Ending the problem of drinking and driving.

Each year, thousands of Americans (and others) are killed/maimed by drunk drivers. And yet, as a country, we do nothing about it that actually works.

Most recently here locally, this is one of the results of this nation's obvious indifference to our plight.

In this instance, according to the accompanying the article from the Vancouver, WA Police Department, one pedestrian died at the scene and another died a few days later.

The DUI driver was charged with DUI, Vehicular Homicide, Vehicular Assault, and Reckless Driving'

He'll get a few years and a fine, if that. Run someone over/hit another car and kill someone with your car? It's "vehicular manslaughter."

Pull up next to them and use a gun? It's murder.

The outcomes are the same.

To me, there's no difference. Also, to me, I support making it illegal to drive after you've drank ANY alcohol... and you should be tried for attempted murder if you do.

We message everyone: "Do not drink and drive," and then we make it legal to do the very thing we tell people NOT to do. And thousands die every year as victims of DUI drivers while we continue to do nothing about it.

Obviously the sentences are not nearly enough to provide a deterrent.

Make the BAC 0.00. ANYTHING over that level would be considered DUI.

1. ONE DUI without accident? Lose your driver's license for life. Confiscate and sell the driver's vehicle. Take proceeds and put them into a DUI victims fund. 364 days in jail.

2. DUI WITH accident? See above. Five years in prison, DUI driver must pay ALL costs, reimbursing insurance as well, even if that requires seizure and sale of all assets.

3. DUI WITH injury? Both 1 and 2, increase sentence to 20 years.

4. DUI WITH death(s)? Both 1 and 2 and life in prison.

As a country, we either want to END DUI or we don't.

At this point?

It's pretty clear we don't.

Has the left become a death cult?

Is it OK in their view to murder/assault those who disagree with them politically?

Leftists celebrated Charlie Kirk's assassination for weeks. Many of the more obviously sicker leftists are STILL celebrating the slaughter of Kirk to this DAY.

Message: it's perfectly OK to spill the blood of those who don't agree with US.

Many on the left have assigned their version of sainthood to Tyler Robinson, who's on trial for destroying Charlie Kirk's life because Kirk allegedly said things he (and the vast majority of the left) felt were "hateful."

This puts the majority of the left into an awkward position.

They cheerfully support the murder of a man based on what he has said which THEY view as hateful.

The awkwardness comes into play simply because the vast majority of today's left, not just in this country, but around the world, live on hatred themselves.

The left will attack, verbally and all too often physically, those who do not align with their view. And they will even either slaughter or make a serious effort to slaughter those they do not agree with or approve of.

Insurance executives, presidents, members of Congress, Supreme Court Justices... American citizens by illegal aliens... children...

All are on the left's approved target list.

We've seen that with the Kirk assassination. We've seen it with efforts to murder the president. We've seen it with efforts to murder Justice Kavanaugh. We've seen it with the mass shooting that nearly killed Rep. Steve Scalise. We've seen with leftist support of terrorists in politics; Congress... the Senate AND House... The election of political thugs as a result of the community short memory... (NYC comes to mind)

We've seen it with the slaughter of babies as the Clancy trials show and others have also done... Most recently this August in North Dakota where a mom (Kalley Erhart) murdered a 3-year-old and an 8-month-old, while her 1-year-old survived.

None of the fringe-left women supporting Clancy have demanded justice for her victims. Nope. The focus is all on poor, confessed perpetrator, admitted murderer Lindsay.

The left is increasingly pushing an envelope to justify their determined efforts to spill the blood of those opposed to their world view.

How much political violence do we need? Where and how is the line drawn? How do we put a stop to it?

The same can obviously be extended to islamic violence. Europe is the template. Flashes of that cult attempting to ignore or Constitution are already taking place.

We all know this. But what, and when, do we act?

Or do we simply stand here while the tarantula wasp (tarantula hawk) crawls all over us, looking for the place to sting and the site to plant the egg that will eventually eat us alive?

My concern isn't for me so much as it is for our children and our children's children.

Do we put an end to this insanity now, in its infancy? Or do we wake up one morning and realize, sadly, that it's too late?

