Obama's Operation Choke Point finally unmasked

Ken Blackwell  "James Madison once wrote that “the rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which government was instituted.” While in recent years our political leaders have not always lived up to Madison’s vision of government, rarely have they engaged in such blatant disregard for our constitutional rights as they did during Operation Choke Point — a secret program launched under the Obama administration to punish political adversaries.

"Operation Choke Point was a plot by President Obama’s Department of Justice, the Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and other government agencies to cut off banking and financial services for small businesses and industries that they deemed to be political enemies or otherwise undesirable.

"Some of these businesses included gun stores, ammunition shops, fireworks stores, small dollar lenders, and home-based charities.

"Some government officials tried to deny the existence of the program. That includes former CFPB director, Richard Cordray, who dodged questions from Sen. Mike Crapo in 2014 as to the CFPB’s participation in Operation Choke Point. Yet in that same year, Cordray warned banks against doing business with “… unscrupulous lenders and their payment processors.”

"Cordray was not alone in trying to hide the truth about this operation. Officials from the DOJ and FDIC all worked to keep the program’s existence from the public and to bury the truth. Finally, however, the truth is now being unmasked.

"Government documents were just unsealed providing evidence of just how far reaching and destructive Operation Choke Point really was to small businesses." . . .

Just a plain old white guy

The Daily Gouge
. . . "For those interested in further analysis of Warren’s latest effort to convince America she’s a bonafide Indian, we’d recommend the following memes forwarded from George Lawlor…"

The Beatification of [Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke];

But what’s fascinating is how the media looked at O’Rourke’s fairly mundane life and standard-issue national Democratic positions and convinced themselves they had found a transformational political talent…

National Review   "The coverage of the Texas Senate race has been driven by what the media yearned to see."

Between Cruz and O'Rourke, which would you say is the Hispanic?

"The media’s treatment of Texas Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke wasn’t the most egregiously unfair coverage of the past year — that would be the treatment of Brett Kavanaugh — but it ranks among 2018’s most annoying. The endless glowing profiles of O’Rourke in every publication from Vanity Fair to Spin to Rolling Stone to Town & Country represent the national media’s worsening challenge in differentiating between what it wants to see happen and what is actually happening.

"The national media desperately want a Democrat who can win statewide races in the South and someday end up on a presidential ticket. That yearning drove the brief and otherwise unremarkable career of disgraced former senator John Edwards of North Carolina. Democratic statewide winners exist here and there, such as North Carolina governor Roy Cooper and Louisiana governor Jon Bel Edwards. Doug Jones won his Senate race in Alabama, though it helps to run against Roy Moore. 

. . . He genuinely doesn’t consult with pollsters when shaping his positions, which is how you end up with a Texas statewide candidate who is running on banning AR-15s, abolishing ICE, and impeaching President Trump." . . .

The World Keeps Not Ending

Kevin D. Williamson:  National Review

The angry partisan cannot believe that life is good, because he must then ask himself: If life is good, then why am I not enjoying it?

"We were not supposed to have made it this far. 

"George Orwell saw night descending on us in 1984. Orwell was, on paper, a radical, but in his heart he was an old-fashioned English liberal. He dreamed of socialism but feared socialists. He feared them because he knew them. I was in the sixth grade in 1984, but I remember the magazine covers and pundit panels, and the insistence that though we had not arrived at dystopia on "Orwell’s schedule, that eternal jackboot was sure to find our face soon enough. Tom Wolfe joked that “the dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe,” which wasn’t quite right: There’s Saudi Arabia, and China, and Burma . . . 

"But not here. And, increasingly, not there, either. As our friends at HumanProgress.Org remind us (to little thanks — nobody is less popular than an optimist) the world has in fact become more democratic and more liberal since 1984, rather than more autocratic and more illiberal. Orwell was the better writer and the more profound thinker, but Aldous Huxley was the better prophet. 

"On the other side of the political spectrum, Willi Schlamm offered a useful proverb: “The problem with socialism is socialism. " . . .

