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I Am A Reasonable Conservative.
I Am Not Bellicose. I am Not Opposed to Gays, Lesbians or Whatever Else. I Have No Animus for People of Different Colors, Religions (Unless They Are Harmful Or Mean Harm To Others), Cultures, Wealth Status, Gender . . . Etc-Etc-Etc.
My Philosophy In Life Is Relatively Simple. Your Rights End Where Mine Begin.
I AM QUITE OLD-SCHOOL IN MIND & NATURE . . .
Men Are Men . . . Women Are Women, and Unless there is Some Misfire in Nature . . . Never The Twain Shall Meet. One Should Keep What One Earns in Life . . . But Whether We Like-It or Not, in One Way or Another – and to a Point – We Are Our Brother’s Keeper . . . Only To A Point.
ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS . . .
I Could Not Sleep Well At Night, in the Knowledge that Some of My Family, Friends & Neighbors Might be Going to Bed Hungry, or Without Shelter, or Without Medical Care . . . Because Maybe One Day . . . That Might Be Me.
I HAVE BEEN MISLEADING YOU A BIT MORE THAN JUST SOMEWHAT:
I Have NEVER Lied To You . . . But I Also Stopped Telling You How I Really Feel.
I Am Telling You This . . . Because I Don’t Want You to Think I am Anywhere Near Being a Socialist. Nor Do I Want You to Believe that I Don’t Stand for Capitalism . . . Which I Do – Lock, Stock & Barrel – But I Want You To Understand This – Money, Power & Prestige Are Not My Gods.
Even Though On Many Occasions I Started To Write What Really Bothered Me, I Stopped Myself from Doing-So, Because I Didn’t Want to Suck the Air out of the People’s Balloon. I Didn’t Want to Align Myself with Any Part of the Corrupt LEFT. And I Didn’t Want To Disappoint My Readers.
LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR . . .
. . . I AM MORE WORRIED ABOUT TOMORROW THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN BEFORE:
When Is The Last Time You Saw Or Heard Fox News, Newsmax Or Any Other Conservative Media Slam Donald Trump Or Really Question His Attitude?
My Level Of Pessimism Is Not Diminishing . . . I Wish It Was – But the More that Transpires Domestically & Internationally . . . The Less Optimistic I Become, and the More Regret I Feel for the People Not Having an Impartial & Honest Media . . . Including some of the More Prominent Media on the Right . . . Maybe They’re Worried About Disturbing Their Base Or Losing Their Audience.
THE MEDIA SHOULD NOT BE WALKING ON EGGSHELLS:
I Watch Fox & I Watch Newsmax . . . Because of all the Major Media, they Really are the Best, but they Also Restrain themselves from Dealing Honestly with a Leader that Thinks So Much of Himself . . . That In A Normal Context – It Is Beyond Rational Behavior.
Just Like I Detest The Legacy Media For Being The Water-Carriers For The Democrats . . . Where is it Any Different for the Conservative Media, which Either Don’t Report on Contentious Issues Dealing with Trump, or Insults Made by Trump to Others, Or The Real Issue – that Costs for the Poor & Working Class are Not Really Going Down, In spite of the Cost of Gas at the Pumps and the Price of Eggs on the Shelves that are Way Down.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE SAID . . . “WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER”:
I Get-It . . . Trump Inherited The Worst Socio/Political Presidency Since I Was Born. They Didn’t just Try to Beat Trump at the Polls, to Keep Him out of the White House . . . They Lied, Cheated, Weaponized the Judiciary (FBI – Etc) to Destroy Him & His Family. They tried to Bankrupt Him & His Family. They tried to Put Him Behind Bars . . . And Even Went So Far As To Try To Assassinate Him – At Least Twice.
