It seems that I couldn't have picked a better name for my blog 'The World is Upside Down'.
Look at the election in the US. On the one hand we have a former TV personality (amongst other professions) from a German background who is currently the president and who is without a doubt the most pro-Israel and Jew-friendly president in the history of the United States. On the other we have the leading Democratic nominee who is a senator and Jewish, who comes from a Polish/Jewish background and who lost many relatives in the Holocaust. He is without a doubt the most anti-Israel (read antisemitic) candidate in US history. I'm talking about Bernie Sanders of course.
This is the stuff one might read in a fiction novel. In fact one would have to have quite an imagination to even come up with this. I could see writing a novel with this theme and getting it rejected by publishers because it was too off the top.
I, like most people, (even including Democrats) don't believe Bernie Sanders has a hope in hell of being the next president. Based on their performance to date, none of the Democratic candidates have that chance. Based on President Trump's performance he not only looks unbeatable, he deserves to win and G-d help us if he doesn't.
Bernie is not only a self hating Jew, but he is also a Communist (yes Trump said it correctly) and is quite willing to destroy America, a country that he despises. Whereas President Trump considers America to be the greatest country the world has ever seen and wants to make it even better, Bernie thinks that America is rotten to the core and needs to be reinvented as yet one more failed, communist state. He wants to bankrupt America with his multi-trillion dollar policies including but not limited to: free healthcare for all (which includes illegal aliens who have committed crimes), free college tuition for all (which includes illegal aliens who have committed crimes), higher taxes for all, open borders (anyone in the world including criminals can come to the US), income limits (ie. if you work your ass off and make try to get ahead, your income will be capped), more government, more spending (higher debt), cut off aid to Israel, more aid to the murderous Palestinians, etc, etc.
Again, anyone running for the leader of the US with these horrific policies, one might think can only be the fantasy of a creative, fictional writer. But this is real. Unlike some of his competitors on the Democratic stage, he sincerely believes them and if given the chance, he will make them happen. He could easily be running for the president of communist, dictatorships or Islamic theocracies like Russia, Cuba, China or Iran. His policies mostly match theirs and he would fit right in. The notable exception is his open border policy. This btw, is one he's flip flopped on. For thirty years he was all about jobs (a laudable objective no doubt). Back then he was against open borders because he rightly claimed that the more illegal immigrants came in, the fewer jobs would be left for Americans. But now he has conceded this policy to follow the current Leftist agenda. It makes sense for them because after all, the more illegals you let in, the more votes you'll get.
He is constantly decrying the many great things these and other countries have accomplished. At least he's not as two faced as his predecessor Obama. Obama held similar beliefs but realized that he couldn't come totally out of the closet at the time. Bernie is different. He's held those beliefs his entire life and now he sees that the time is right to not only not hide them, but shout them out at rallies and on TV to millions of viewers. His honeymoon in the Soviet Union years ago, speaks volumes. I mean, who does that?
You can see him drunk and almost naked in the USSR in this video here.
On every debate he consistently mentions how the dictator Fidel Castro helped get Cubans to be literate. That's like me saying I love dogs (which I absolutely do) and then saying how Adolf Hitler liked dogs too so he wasn't all bad. Hitler and Castro had many things in common. They were both brutal dictators who killed many innocent people. The fact that Castro helped teach his people to write is so irrelevant it hurts my ears to hear it. Tens of thousands of Cubans risked their lives to escape Cuba to come to the States on flimsy rafts, many not making it. That's how great the communist state of Cuba was and still is. My wife's cousin died in Cuba in some backwater 'hospital' because they wouldn't even examine his chest pains because he left his passport at his hotel. That's how great their medical system is. But don't tell that to Bernie.
It should be no surprise that most young Americans love him. After all, they have been indoctrinated by Leftist educators at colleges all over the country for years. And we let them get away with it. Free stuff has an appeal to all of us. For most people, when we hear the word 'free' our ears perk up. I run the other way. For other, older Americans who love Bernie, they are simply ignorant. They have no idea what communism is or what it represents. They are sick of the wealthy getting away without paying their fair share of taxes while there is still so much poverty all around them. I am too. But I'm not nearly that naive to think that Socialism/Communism (whatever you wish to call it) is the answer. Capitalism isn't perfect. Neither is Trump. But any objective person or anyone who's studied history can't ignore the benefits of both. I'm sure I've said this before but I'll say it again. My dear mother who survived the Holocaust in a gulag in Siberia explained communism to me when I was just a child with this short story:
"Leon, there is nothing more humiliating than being slowly starved to death in the stark cold, waiting for hours every day in long lines to get a piece of bread while listening to speakers telling us how great the Soviet Union was."
If anyone of the Democrats became president, the US and the world would suffer irreparable damage. But if Bernie won, the economy of the States would plummet before he would even begin his acceptance speech.
The problem is, thanks to Bernie and his quartet (AOC, Omar, et all) they have legitimized a far Left paradigm that promotes communism, antisemitism, anti-Americanism and polices that would absolutely cripple Americans. The only people that would benefit would be illegal alien criminals. I doubt the he wins and hopefully he won't but his agenda is so powerful that he's got ALL of the other Democratic candidates crawling over each other to sign on to most of his insane, far left policies. Even the so called 'moderates' have crossed the line to Bernie's party.
Trump won't be president forever. One day a Democrat will be voted back in and the millions of Americans who voted for Bernie will have their chance to rule the world again and to put it mildly, it won't be good.