Via The Daily Gouge

Libs Attack Prince Charming for Kissing Snow White Without Permission

Western Journal

"Liberals are once again proving that there is nothing that won’t trigger them by being outraged over the classic Disney movie “Snow White.”"The left is on a mission to destroy every single enjoyable facet of entertainment and media by politicizing them to death."Previously, the left went after a video game placed in medieval Europe for having white characters. (That’s who was in medieval Europe.)"The left also recently attacked a Clint Eastwood film for not portraying an Islamic terrorist in a more sympathetic light."Now, progressives have set their sights on “Snow White.' ” "Hollywood actress Kristen Bell expressed her concern with the Disney movie according to an article by Parents Magazine."Bell said she reads the story to her daughters, then asks a question that must make sense to feminists in 2018.“ 'Don’t you think that it’s weird that the prince kisses Snow White without her permission?” Bell asks, according to the magazine.“ 'Because you can not kiss someone if they’re sleeping!' ” . . .

Kristen Bell Worries Disney Princesses Teach Her Daughters Bad Lessons "When it comes to stranger danger and conversations around consent, Frozen's Anna has a lot of questions for Snow White."

Bobby Fran O'Rourke enters the American Democrat culture

The Embarrassing Spectacle of Betomania

"Attention, journalists of America: Time is running out! You have under three weeks left to publish your last batch of over-the-top pre-election.

"It is here that we must face the difficult truth: Barring a GOP-related disaster of some sort, O’Rourke — he of that ineffable “cool factor” and “special sauce,” at least according to easily impressed columnists at the Washington Post — is likely to lose big. According to the latest polls, Senator Ted Cruz leads him by anywhere between seven and nine points. Tuesday’s debate between the two, meanwhile, was so mismatched that O’Rourke’s best moment might have involved a random deer-in-the-headlights story in which he described how he “got to meet this blind squirrel who is slowly regaining its sight.”
" In summary, this year’s Betomania — a somewhat weird phenomenon, as we’ll explore in a bit — seems set to disappear from view just as quickly as it arrived, at least in the Lone Star State." . . .

One opinion: Cruz "steamrolls" Bobby O'Rourke  "The televised debate on Tuesday between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke was a massacre.  O'Rourke has been reluctant to debate Cruz from the beginning, and with good reason (ironically, as a rule, an incumbent shuns debate) – Cruz has successfully argued cases before the Supreme Court.

"O'Rourke was occasionally flustered and almost succeeded in hiding it, while Cruz was confident and occasionally laughed at some of his opponent's assertions.  But more than that, Beto relied on vague generalities about specific questions and on a couple of questions tried the politicians' tried and true tactic of avoiding answering a question by going off on a convoluted tangent.  Twice Cruz pounced on that, pointing out that he hadn't answered the panel's questions.  The specific subjects were how to pay for socialized medicine and how to secure the border (O'Rourke is on record on considering abolishing ICE).  Cruz countered with specific numbers.

"This is not to say that it was totally one-sided.  O'Rourke got in a couple of good hits, such as Cruz's absence from Senate affairs, but, again, he was unable to point to any achievement of his own as a congressman." . . .

Silvio Canto, Jr. says time is not on O'Rourk's side  . . . "A friend relayed a recent conversation she had with another friend, a Hispanic woman and social conservative, who was singing the praises of the congressman.  When my friend lamented that O'Rourke was not only pro-choice but held an extreme view on abortion (he voted against a 20-week ban), the response was complete surprise.  "I didn't know he supported abortion.  They never mention it on Spanish radio."

"They never do.  Abortion, Roe v. Wade, reproductive rights, or "it's a woman's body" is never heard south of Austin.  It's as if Democrats give two speeches, one that mentions abortion and another one that avoids the issue like the plague.
"Last night, Senator Cruz hit O'Rourke on "partial-birth abortion."  It was very effective.
"My guess is that it gave conservative women another reason to vote early for Senator Cruz." . . .

America's moral foundation: the pillar of education has rotted

Professor Patrick Deneen at Notre Dame says, "My students are know-nothings. ... Their brains are largely empty. ... They are the culmination of western civilization, a civilization that has forgotten nearly everything about itself, and as a result, has achieved near-perfect indifference to its own culture." Bruce Deitrick Price

K-12: Why So Little for the Mind?  "Many critics say our public schools are a train wreck.  In Charlotte Iserbyt's memorable phrase, we are all victims of "the deliberate dumbing down of America."  Is there any escape?  Perhaps, but only if we're candid about what has been done to us throughout the past century. 

