- Expressed an admiration for Vladimir Putin
- Claimed Bashar al-Assad gets things done
- Stated he understand ISIS better than our generals
- Supported the use of torture
- Said he is willing to dissolve NATO over funding levels
- Freely tossed around the term “America First”, which was the name of a group of American Nazi sympathizers that believed the Roosevelt Administration was duped into joining the Allied forces by a cabal of Jewish organizations
- Flippantly discussed using nuclear weapons
- Bragged about getting his foreign policy beliefs from, “the shows”
- Proposed carpet bombing Iraq’s oil fields to cut off ISIS funding, even though that would cripple the Iraqi economy
- Shown complete ignorance about the nation’s nuclear triad
- Lumped Sunni and Shiite Muslims together as if they are allies
- Gone back on his support of the Iraqi War of 2003
Monday, November 7, 2016
Foreign Policy
Friday, November 4, 2016
Domestic Policy
- Quadrupled trade between the U.S., Canada and Mexico
- Lowered prices on many products, but especially oil and food
- Boosted overall economic growth
- Created nearly five million U.S. jobs
- Increased foreign investment in the U.S.
- Reduced government spending
- Completely repeal Obamacare
- Modify existing law that inhibits the sale of health insurance across state lines
- Allow individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their tax returns under the current tax system
- Allow individuals to use Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
- Require price transparency from all healthcare providers
- Block-grant Medicaid to the states
- Remove barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, reliable and cheaper products
- I agree with this, but only if there’s a comprehensive plan to replace it. Whether we like it or not, people are enrolled in the federal and state healthcare exchanges. We cannot just throw them off of insurance without something in place for them. And thus far, Mr. Trump hasn’t convinced many that he’s capable of doing this.
- This already happens. For example, United Healthcare sells plans in many, many states-so long as the plans comply with each state’s insurance regulations. This portion of the plan means Mr. Trump thinks insurance companies should be able to sell plans in one state under the regulatory regime of another (this will never happen) or the federal government should take over all health insurance regulation and create a single national market (no thank you).
- This is fine, but doesn’t really do anything to impact the affordability of coverage.
- This is a great idea, but it needs to be the centerpiece of the plan, as it would allow people to remove healthcare coverage from their employment-a critical step in reforming the nation’s healthcare issues.
- Almost impossible to implement.
- Very good idea.
- Not feasible considering the role the FDA has in drug approvals.
Friday, October 28, 2016
The Candidate
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
How Did We Get Here?
Friday, October 14, 2016
Why I remain #NeverTrump
Friday, December 11, 2009
Farewell.
Some of you may welcome this news with open arms; however, I hope there are at least a few of you that are disappointed by this post.
Yes, I have decided to hang ‘em up. This blog, while an incredibly wonderful way for me to express my thoughts/concerns regarding the current political environment, is also extremely time consuming. While I could continue on and provide a, frankly, half-assed representation of what I’ve written over the past 13 months, I think I owe it to myself and all of you more than that.
As a result of other creative/business opportunities that I am pursuing, I can no longer do that.
Now, with all of that said, I am not closing the book on this blog forever. I hope that down the road, my schedule will allow me to start the old girl up again and pick up where I left off.
In closing, I really want to thank all of you that have either read each and every post that I wrote or those that have only stopped by from time to time. I cannot tell you how much all of your support and kind words have meant to me over the past year. It is something that I appreciate so much and will never forget. I hope some of you either learned something or became more interested/active in politics as a result of reading.
That’s all for now folks. Until next time (hopefully), take care and be well.
-John
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Quickie: That stimulus plan sure is working…
Or not. Take a look at how much each job is costing us taxpayers.
And the government wants to control healthcare huh?
Thursday, December 3, 2009
We Are Losing.
I hate to admit this, but I find it to be an impossible fact to ignore.
We are losing the war.
No, I am not referring to the wars being fought in
We are losing the existential war against radical Islam.