Friday, February 28, 2020
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
3 Party System in the US
Here in Canada we have had a 3 party political system for many years. If we didn't have it, we would never elect a Conservative leader. The 3 main parties we've had are: Conservative, Liberal and the New Democratic Party (NDP). Canadians for the most part vote Liberal. There are a variety reasons for this and I won't get into this now. The fact is that when the NDP party is strong, they take votes away from the Liberal party and therefore give the Conservative party a chance at leading our government. So for someone like me who for the most part, votes Conservative, this is great news. Said the other way around, despite me disliking the NDP immensely, without them, we'd never have a Conservative leader.
To be sure, there are other parties that have come and gone, like the Reform party and new parties that are trying to push their way up. Currently Canadians can vote for the Green, Libertarian, People's party, Separatist and other parties that have no chance at winning (Thank G-d).
But until now, the US has had only 2 main parties: Republican and Democrat.
I believe in G-d and as such I see that He works in mysterious ways. On the surface of it, many of the Democrat leaders like Bernie Sanders, AOC and others like them are really outright Communists and they have millions of real followers. They rightly scare the crap out me and others who know what Communism is and the very real danger it poses. The other half like the Clintons, Biden, Bloomberg and others are certainly far Left of the Republicans but I wouldn't call them Communists or even Socialists. Perhaps I'd call them Opportunists.
In the coming months you will see some serious cat fights between the 2 factions. One can see this happening right now. It's highly entertaining if you like the Republicans (like me). Whereas President Trump has united the Republican party big time, the Democrat party is in serious trouble of fracturing. We saw in the last election how Hilary and the Democratic party cheated Bernie and got clean away with it. I found it disturbing on the one hand but on the other, I thought that either person would destroy America and leave the world in tatters. This scenario seems on cue to replay itself but perhaps even more so. Bloomberg is using his billions (70 or more) to help ensure that Bernie loses their nomination and perhaps put either himself (he's got no real chance) or Hillary in power via a brokered convention.
Most of the powerful players behind the Democratic party don't want the socialist/communists amongst them to lead them. But look at the choices Democrat voters have. On the one hand extreme Socialists (Trump had it right when he called them communists) like Bernie or Warren vs 'moderates' like Biden who has quite obviously lost his mind (if he ever had one).
The process of breaking down the Democratic Party started with former President Obama who was quite happy to see the demise of America and who championed more government and more power to the state. You recall his infamous speech about how the infrastructure in America was built by the government ('You didn't build that'). He stripped down American businesses from large corporations to small ma and pop shops at every opportunity. He was schooled in Socialism and followed its doctrine. I'm not sure that he prophesied that an old Jewish communist (albeit a self hater) would one day take over what he started but no one could have (no human that is).
To sum up: The two factions within the Democratic party hate each other, possibly as much or more than they despise the president. As such they could easily split into 2 parties. The way things are playing out, it looks like they will. It might not happen tomorrow but at the current rate, it could happen sooner that one might think. And if it does, it will be great news for the Republicans. Like my country, Canada (which has many mostly Leftwing parties and more or less only 1 Rightwing party), todays supporters of the Democratic candidates will be forced to split their votes between 2 parties (Democrat vs the new party which might be called Labour like Israel's one time formidable party). Few if any votes will be drawn from the Republican party.
Anyway you cut it, it's great news!
To be sure, there are other parties that have come and gone, like the Reform party and new parties that are trying to push their way up. Currently Canadians can vote for the Green, Libertarian, People's party, Separatist and other parties that have no chance at winning (Thank G-d).
But until now, the US has had only 2 main parties: Republican and Democrat.
I believe in G-d and as such I see that He works in mysterious ways. On the surface of it, many of the Democrat leaders like Bernie Sanders, AOC and others like them are really outright Communists and they have millions of real followers. They rightly scare the crap out me and others who know what Communism is and the very real danger it poses. The other half like the Clintons, Biden, Bloomberg and others are certainly far Left of the Republicans but I wouldn't call them Communists or even Socialists. Perhaps I'd call them Opportunists.
Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders
In the coming months you will see some serious cat fights between the 2 factions. One can see this happening right now. It's highly entertaining if you like the Republicans (like me). Whereas President Trump has united the Republican party big time, the Democrat party is in serious trouble of fracturing. We saw in the last election how Hilary and the Democratic party cheated Bernie and got clean away with it. I found it disturbing on the one hand but on the other, I thought that either person would destroy America and leave the world in tatters. This scenario seems on cue to replay itself but perhaps even more so. Bloomberg is using his billions (70 or more) to help ensure that Bernie loses their nomination and perhaps put either himself (he's got no real chance) or Hillary in power via a brokered convention.
Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg
Most of the powerful players behind the Democratic party don't want the socialist/communists amongst them to lead them. But look at the choices Democrat voters have. On the one hand extreme Socialists (Trump had it right when he called them communists) like Bernie or Warren vs 'moderates' like Biden who has quite obviously lost his mind (if he ever had one).
The process of breaking down the Democratic Party started with former President Obama who was quite happy to see the demise of America and who championed more government and more power to the state. You recall his infamous speech about how the infrastructure in America was built by the government ('You didn't build that'). He stripped down American businesses from large corporations to small ma and pop shops at every opportunity. He was schooled in Socialism and followed its doctrine. I'm not sure that he prophesied that an old Jewish communist (albeit a self hater) would one day take over what he started but no one could have (no human that is).
To sum up: The two factions within the Democratic party hate each other, possibly as much or more than they despise the president. As such they could easily split into 2 parties. The way things are playing out, it looks like they will. It might not happen tomorrow but at the current rate, it could happen sooner that one might think. And if it does, it will be great news for the Republicans. Like my country, Canada (which has many mostly Leftwing parties and more or less only 1 Rightwing party), todays supporters of the Democratic candidates will be forced to split their votes between 2 parties (Democrat vs the new party which might be called Labour like Israel's one time formidable party). Few if any votes will be drawn from the Republican party.
Anyway you cut it, it's great news!