Most people know by now the Governor of New Mexico decided to ignore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. On Friday Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) used a public health order to ban firearms in Albuquerque. The move has generated widespread criticism from both Democrats and Republicans amid concerns that the order violates the Second Amendment.
There is a case that has been winding its way through the courts. It is Missouri, Louisiana, etc. vs Biden, et al. It is a First Amendment case where the states have claimed that the Biden administration totally violated the first amendment, by forcing and coercing social media and other organizations to ban speech, block opinion and censor information they determined was against their interests. In other words, the government was using private companies and enterprises to do what they are categorically prohibited from doing.
Twenty-two years ago, America suffered the worst terrorist attack on our soil in our history. Thousands of Americans, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers and children were murdered by Islamic terrorists when they flew passenger jets into buildings.
People like Barack Obama would probably criticize my saying Islamic terrorists. But that is who they were. And the truth has no agenda.
The Biden administration has again delayed the gender equity Title IX rule for school sports after intense grassroots opposition. This is a win for women’s sports and a win for those who have opposed allowing transgenders into women’s sports.
What has just happened in New Mexico is what anyone with two working brain cells could see was coming back in 2020 and 2021. Various state governors used “Public Health Emergency” declarations so that they could rule by fiat. This resulted in the removal of constitutional and legislatively enacted rights. People were being conditioned to this approach to governance.
The governor of New Mexico, Michelle Grisham, has declared gun possession unlawful. Grisham has done under the auspices of a “Public Health Emergency.” Residents of Albuquerque will become exposed to fines ranging up to $5,000 if they found to be carrying either open or concealed.
Now that the Republican campaign season is officially open with the first primary debate over in Wisconsin, it is probably a good idea to see what promises they are making that everyone knows they will not keep. During the runup to these events and in interviews afterwards, the erstwhile candidates to be first loser often go deep into their visions for the country. Again this is just blathering on their part but it is often fun to see just how hypocritical these people can be.
The first Republican debate is now history. Of all the candidates on stage (even the elephant that was in the room), only Vivek Ramaswamy stood out. I will reserve judgement on him until I learn more. The rest of them are cogs in a machine. There is little difference between them and their counterparts on the other side of the aisle.
Recently I posted an article about pretending. The reason that the evil people have gotten away with so much is that people pretend that such evil does not exist. It is the only honest evaluation of today’s state of affairs that explains how so many people do not see the evil that surrounds us.
Going back to Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond, at his first performance less than a week after his song went ‘viral’, the audience sang along, already knowing the words.
There is an awakening going on.
We all live in an era of great pretending. It is the only honest evaluation of today’s state of affairs that explains how so many people do not see the evil that surrounds us.