Today is February 24th in the year of 2016. Donald Trump has essentially done what, six months ago, all of the vampire media said would fizzle in a few short weeks. Donald Trump has proven that he should get the Republican Party nomination. He won in New Hampshire. He won in South Carolina. And now he has won in a state of crooked caucuses: Nevada.
Trump had a stake in the state with his casino strategically placed, but my fear of theft came in the form of Casino Magnate Sheldon Adelson. Adelson was one of the largest initial contributors to Marco Rubio's campaign. So with the "Robot" Rubio "surging" ahead in NH and SC, I only doubted Trump's ability to overcome the Sheldon strong-hold where the "hanky-panky" was off the charts for Hillary.
But....
Donald Trump's rise is due in part that he doesn't go around begging for money (like 99.9% of politicians), he has the celebrity presence, he speaks the way that a normal person does (not in sound bytes), and he does things like this....Donald Trump Steals the Show.
Trump's meteoric rise is due LARGELY in part to paying lip-service to the disenfranchised. Obama was NOT the great unifier he campaigned as in 2008. If he was no one would have a problem with his "race". However, racially based politics has exploded in ways unseen since the 60's and prior. The vast promotion of minorities (while doing nothing to actually improve their societal position) has been largely a "force feeding" by the public relations arm of Obama's white house.
Just Obama being elected in and of itself should have been a signifier of two things: A) Winning by popular vote, gaining a majority white vote as well as a crossover appeal, should have dispelled the perception of INSURMOUNTABLE racial inequality in this nation. B) We do indeed live in a democracy and minorities are truly accepted in the modern world despite the few exceptions (note: a 'few' where there are cases in the millions makes the 'few' situations number in the 10's of thousands)
During Obama's administration, his loyal state-run media in the form of MSNBC (that is known to receive government funding) and the like have utilized the administration's talking points about POTUS being stonewalled in every possible way solely on the basis on the color of his skin. If this were truly the issue, the ELECTORAL COLLEGE would have never allowed him the position.
Republicans have betrayed their supporters and stances many times and 62% of republican constituents feel betrayed by bought off Republicans. What drives me crazy, that comes from the left is their support of liberal ideas and Bernie Sanders, who says get big money interests out of politics, but seem to only attribute this corruption to Republicans. I don't get it?
Why is this an important point? The Republican "betrayal" of their own constituents for the "quick buck" has led to an increased anger in Trump supporters. Obama's amnesty for the "DREAMers" is nothing more than another "selling out" of the American people. The need for "cheap" labor to compete with developing nations like China and Mexico come on the heels of large trade agreements from decades past, the effects of which are now being felt today. NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) is in essence as Ross Perot called it, "The giant sucking sound".
Now, Obama's administration is pushing for the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). A deal in which China will immensely benefit again when it comes to trade and regulation, allowing a virtual "free market" - which will really be a state-run, fascist/communist/"socialist"worker's union. There is very little political resistance from either party to this new measure. I suppose the political "elite" believe this will line their already thick pockets even more.
The "outsiders" of Bernie and Trump are speaking to this, and people are resonating. Add to this, Obama's weak, deviating foreign policy that has not only ALLOWED alqaeda and ISIS to flourish, but FUNDED!! Trump is pointing it out when most of the republican (not to mention democrat) establishment are staying quiet because Obama says let's NOT call this "Islamic Terror", simply because he deems the group to not be Islamic?
At first this line worked, because the American people were exhausted with the word terrorism when there had been no activity on that front in a few years. However, the failure of Obama to invade Syria 'on schedule' (google: PNAC) back in 2012 & 13' led to a different tactic, the rise of ISIS. Although, US intelligence agencies were training and arming the "Syrian Rebels" (AlQaeda in syria), the goal was always a US occupation of the area. The military said no and the "arab spring" started by social media hit a stand still.
Then we had the Paris attacks and San Bernardino and the migrant crisis in Europe last year and even people who were on the fence about calling islamic extremism by its name had had enough. Especially since the attacks perpetuated by a known radicalized FOREIGN faction were blamed on the 2nd amendment.
The self-identified American people were done.
Last week, Obama met with the group Black Lives Matter to discuss their goals and greivances. This week in the midst of the FBI begging APPLE for 'backdoors' to the phone of the muslim attackers in San Bernardino (that they don't even need), guess who shows up to protest APPLE's protest against the FBI? You guessed it! #Black Lives Matter....
Tie this all together and what do you get?
A large group of disenfranchised Americans who see the machinations of Obama's advisors and administration leading to an America that looks more like the UK than the US.
In essence, Americans are disgusted with the fake liberal 'PC' culture. Oh, no don't offend anyone. Oh, no, that person is crying! The U.S.A was not built on keeping quiet to protect someone else's feelings. You may never know what can trigger someone. The crunching from eating cereal could trigger a Vietnam veteran to flashbacks to a night of terror in the jungle. Are we going to BAN loud eating?
The trouble down the road with Trump's meteoric rise is that there are many (too many) 'Americans' that would like loud eating to be banned if it reminded a woman of a movie she watched about another woman being sexually attacked. This is something that makes me want to do a serious face palm. The problem is that, I myself, as a black person, understand some of the triggers that many blacks deem racist. However, my priority is Freedom, not the illusion of said freedom. Freedom is not freedom from harm or pain, but absolute, meaning that anything goes in essence.
So how can we determine the difference between right and wrong? Right and wrong should be personal choices based off of fundamental principles. This is the purpose of our constitution. Freedom is not a 1,000 page document of rules and regulations. The closest thing we can have to it and operate in a large society are guiding principles akin to the Ten commandments or something.
Although Trump himself may not be a bastion of freedom, I find it ironic that in his actions he represents freedom so much more than many in the Libertarian movement. The Libertarian establishment has (in recent years) become much more pliant to the republican establishment. This seems to be in part to the nature of Rand Paul's personality and his 'planned' ascendancy to the position of POTUS. I think his best shot for this is AFTER a SUCCESSFUL Trump presidency.
That is the keyword there: Success. If Trump's presidency is riddled with the dirty tricks of recession/depression, race riots, failed military adventurism, and failed infrastructure projects, we can pretty much be assured of a collapse of America (complete with UN troops on the streets) and the rise of a Socialist-Communist modeled economy. American would look like Africa, heavily indebted to banks with civil conflicts and warlords taking over areas and being deposed every other week.
Let's pray for success. But TRULY success lies in the hands of the American people. Trump's rise is only one piece to the puzzle to restore American Capitalism. The other pieces that must be completed by the people must be a proper defense of civil liberties (even AGAINST Trump, if he dare), and entrepreneurial enterprise. Trump or any other POTUS for that matter, can only do so much to bring wealth into the country. It is up to the ingenuity of the people to restore the REPUBLIC and be the bastion of HOPE and WEALTH for the world.
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