I don't have the answers. But these and other questions need to be answered... and soon.

More thoughts on Reiner/Trump.

 Anyone reading my remarks, here or anywhere else, knows that I'm a Trump supporter.

The alternative, in either term, would have been a disaster.

The problem is that it seems he never took PoliSci 101.

This was my FB post on the issue:

I care about RR as much as he cared about me.

THAT SAID...

We all have choices to make in our lives. We all have examples to make for our families. And we have to consider both the opportunity and the public face responses make.

By all means, use this self-justification to act the way the left did when the President was shot. Or when Charlie Kirk was slaughtered.

Ponder it when next you're in church.

I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, suggesting that you be anything other than what you are. I'm not suggesting that you express sympathy or condolences.

I am a strong supporter of the President and what he's trying to do. I'm the only one in my family that can make this claim. Further, that does not make me blind to his faults and, as a retired political professional, it does not stop me from wincing when he screws up unnecessarily.

At the end of the day, what was accomplished with his statement? What advantage was secured for himself or the GOP? How was our ball moved forward? Besides making him feel better... how are we better off?

THAT'S the reality we're in. I'd appreciate it if someone reading this can explain it to me. But I admit I don't see it.

I understand that the left operates purely out of hatred as they've been programmed to do. Reiner was a Grade A example of that.

But when you do react the way the left has reacted, the next time the left perpetrates another death of someone on the right (as they inevitably will) don't get angry. Don't engage and tell them what you REALLY think of them.

After all, when the time came to set an example... what example did YOU set?

Thoughts on the election

As expected, leftists are playing this as a repudiation of Trump.

It isn't, of course, but that's how they're playing it.

For years now, I've made the claim that the primary motivator for the left is hatred.

As a result, leftists elected a communist/terrorist/hamas supporter as mayor in New York.

In Virginia, leftists elected a psychotic with visions of assassination and murdering children dancing in his diseased brain... not to mention a governor who refused to condemn/demand the removal of the nutjob who is now going to be the top lawyer in the state... a very white woman that Obama urged people to vote for as opposed to the black lieutenant governor who was running against her... showing his race baiting horseshit of demanding that black men vote for the Pole Dancer since she magically turned herself into an African-American for purposes of the election.

In Maine, they now support a nazi SO nazi that he has the SS death's head tattooed on his right pec. 

If a Republican had a tat like that? leftist howling over SecWar Hegseth's Christian tattoo would be barely a whisper in comparison.

THAT'S the variety of hypocrisy we've come to know and despise from the democrats.

And in New Jersey, they elected a governor who shared Governor-Elect Spanberger's love of the mental case now AG Elect in Virginia.

This, of course, illustrates the massive gaps between leftists who would cheerfully vote for a brick if it had a "D" after it's name and those who actually care about this country.

The five examples here are yet another proof of that.

Someone by the name of Jefferson once said "the government you elect is the government you deserve."

And those who voted for these outcomes DEFINATELY deserve the governments they elected.

As for this being some sort of referendum  on Trump?

It isn't.

I'm not saying that because I'm GOP.

I'm saying that for a more simplistic reason... Simplistic but accurate.

Mamdani, for his part, bought votes.

Free buses. Government stores (which have and are failing everywhere it's been tried... mainly because of shoplifting and other criminal activities these monuments to leftist stupidity have been tried) additional billions to be spent on his illegal alien voter base, and the ever popular "defunding the police."

It's sad that the "Never Forget 9/11" vote forgot and elected tis communist/terrorist/hamas supporter into this position of responsibility.

On his watch, crime will explode. As will drug use and homelessness.

But the basis for my conclusion is simple: in November of 2024, Trump picked up only 30% of the vote in NYC.  The Pole Dancer?

67%.

There was no way there'd be a different outcome.

Both the Virginia and New Jersey Soviets also went to the Pole Dancer by substantial margins.  

To expect any other outcome in these elections from the one we picked up is delusional.

As old as the old saw "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" may be, it still holds true today.

In this election, the only thing that really shined through was the institutional hatred of the left.

In spades.

Leftists and the "freedom of speech" card.

For what seems like the thousandth time, I saw the words leftists now trumpet repeatedly as those trashing Charlie Kirk and giddy over his slaughter now either feel or see the consequences for their act.

