Washington Is Not A Swamp

“Drain the Swamp” has become a rallying cry for Trump supporters to fix Washington. Referring to Washington as a swamp is very unfair to swamps. Swamps are very productive ecosystems and Washington is anything but.

A more appropriate phrase would be “Pump out the cesspool.”

Kiosks Replacing Kids

I saw my first ordering kiosk at a local McDonalds a few weeks ago. As I predicted, the Left's push for "a living wage" unsupported by economic reality will kill jobs. So now instead of high schoolers get their first job working at McDonalds, they are being replaced by machines. There's Progressive progress for you!

One Degree of Separation

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, Hollywood superstar, Jennifer Lawrence, recently revealed that early in her career she was subjected to a nude lineup at a casting call, wearing only pasties to cover her private parts. She was also asked if she would be willing to do porn.

Just goes to show that there is one degree of separation between the Hollywood and San Fernando Valley movie crowd/industries. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Weinstein produced porn under pseudonym.

The Re-evolution of Mitch McConnell

In throwing out the Senate's extra-Constitutional blue slip procedure in confirming judicial nominees, Mitch McConnell appears to be developing a notochord - not yet a proper backbone but a step in the right direction.

3 Critical Points In Hillary's Defeat

1. Her statement "What difference at this point does it make?" in her testimony about Benghazi where four Americans were killed including US Ambassador Chris Stevens: let us know she shouldn't be president.
2. Her pronouncement that half the American people are "deplorables": let us know she wouldn't be president.
3. Every moment since Nov 8

Trump Scoops CNN

Monday CNN reported a breaking, exclusive story: the FBI had tapped the phones of Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager, during the campaign and after the election. Manafort has a residence in Trump Tower. It has also come to light that Trump foreign affairs advisor, Carter Page, was also surveilled. It is a near certainty that Manafort and Page spoke to Trump during the surveillance period. And since almost anyone in the Obama Administration appears to have had the authority to have the identities of individuals who were "inadvertently" surveilled unmasked, Trump was also almost certainly indirectly wiretapped.

Back in March, President Trump claimed that President Obama had his phones tapped during the campaign. As a result of this new revelation, looks like he was probably right. Sorry CNN, Trump scooped this story 6 months ago.

Stop "Fighting For"; Start "Working For"

Is anyone else tired of hearing politicians say they are "fighting for" this, that or some other flippin' thing? How about "working for"? Unless it is a war, fighting isn't very productive and using those terms and having that mentality has to predispose one to being very uncooperative and unlikely to solve anything. BTW: HRC has been "fighting for" x, y, and z since she was at Wellesley. See what I mean?