The fact that we are losing this war is extremely troubling to me; however, when you understand why we are losing, it makes the situation exponentially worse.
We are losing this war not because we are militarily outmatched; in fact, we have absolutely no rivals in regards to military might. We are not losing due to the fact that we are intellectually inferior, lacking in numbers or economically inadequate.
None of those factors are why we are losing this war. The reason we are losing is because we lack the will to win.
I believe this lack of will emanates from the Obama administration’s cowardice, naïveté and criminal misunderstanding of what is at stake in this war.
Want some examples? All you have to do is pick up a newspaper or watch the news to see what I’m talking about.
Example One: The Iranian Nuclear Crisis.
What are we doing to stop them?
Toothless sanctions, meaningless deadlines set, lopsided deals proposed.
In short, nothing.
While we do nothing,
In
Example Two: The Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Trial in
While KSM has steadfastly refused to show any remorse for masterminding the 9/11 plot that directly killed 3,000 American citizens and launched the multi-front War on Terror, we are bending over backwards to ensure this terrorist gets a fair trial… in a U.S. civilian court no less.
Never mind the fact that he does not meet the criteria for an enemy combatant as outlined in the Geneva Convention, never mind that if released, he would go right back to plotting the deaths of untold numbers of Americans and never mind the fact that this trial will make him a martyr and source of inspiration for would-be Islamo-fascists, the real issue is the intelligence boon this trial presents to Al-Qaeda, The Taliban, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
First, like in any civilian case, the government will have to disclose huge amounts of evidence; evidence gained through highly sensitive intelligence procedures. This not only harms our future ability to gather intelligence, but it also places our intelligence operatives in harm’s way.
Secondly, the question of whether we can convict KSM is a legitimate one in my mind. He certainly wasn’t Mirandized when he was captured, so how much information can they use and how much will be thrown out?
On top of that, he now plans to plead not guilty to all charges (along with his four cohorts also being tried with him), after offering to plead guilty in front of a military tribunal only ten months ago.
Example Three: The War in
Yes, President Obama has committed to sending more troops, but he failed to meet the requested amount given to him by his handpicked general. More importantly, his speech clearly communicated that he is more interested in pulling
Example Four: The
Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s horrific action was not the deed of a deranged man. He was calculating, composed and brutally efficient. He didn’t just wake up one day and decide that he had had enough with military life. Quite the contrary, he was fed up with what he perceived as sins against Islam, committed by the
In the hours and days that followed this travesty, I found it utterly appalling that so many members of the administration went out of their way to state that this was not an instance of Islamic terrorism. The sanctimonious platitudes offered up about Islam and the ignoring of the obvious was disgusting.
Additionally, how was this savagery received by the President? First, he was so concerned with the wellbeing of the soldiers stationed at Fort Hood that he had to give a “shoutout” to a member of his Native American constituency (this illustrates Obama’s sickening inability to break away from his perpetual campaigning) before he mentioned the killed and wounded. To me, this is his most vile performance to date. For a Commander-in-Chief to act that way when his soldiers are dead and dying is purely despicable.
All of these cases illustrate that the Islamo-fascists will do whatever it takes to win this war and we simply will not. We need to stop being the good guy. We need to stop worrying about what the international community will think of us if we get tough with these terrorists. We need to put the lives of honest and innocent Americans first rather than seeking social justice.
If we don’t, the lives of every American, yours and mine alike, may be at risk.
That’s all for now folks. Until next time, take care and be well.
-John
Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Quickie: Happy Birthday Lurching Right!
Yes, Lurching Right turned 1 today. I wanted to take a moment and thank all of you for reading, leaving encouraging thoughts and your general support... they all mean very much to me.
For a good old stroll down memory lane, here’s the post that started it all…
http://lurchingright.blogspot.com/2008/11/welli-guess-all-i-can-say-is-congrats_05.html
Thanks again and here’s to the start of another successful year!