"What about freedom of speech?" or "what happened to freedom of speech?"

Whenever I see the question, this is how I respond:

Nothing. Still there.

But because of the outright failure of public schools to actually teach the true meaning of Constitutional law, people such as yourself (and I am NOT throwing rocks at you.... this is more of a teaching moment) the students they failed do not understand that the 1A applies ONLY to government efforts to criminally prosecute you for something you've said or written.

It has zero application anywhere else, including work.

In short, there IS no "freedom of speech" in the civil environment. ABC has the right to fire anyone at any time for anything they do, public or private.

While those on the right, for example, who used blackface for anything, were outed and fired for that sort of thing while the left cheered, Kimmel?

He who did the exact, same, thing?

Why, HIS blackface episodes didn't cost him a thing, let alone subject him to the very same "cancel culture" the left espoused. When in reality, if the leftist movement wasn't hypocritical on its face, Kimmel would have ben kicked off the air back then.

The left flips that "freedom of speech" switch on and off whenever they feel like it. And while "freedom of speech" didn't matter to them then, it's suddenly their holy grail.

After the slaughtering and celebrating the death a man practicing the very thing they now so staunchly, if not incorrectly, seemingly demand to protect.

THIS is the democrat playbook.

When democrats decry violence, as many have in the Kirk assassination, you need to ask yourself:

Where were their voices during their Tesla insanity? The irony cannot be overstated: the primary owners of Tesla vehicles are those who bought into the EV/ecological hype/propaganda, i.e., their fellow leftists.

Their silence during THAT violence, which those democrats obviously agreed with, was deafening.

During the Floyd riots that lasted for months, where were the alleged democrat leaders then? Hundreds of millions in damages. Murders, looting, assaults, burning... These people NOW decrying political violence are ONLY doing so pro forma.

They don't believe it and they celebrated like everyone else on the left. They just kept it mostly private. Some were so hate-filled they went public... and some are paying a personal price for that (as in, getting fired.)

The current example is a tie between the rioters in LA that leftist leadership encouraged and applauded, and the ongoing terrorism of the rioters in Portland in the vicinity of the ICE facility where violation of Portland ordinances is an everyday, common occurrence and police are under orders not to respond to calls originating from the 4 block area of that facility.

Assaults are common place. Residents of area apartments and other homes are not allowed to sleep because the government of Portland ALLOWS the rioters to break their own laws because they do not want to be seen as "supporting ICE."

Leftists governments ALWAYS have excuses for their inaction.

These actions and inactions are a direct result of the mainstream democrat party.

Social media is rife with democrats expressing their hatred and death wishes for a wide variety of politicians and others to the right of Mao who are targeted for speaking.

For.
Speaking.

So now, when the media makes a big deal about leftist pols condemning violence... my first thought is their motives for doing this are self-serving on both the political front (They don't want to be viewed indefensibly and publicly hate-filled) and they don't want to be next, i.e., retaliation.

But what's an obvious miss for them is their past (and in some cases, current) failures to decry violence... like the terrorist supporter running for NYC mayor who refuses to condemn the October 7 massacre or the concept of "intifada."

There have been leftist gang members in Chicago aligning with both their mayor (Johnson) and their governor (Pritzker... the exception to the "hate all billionaires" democrat rule, since he is one) threatening to attack any Guard or other troops that Trump may send to the Chicago shithole where government is frequently nonexistent... like Labor Day weekend when 58 people were shot and at least 7 died.

The programming begins in the earliest stages of schooling. It's like seeing the rebirth of the fringe-left version of Hitler Youth.

And it continues through college, where your grades can depend not so much on academics but on how closely your POV has been made to align with your professors.

THOUSANDS of leftists have expressed their hate-filled death-inflicting fantasies on social media. And the "leaders" of the left remain silent or even have expressed OUTRAGE over the issue of toning down their rhetoric, instead blaming conservative public like Kirk for their own outcomes.

I despise most leftist politicians. I've made my feelings clear on this platform and on my blog.

But never once will you see me or read my words expressing a desire to see their blood spilled.

