Undeniably Right

Because people tend to jump to conclusions, especially when it's something that might offend them, let me say that the people who came to our little corner of the world to fight the Trout Fire did a fantastic job. Very few homes were damaged, and I have not yet heard that any were totally destroyed. However, the damage to our forest will take years if not decades to recover. And it could have been avoided.

Officially the cause of the fire is unknown but initial reports were likely that it was lightning,, but it is irrelevant how the fire started. The fire smoldered for at least two days. It grew to about 25 acres in size before the winds kicked up and it got out of “control.” Personnel were on site to monitor that and another small fire in the same area. At a time when fire danger was described as extreme, at the time when severe restrictions were put on any type of open flame, at the time when we were at the end of one of the driest winters we've seen in recent history. why would a fire of any size be allowed to "smolder?"

Maybe, maybe not?

In case you were not aware, tomorrow is a national day of protest for the anti-Trump crowd. It is being titled 'No Kings' because they mistakenly believe that Donald Trump is acting like a monarch or a dictator. I have seen indications on social media that there will be protests in our town as well. We hope they will be peaceful, but we have already seen some of the same flyers and organizers of the LA riots becoming active in Albuquerque, Chicago, Houston, New York City and other places around our country.

You probably did not realize that when the LA riots were just starting there was a counter demonstration of Trump supporters. That demonstration was large, barely covered by the media, but was by definition truly peaceful. We hope that the demonstrations tomorrow by the left wing will be peaceful. If they are, the rest of us will gladly support their right to peacefully demonstrate no matter how much we disagree with their opinion. But you can bet that some of them will be violent just like the LA riots because that's what people are being paid to do. If you don't realize why or how or who is doing it, tune into my radio show tomorrow morning at 9:00 AM on 92.9 FM.

What does Mike have to say about the riots?

The Democrat party leadership has perfected Saul Alinsky's playbook especially when it comes to projecting their beliefs or actions on someone else in order to demonize them. Just look at the claims of white supremacy, racism, anti-immigrant, claims against the Republicans and most Americans. But who is truly racist?

Rebecca Balint is a US representative from Vermont. Recently she was speaking to a group of people expressing her opposition to Donald Trump's closing of the border. She told the audience that this country needs mass migration because we need not only the diversity of cultural experiences, but we also need the workers. She warned her audience that what she was about to say next might be offensive and crude but it's the truth, so she was going to speak it. Quite frankly, she said," Who is going to wipe our asses when we are in a nursing home if these people aren't here to do it?"

As usual, I'll have to listen to this to find out what Mike is talking about.

Across some of the left-leaning talk shows, the new topic of discussion is that Donald Trump wants to take us back to the 1970s. I have not seen him say this, but it doesn't matter if he did or not because the Democrats and the left-leaning media are going to make up whatever they think they need to say in order to smear Trump and get support for themselves. Of course, they paint the 70s in a very bad light and hint that this may be racist. But let's assume that he did make this statement. Would it be a bad thing?

Most of us that lived through it remember the 70s for the leisure suit and high inflation, both of which were not good things. But if we look at economic numbers, 57% of GDP was driven by the middle class. The United States was still driven by manufacturing which meant good jobs for the middle class. It was also a time when small businesses employed more people than any other segment of our economy. Small business owners were often upper middle class or lower upper class in the economic strata.

Ask someone if they lived their life by a set of principles and they will likely respond that they do. Ask them what the principles are by which they live their life, and you will likely get answers that might be based upon religious teachings, treating people equally or being honest and fair. Either way, I think the most important thing about principles is that they are applied equally in all situations. A set of principles should be morally grounded and allow you to deal with different situations in the same manner. When it comes to the liberal mind, they have one guiding principle; what makes me feel good. Emotions are their guiding principles. A conservative will apply a principle ignoring their emotions.

The recent protests against President Trump's decision to grant asylum to white South Africans illustrates this difference. The crowd that stands on the side of love as long as it's not in their neighborhood, supported letting the poor and the persecuted come to our country without being properly vetted. They celebrate when rogue judges ignore the law and stop the deportation of known criminals that are here illegally. Because most of those immigrants are not white. Thus in the liberal mind they must be helped because they can't do a lot of things to succeed on their own.