"Here's how bad things are now.  Camille Paglia, popular professor and author, declares: "What has happened is these young people now getting to college have no sense of history – of any kind!  No sense of history.  No world geography.  No sense of the violence and the barbarities of history.  So, they think that the whole world has always been like this, a kind of nice, comfortable world where you can go to the store and get orange juice and milk, and you can turn on the water and the hot water comes out. ... They know nothing!' " . . .

From 2014: Camille Paglia: The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil

Current educational codes, tracking liberal-Left, are perpetuating illusions about sex and gender. The basic Leftist premise, descending from Marxism, is that all problems in human life stem from an unjust society and that corrections and fine-tunings of that social mechanism will eventually bring utopia. Progressives have unquestioned faith in the perfectibility of mankind. 

A look at a typical Texas local Republican Party and the consequences it could face Updated already!

These campaigns are going on across Texas as demographics in the state change and the next generation becomes more leftist. The generation for which many schools have replaced the love of our nation and her history with a passion for political correctness, for the lure of socialism. 
The American Republican Party, even in Texas, now must fight against a poorly taught population that seems to know nothing of what is happening to Venezuela; of the seven decades in the Communist USSR (do they even know what "USSR" means?), with barren store shelves tended by scowling employees; a population afraid to speak honestly for fear that something they say will bring  harm to them. As an Estonian tour guide once told our son when his group posed for a photo with her and asked her to smile, "You Americans like to smile, we do not".     
Is all this becoming more familiar to you here in America? The Democrat Party is no longer the party of my Democrat ancestors; it has become something America-loving citizens must learn to fear. 

Democrat voters, are they not?

 The Tunnel Dweller

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Collin County, TX. GOP;  Collin County Elections
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Early Voting: October 22 – November 2; Election Day: Tuesday, November 6

Collin County, Texas Republican Party Principles

• Limited government: A government that promotes policies to unlock individual potential and unleash economic growth. Government that does not try to be all things to all people.
• Opportunity for all: A government that promotes policies to unlock individual potential and unleash economic growth. Government that does not try to be all things to all people.
• Strong Families: Families intent on giving their children the hope of a better tomorrow, the promise of a safe and secure today, and an appreciation and respect of yesterday.
• Personal Responsibility:  Individuals taking personal responsibility for their own actions and a criminal justice system based on this idea. With freedom comes responsibility.
•  Rugged Individualism:  The entrepreneurial spirit of the individual that continues to solidify Texas as a world economic power.
• Principled, Innovative Leadership: Principled leaders with an understanding of Texas’ heritage and a clear vision for Texas’ future. Leadership that is unwavering in the face of criticism, steadfast when confronted with adversity, and committed to building a better State.
• Honest Compassion: A society assisting those in need rather than a government trying to solve every problem by simply throwing more money at it.
• Quality Education:  An educational system that prepares children for tomorrow’s workplace regardless of race, wealth or geographical location. Education is the bedrock of freedom and the gateway to opportunity.

Finally this last. I ask you to copy and highlight every phrase in this next principle that you feel would anger many college snowflakes on the left, perhaps triggering them to anger:

Trigger alert:   

I warned you!

Here:

"Freedom: Freedom that is God given, affirmed by our Founding Fathers, articulated in the Declaration of Independence, and protected by the Constitution."

There has been a terrible price paid by conservatives in America. The news media attacks us, the entertainment industry propagandizes against us (which programs on TV can we sit and enjoy just to relax?). Our Republican offices across this nation are being vandalized by leftist Democrat supporters! Here are just three:

Laramie, WY:

North Carolina:

Racine, Wisconsin GOP headquarters vandalized

UPDATE: Two GOP Minnesota Candidates Assaulted in Separate Incidents;

Dem spokesman jokingly threatens violence

May we assume it was by registered Democrats? You know: those who like Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters and scores of entertainment celebrities.

All this to say it takes no courage to be a leftist, just enjoyment of a good street riot while adoring press films it all.  Being a conservative takes moral courage. TD

Stand by our Republican Party, nationally and locally. TD