ukraine, Syria and Libya will be used in the following examples. These examples will show the difference between a planned choice and direction and having no plan and will to go in any direction. Examples of how outside influences attempt to use the indecision and lack of planning of the people, nations and governments to further the agenda of the ones who wield their supposed supremacy and the disastrous effects of all concerned.
First to be discussed is Libya. The destruction of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988 led to the first air attack on Libya from the U.S. as a retaliatory action. A game of tit-for-tat began with Libya. Whenever an act of terrorism was committed by Libya or they would claim responsibility for the act and another air strike would be delivered upon them. Occasionally the U.S. would give aid or intelligence to anyone who was engaged in open conflict with The Libyan Dictator during his quest for expansion. Acts of terrorism during this time were not cause to engage in all out war. In 2012 The U.S. launched an air campaign against Libya in support of an insurrection against the Libyan Dictator, this act was ordered by our President without justification and was totally against our Constitution. Being a Constitutional professor surely he must have heard of the war powers of the President. America would use only air power and not risk a single soldier and no boots would be put on the ground. However, we would provide the “rebels” with uniforms and small arms. We as a nation had no “beef” with Libya or its Dictator. We as a nation with a corrupt leader were dragged into that one by European countries that were weak militarily and corrupt morally and had somehow “bitten off more than they could chew”. Please do not use the argument that the accused, convicted and imprisoned the so-called “mastermind” of the Flight 103 bombing was released from prison, that again was a European decision. If we had any “beef” with anyone it should have been directed towards those that released him on humanitarian grounds. Some of the members of the U.S. Congress were in total support of the “Rebels” in Libya and some even stated “I know who the good one’s are, trust me I know”. The problem was that the “rebels” only wanted the Dictator gone, but had no plan of action or where they would go after his ouster. Our government “assumed” that they would be pro-west if we helped and would become a useful ally. The word “assume” is composed of 3 words(ass, u and me). Our Regime was so anxious to prove they had taken the “right course of action” and wanted normalization of relations with the “New and Legitimate Government” of Libya. The “new and legitimate government” was recognized even before the “old and ill-legitimate government” was out of power. An Embassy was established, an Ambassador was appointed and staffed, even putting an outpost in Benghazi. Somehow, we relied on the new government to provide most of the security for the Ambassador and the Embassy and we know how that turned out. Then there was the under reported and in some cases not reported event where sophisticated U.S. military equipment was stolen from a “secure” storage area. I wonder if the same people who provided security for that area also provided security for our Embassy. Libya today is still a cesspool with pieces of “feces” still floating around with no direction and no plan, and our government still thinks Libya was worth the cost. It was not worth the cost. Dear Leader and his “tools” totally screwed that one up, accepted not even a “smidgen” responsibility and have moved on to screw up the rest of the world, and have managed to make an ASS of U and ME and The United States of America in the process.
Now to Syria. This is yet another Middle-East country embroiled in internal strife with only one vision, the removal of a Dictator. That beautiful country has become a training ground for any opposition group wanting to “hone” their fighting skills. The Syrian Army has been killing them by the “truckload” and they have only gained experience in dying. The news that chemical weapons were used against the civilian population should have come as no surprise to anyone. I personally do not believe that the Government had unleashed chemicals on anyone. The Government was and is winning and therefore had no reason to use such a tactic that would surely bring world condemnation and possible military actions from most world powers. I believe the most likely possibility is that the “rebels” were and still are losing, and they used chemical weapons that they had seized in earlier successes. After all, to succeed at terrorism you must terrorize. Dear Leader had “drawn a line in the sand”, but not just any old line it was a RED LINE, saying that if chemical weapons were used America would act. Not long after that, the news erupted with statements, proclamations and accusations that the government had indeed deployed chemical weapons. The RED Line was Crossed. The administration wanted to perform “surgical air strikes” and lessen the Syrian Army’s war fighting capability, and just as in the case of Libya, we would not put boots on the ground. Russia came to Syria’s defense, intervened and the “redness” of the line became blurry, and not quite so RED. Dear Leader had painted himself into a corner, he had to do something, fear set in, he could not act alone, he asked Congress for a resolution, at the same time he was asking the other world powers to help, seeming almost to beg. The European Countries said they would not participate, not even the