We've Forgotten

We've dishonored all those who gave their lives for our country. We've let their sacrifices fall by the wayside. We've allowed the very people they died to protect us from to attempt to destroy our country from within.

Michael Flynn is a retired U.S. Army Lt. General. He collects a military pension. He was pardoned by Trump after he plead guilty to a felony count of "willfully and knowingly" making false statements to the FBI about the Kislyak communications, (Mueller's Russia investigation).

On the eve of Memorial Day he advocates for a military coup?

“I wanna know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here?” an unidentified member of the audience asked Flynn.

“No reason,” Flynn responded to wild screams of approval. “It should happen.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-flynn-qanon-conference-myanmar-military-coup_n_60b424eee4b0ead2796a24a4

I wanna know why Flynn hasn't been arrested for advocating for the overthrow of the United States.

I wanna know why our Senate refused to allow an investigation of the January 6th Insurrection.

Holy Moly! 

Bagman For The Coup

Competition seems to be the norm in the United States. There's nothing we don't compete over. This clan/group has been at it since 2016.

They represent the most recent coup. Our longest running coup has been going on for decades. It came to fruition coming into 2016.

Yeah, the election of Barack Obama in 2008 escalated things for the Kochs. They created a whole new party to counter Obama. They used their Tea Party to take over the Republican Party - all the while keeping their eyes on 2016.

Prior to that, the Kochs were setting up a national structure.

What they failed to realize was that somebody else was developing an asset with an eye toward disrupting our entire political system in 2016.

There were others as well. 2016 was a banner year for government takeover.

But hey, this post is about a critical turning point in 1986. I want to focus on the bagman. The guy with the money. The guy who became the poster child for cognitive dissonance. Mr. Double Speak himself.

Grover Norquist founded (was the front man for) Americans For Tax Reform in 1985. In 1986, he introduced the "Taxpayer Protection Pledge".

First, you swear not to raise taxes.

Second, you swear not to eliminate or reduce tax deductions and credits unless you cut taxes by an equal amount.

Grover explains his the pledge in these words, "I'm not in favor of abolishing the government. I just want to shrink it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."

The pledge title is a perfect example of double-speak. It's not about protecting taxpayers. The overwhelming majority of taxpayers are screwed by the pledge.

This pledge is all about making the rich richer at the expense of everyone who ain't rich.

Our population is growing. The cost of providing services is growing with it. We pay for those services with our taxes. If you freeze the taxes you don't allow for growth or compensate for changing economic conditions - there won't be enough money to cover our expenses. 

As basic as this is, there's something people often miss when it comes to the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. It's kinda obvious, but no one seems to notice - like missing the forest for the tree.

The thing is, it puts limits on the actual oath of office that elected officials have to take. There is only one official, legitimate, patriotic oath of office and it should not be restricted or impaired.

I think Grover's oath precludes one from taking the oath "freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion" and bearing "true faith and allegiance to the same". Grover's oath is/has a problem. It's masking a coup.

Grover is the guy making the offer on behalf of the Kochs and others - the offer candidates can't refuse.

Why can't they refuse you ask? Well, those who initially did, found themselves challenged in primaries by extremely well funded challengers.

They found themselves the target of dirty tricks and misleading and dishonest attacks. They were simply blasted out of the water.

Yep, if you didn't sign Grover's oath, you got no money, you were challenged - you were toast - burnt toast.

So you thought that oath was simply about taxes? Well, it was never about saving you money. For the record, whatever tax benefits you may have gotten will expire in 2025.

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/20/789540931/2-years-later-trump-tax-cuts-have-failed-to-deliver-on-gops-promises

Wanna buy a bridge? Here, have a piece of candy.

Hey, Grover's saving us all from Socialism. Welcome to the new Nationalism. Welcome to the Republican Party - America First baby!

Did I mention you actually have to trot over to Grover and sign the oath? It's like signing away your soul to the devil. Yeah, if you wanna run, Grover wants you.

Holy Moly!

What's The Plan?

The Republicans can't win a fair election and they know it. Too many people are onto them.