And that, apparently, is far too much to ask of our "loyal opposition."

The question? What do we do about it?
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A former Vancouver mayoral candidate, Steven Cox, put it this way.

The modern Democratic Party is not ‘sorry’ when political violence happens. They want it to happen. They create the conditions for it. I know what my friends will say: “I am a Democrat and I don’t ascribe to this”. No, I didn’t say all democrats - this is what your party has become. What are you going to do about it?

Here’s the playbook:

1. Corporate media demonizes you, calling you Hitler, fascist, deplorable.

2. Left-Wing dark money groups fund, arm, and radicalize people to target you.

3. They hype violence, glorify killers, and manipulate minds with drugs and social media.

4. One of their radicalized, over-medicated loners decides they can die a hero if they just “kill Hitler”

Repeat.

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That's the reality today. Will the slaughter of Charlie Kirk open the leftist flood gates? Will someone on the right see leftist reasoning as a justification to destroy what they see as a leftist threat, merely for speaking? I hope not. I pray it doesn't. Meanwhile? If you don't have a weapon, get one. If you don't know how or when to use it, learn (classes are available out there.) Practice with it. Carry it. And be prepared to use it to defend yourself or others. Understand that you may need to take someone's life as a result. But it's better to have a weapon and not need it... than it is to need it and not have it. And yes, I get that if Charlie was armed, it wouldn't have helped. But far too many governments have neutered their law enforcement so you cannot depend on them to react in anything close to a timely manner. Your protection is on you. Meanwhile, honor Charlie Kirk's memory by speaking his truths. Silence is complicity, the leftists tell us. And so it is.

Will democrats ever learn?

We've seen this before. Their utter humiliation at the presidential polls last November, when the Pole Dancer and Timeout Timmy were flattened has embittered them and resulted in many democrats becoming that which they abhorred so loudly and for so long, the hated (by democrats) "election denier".   

Looting stores in LA, because nothing screams "rights for illegals!" like theft on a large scale

They insist on ALWAYS being on the wrong end of the 80/20 political equation, defending illegal aliens, criminals and otherwise, their obvious open border and illegal alien voter policies, defending the gender mutilation and pornographic inculcation of children in our public schools... which have become centers of leftist programming and failures at academic outcomes... the incessant effort to revoke parental authority, but not responsibility... and now? Their incessant support of leftist political violence.

Waymo (self-driving) vehicles peacefully burning in the "mostly peaceful" riots

Another day of riots. Another day of democrat politicians condemning Trump for the violence they support. Another day of democrat politicians failing to condemn the violence or do anything about it.

When does it end? When will the people democrats allegedly govern, rise up and hold their governments accountable?

"Mostly Peaceful (tm)" illegal alien rioters being, well, mostly peaceful

Trump has made it clear that the three months of Portland riots will not be allowed to be the basis for holding communities hostage.

Picture of Portland rioters throwing firebombs at police during their "Summer of Riots."

And when will the democrats figure out that their incessant defense of the illegals, criminal and otherwise (outside the crime of being in the country under any circumstance) is going to haunt them for years?

US Senator Chris Van Hollen kickin' it with an illegal alien criminal while the victims of illegal alien crime get no love back in Maryland, Van Hollen's allegedly "home" state.
Perfect for the mid-term elections.

Is defending their open border actions and results REALLY the hill they want to die on? Is this their last stand before irrelevance?

An axiom that's stood the test of time in the political realm is that when your political opponents are trying to commit political suicide?

US Rep. Maxine "Prune Face" Waters condemns Trump for deploying the Guard and Marines in LA Riots.

Your job is to stand back and let them.

This is democrats across the nation... the "them..." doing that.

The Belle of Botox and the alleged House democrat "Leader" refusing to condemn Tesla violence

It's democrat political leadership supporting the rioters/looters. It's democrat leadership failing to condemn violence as they've failed for YEARS to condemn leftist-perpetrated violence. It's democrat leadership once again, failing to read the room.

It's the more modern day version of lemmings diving face-first over the cliff.

On one hand, it's yet another example of democrat stupidity and incompetence. On the other, it's confirmation that in most cases, democrats are unfit to govern.

As they will find out in 2026.