ones that drug us into Libya. The sensible ones in Congress wanted time and verification before acting. Help with this problem came from an unlikely source, Russia. The crisis was averted. Syria would give-up their chemical weapons, promise not to use them and Russia and a team of international inspectors would oversee their destruction. The Syrian military was by default, given permission to shoot and kill as many “rebels” as they wanted as long as the only used “common and acceptable” means and methods. Of the “common means and methods” the one with the most success is to surround an enemy in a town or fort and the lay siege to it. This is perhaps the most effective and non-discriminatory and certainly brutal tactics ever developed for war fighting, but it does drive home the fact that you are certainly living on borrowed time. A place under siege has only what it has and can expect no more, you can only grow weaker, when what you have is exhausted you have two options, continue until you are totally destroyed or surrender. If you had instead taken the time to prepare, build up alliances or become self-sufficient and strong enough to engage in a prolonged fight, you would not find yourself surrounded and having to go from fighting for a good and just cause, and that is my allowing that you ever had one, to now just fighting for your survival. Your total lack of any understanding of the task you were own is proven by the fact that you invited every one to join you and you did not care why they wanted to join the fight. Your use of towns and cities for your strong holds goes to prove that you truly do not care about the people you are trying to liberate from tyranny, you have only placed the innocent in harm’s way. Perhaps you counted on the world continuing the same course of action they had been on and ASSUMED that you would be delivered from you ineptness. As with Libya the administration has promised to give aid to the ‘rebels” in the form of uniforms and small arms. We may never learn what was given to the “rebels”, and let’s not forget the sophisticated military equipment that had been stolen in earlier successes.
Now, to point out some similarities of the two countries previously discussed. They are by no means soldiers and therefore can not wear a uniform. They have no discipline, nor self-control and engage only in indiscriminate killing and terrorism. They have no allegiance, represent no form of government, nor any country and have no regard for life or liberty, without these you can never be free. But, they know not what they want to be free form to start with. Do not look to the skies for your salvation, there has never been any war won by air power alone. PPPP on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine. But dot not feel bad, America too, lost much in the 2 excursions that Dear Leader embarked on. Actually we probably lost more than the two of you combined. We lost the respect and more importantly the trust of the oppressed of the world and of our Allies around the world, and even that is not totally your fault. We as America somehow elected a leader who felt it necessary to embark on a world apology tour. The half-hearted excursion into Libya and empty threats in Syria have done more to undermine perceived American commitment in the Middle-East than any other single act committed by our current Regime and will undoubtedly lead only to more instability and mistrust.
Now to Venezuela. Your struggles to rid yourselves of your tyrannical form of government is barely making the news here in America. You can expect no help, Dear Leader here is cut from the same cloth as your current and past leaders. God Bless and keep up the good fight. If you a revolting against your government to move towards freedom and liberty do it yourself, do not ask any outside help and do not accept any offers of help. For if you do it by yourself it will mean so much more and you will owe no one. If you are only wanting a new leader and the same type of government, that is your choice. You may even live long enough to see America arrive at the same point where you sit now. I only hope you have a plan as to what your future holds, if you are rebelling just to rebel and you succeed you will become the same cesspool as Syria in the Middle-East and Libya in North Africa.
Now to The Ukraine. You confuse me, you sit on a fence and will go whichever way the wind blows. If you can not decide, split your country in half and go your separate ways. This has been done many times in history, most often with terrible consequences, it was even tried here in America. You are not unique in history, you gained independence with the demise of the Soviet Union. You want to align with the E.U. when they do well. You want to align with Russia when all is well there. Are you not the land of the Cossacks. You are a country of great resources you can use that to your advantage or let that destroy you. Do not seek money from other countries it has the appearance of saying “my friendship is for sale”. Sell off the ill-gotten gains of the former leader you chose, farm your fertile soil and become an agricultural superpower. Any government who buys your friendship will eventually enslave you for their uses and exploit your country and resources for their gain. If government can give, they can also take. Choose wisely your next leader. Do as America did, first write a Constitution, second fill the offices and ensure that the rights of the people are included in your constitution. Most importantly hold the people elected to those offices accountable.