This isn't really new. This has been the case for years. That's why they have an election playbook. Yeah, they rely on it and it works for them.

First gerrymander the shit out of every district in the country.

Then, suppress voting.

Engage in dirty tricks - campaigns based upon lies, distortions and misinformation.

Of course dark money is what funds it all.

And they have an ace up your sleeve, a kicker, in case all else fails.

In 2016, the Republicans tried something entirely new. They ran a man with no political experience - an overt racist, a world class misogynist, a man accused of pedophilia, a man with ties to organized crime, a man who failed at everything he did, a man who was not beyond working with our enemies to thwart our democratic process. A man who they hated.

And he won? Let's not go there. Let's just say he lost the popular vote by over 3,000,000 votes. Who really won was apparent to everyone with an IQ - any IQ.

The fact that they hated Trump and knew he was a Russian asset didn't get in their way. They embraced him and used him. He was a world class imbecile and they were willing to let him serve as a distraction while they pursued their own agenda.

They also thought they could control him, but instead they were contaminated by him. He's toxic. Hell, he's the anti-Christ.

In less than 4 months we will go to the polls. The Republicans know they can't win no matter how much they interfere with this election. What's a party of hacks who were willing to sell out their country and betray their oaths of office to do? What comes after treason? Basically, the Republicans are left with 3 options.

Donny and his wingnuts clearly have a plan. Simply put, start a race war - a new Civil War. Remember Charles Manson? 

Create violence and chaos on an unprecedented national level and then declare martial law to restore order to the land. In the process suspend the elections.

If you can pull this off, your election problem is over. Go directly to fascism.

Too extreme? Not to worry. Run someone else. Justin Amash was the most recent Republican to try and pull this off. His campaign died before it got started. The Republicans missed their opportunity to replace Trump on the ticket and were not up for a 3rd party challenger. But hey, it's an option.

Which brings up plan 3. Accept total loss. Go with the flow. Let Biden and the Democrats have total control. This is risky unless their failure is assured - their failure must also be total, because the heart of this plan is to taking back everything in 2024.

What would it take to insure a total loss for the Democrats in 2024? It would take a monumental national catastrophe - nothing short of a total economic collapse.

As it happens, the market crashed in March and it's been on life support from the Fed ever since. It's being artificially maintained. The Republicans are hoping to prevent its inevitable crash until after the elections.

 

Let's go back to that first plan, the fascism plan. Turns out it's a two part plan. The second part is known as Obamagate. Barr manages Obamagate. Yeah, Barr - the killer of justice.

Barr's: prevented criminal actions from going forward; instructed his staff to withdraw cases in which American traitors and foreign agents have already been convicted and/or plead guilty; repeatedly going to court to prevent Congress from getting evidence relevant to its Constitutional oversight responsibilities.

Barr is Trump's personal wrecking ball.

Obamagate is an investigation into an alleged coup involving Obama and others (the  deep state) in an attempt to  take over the country. It would be another argument for enacting martial law. It can't be done without Barr.

Moving on: if the Republicans went with plan 3, who might their candidate be? I think Liz has been thinking about running for President all along. For her, it's a matter of planning and patience.

Do the Democrats have a plan? Biden does. Joe's already running a competent campaign. He's experienced, intelligent and patriotic.

But what about the rest of the Democrats? We turned out and gave them the House in 2018.

They proceeded not to Impeach Trump after Mueller gave them a gift wrapped Impeachment package. Yep, had they done that, we wouldn't be hearing about Obamagate today.

Barr is committing Impeachable crimes weekly, if not daily. Are the House Democrats going to ignore that too? Could they at least try to protect us and prevent further damage to our rule of law? Is our Constitution worth fighting for?

We are learning now that Trump was informed about Russia placing bounties on the heads our troops - U.S. Armed Forces members deployed in the Middle East. Trump learned about it last year. He took no action against Russia. Instead he's lobbying to allow Russia back into the G8 and reduce our forces in Germany. Is treason still considered an Impeachable offense?

As a citizen I've joined with others in a larger plan. Please join us in November. We can still act, even if the politicians won't.

Holy Moly!