What Friedrich Nietzsche Meant In His Quote . . . “What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger”, Relates to Good People who Survive the Worst of Times, Only to Emerge Stronger & Wiser for the Challenge . . . Basically – A Good Person Will Arise From The Experience As A Better Person . . . Can that be Said About Donald Trump, who Wants His Name on Everything? I Don’t Know!
Trump Has Done Some Incredibly Good Things For America – Many of Which were the Dissolution of 2/3rds of Biden’s Executive Orders . . . Removing America from Many of the United Nation’s Injurious Boards, Committees & Regulations Dealing with the Environment and a Globalist Corruption Run Amuck.
Taking America Away From The WHO and other Such Committees was a Blessing for the American People, just as was Destroying the Fantasy of Transgenderism, DEI and all the Other Nonsensical Social Pieces of Rubbish that were Plaguing America for More than just a Few Generations.
TRUMP WILL BE ON EVERY BALLOT BECAUSE HE PUT HIMSELF ON EVERY BALLOT:
In Politics It Doesn’t Necessarily Matter What Good One Has Done – People Will Focus On The Bad.
With an Extremely Angry & Corrupt Media to Remind the People of Every Insult Trump Made, Every Promise Trump Made that Didn’t Quite Materialize as People Expected – And Everything the Media Can Conceive Real or Imaginary that Placed Trump with the Rich, the Elite and the Powerful . . . Other Than the Working Class – Whether True Or Not, The People Will Pass Judgment & Decide Where America Goes Forward.
DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE JUST BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD:
Don’t Be Bamboozled By The Rhetoric . . . It’s All Theater.
Take This For What It Is Worth . . . It’s Human Nature – You Cannot Insult & Bully People for What you Want & Not Expect Blow-Back. Remember This . . . Trump Represents America . . . Not Donald J Trump . . . Nor The Trump Brand, Because in Three Years, Trump will No Longer be the President of the United States of America, Nor Will A Republican Necessarily Become The 48th President In 2028.
In Ten Months . . . If The Midterms Go Badly For The Republicans – What Then?
What Happens When . . . Not If – But When . . . the Europeans Tell Trump What He Can Do with his Threats & Tariffs. Canada isn’t Making the Shift to China for No Reason – Canada is One of the Wealthiest Countries in the World Vis A Vis . . . Minerals, Oil, Gas, Water, Agriculture, Social Stability, Manufacturing & An Educated Population. How Does Canada Moving Towards China Benefit America?
But More To The Present . . . Even though the Democrats are Being Torn Apart from the Inside, so will be the Republicans, as Many Republicans Want to Stay Center-Right, Just as Many Others are Influencing the Republicans to Move to the Far-Right.
I’ll LEAVE YOU WITH THIS . . . YOU ALWAYS QUIT WHEN YOU’RE AHEAD:
The Big Losers . . . Are Those Who Don’t Know When To Quit.
Best Regards . . . Howard Galganov
17 Comments
Howard, you expressed by growing apprehension. Sadly.
Great Insightful article HG. Thanks, All the Best to you and Anne.
Trump’s most significant achievement, what he will be fondly remembered for in history will be the defanging of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s largest shit disturber.The world’s financier of terrorist and islamist movements the world over.I hope the blow he gave them on June 22 last year was the beginning of their end. If he’s successful he’s owed the gratitude of the world. Whoever doesn’t see that is asleep or willfully ignorant. May God Speed you on that mission President Trump.
I sigh with relief as I realize this is your opinion, which is different from mine.
Very Wise thoughts, HG! I will excuse the only 2 (vs leftist dozens), media supporting conservatives; Minorities have to be more focused. In my head are millions of thoughts but my filter strains out most because their time is not right for expression. Trump knows he has many enemies and a very short time. I have to forgive him for removing his filter to make his point. Too blunt but he gets the job done! No time for weak knees, and we conservatives need a lot done for USA in that time.
I understand your words and your explanations about outcomes. But I still support Trump, I still love Canadians (minus certain “leaders”),I still love my Jewish religion, I still pray for both your country and mine and the world’s countries, I still support personal basic rights like having freedom, and I remain a staunch enemy of socialist, communist, marxist ideologies.
I completely agree with Cathy and Ed Yonkers – except that I would change the word Canada to America and vice-versa. From Jonathan Usher – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
It’s amazing how the left after 4 years of Biden can critisize Trump! The democrats accomplished absolutely nothing during their regimes while Trump is a man of his word and has accomplished more in 1 year than the left has accomplished since Bill Clinton! It seems ignorance and stupidity runs rampant on the left. It’s not the world in which I grew up!
Afraid 4 Canada. Carney doesn’t speak for us, he speaks for himself, personal gains. His performance & speech at Davos says it all. “The old order is gone, not to return” It’s the New World Order & that is why Carney is in Davos, for the WEF agenda. Why did he go to China? To trade Canola for Cars; & why to Qatar? One might speculate, ‘for personal reasons’ not 2 negotiate tariffs. Lot of bellicose statements fr Carney, Macron et al in Davos. Lets see if they put the money where their mou
Hi Howard, the majority of the MSM is in bed with the Democrats, so Fox is the only major MSM outlet that favors Trump. That leaves Trump at a significant disadvantage because those who still watch the MSM (as they don’t use or know how to access the Internet) get lies nightly. And there are far left organizations that are funded by Soros and other far left agitators, that want to see America fail. I understand the Canada conflict with Trump but China is a brutal communist regime.
Personally, I would rather be under the Golden Dome than the WEF
Thank you Howard for not allowing this to become an echo chamber despite the obvious desire for one. I for one always appreciate your take on things weather I like it or not
FOX and Newsmax seldom criticize Trump, but a commentator on Newsmax did disagree with the Greenland policy so criticism does happen. I don’t agree with everything either but I do agree 90%+ the time with Trump actions. MSM and Fox/Newsmax are supporting their respective side as it should be. There is no such thing as an unbiased news source. AND: “Men Are Men . . . Women Are Women, and Unless there is Some Misfire in Nature . . . Never The Twain Shall Meet.” I’ve met with my wife many times
PM Carney visits China and Qatar, making deals with both “Belt & Road” programs (yes, don’t think that Qatar’s CDN investments don’t come with strings attached). Carney should henceforth be under close scrutiny as to if/ how he is receiving personal funds from Qatar into offshore banks. His being the first CDM PM to visit Qatar should very much concern CDN Jews. And China now has an increasing chance at Huawei infiltrating Canada’s 5G network for spying purposes. All very bad for Canada.
I feel that Trump has offered himself as a punching bag while his team under him do the work necessary to make America Great Again. The clock is counting down to the mid. terms & I do hope the Republicans keep their seats. Trump is ALL Theatre which he enjoys immensely!! My thoughts only. I would rather be under the Golden Dome than the WEF…like William Conlon said. China’s (Xi) & Carney is NOT to be trusted. Canadian’s don’t want Communism rule of LAW!
I agree with you Howard. I too feel a sadness over Trumps idiotic behavior. I am a former Canadian and call myself a Reagan Republican. Trump has Reagan’s picture behind him in the Oval Office. He should look at it every time he opens his mouth and ask “What would Ronaldus Magnus say and do?” It certainly would not be the nonsense he’s been spouting lately. Unfortunately we are stuck. I don’t trust JD Vance and I detest the Democrats. Hopefully Trump smarten up. Keep it up Howard
Trump has become intoxicated with his power and with the pathetic sucking up to him by spineless sycophantic Republican toadies and world “leaders”. Trump is sidelining Bibi Netanyahu in [Bibi’s] own backyard because Trump needs all the glory for bringing “peace to the Middle East” by stopping Israel from finishing off Hamas. What a joke! God forbid Bibi, a REAL war hero should steal the limelight from Trump. Promising help to the Iranian people… so far 12000 murdered… SO disappointing.