When It Comes To Politics Nothing Is Clear

Have you ever thought to yourself, Self, that’s a problem that needs to be addressed! I’m going to run for political office so I can fix that problem! It is my civic duty!

 

If you are ever on the verge of throwing your hat into the ring, I’m here to tell you ForGetAboutIt!

 

What I am about to peck out in this Blog Posting will demonstrate what I am talking about. As usual, I will not mention the Political Affiliation of the real-life politicians involved here because it might activate your own Political Leanings and you will get mad at me.

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First Unnamed Politician

In this current crazy election year there is a politician who is running for re-election as governor of his state and he appears to be in great jeopardy of losing his re-election bid. Here is a short bullet point list of his record as governor since he took over a state that was an Ongoing Unmitigated Disaster...

Ø His state’s economy is now booming.

Ø His State’s Unemployment Rate has been 3% or below for eight months.

Ø His State’s Unemployment Rate has not been this low since at least 1976.

Ø Year to year average hourly wages in his State are up 5% when compared to the 2.9% Nationwide increase.

Ø Manufacturing employment has grown 12% since he first took office in January 2011.

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Second Unnamed Politician

This president saw the handwriting on the wall (whatever that means) and decided to not run for re-election because he knew he could not win.

Ø The United States government under him ran fiscal surpluses.

Ø The unemployment rate went down (from 3.9% to 3.1% during the last 4 years).

Ø The labor-force participation rate went up (from 57.2% to 58.9%).

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We’re getting near the Bottom Line so here is my Bottom Line...

Ø It sometimes does not make any difference how well you have performed in office.

Ø Some crazy unrelated event is going to happen (like your brother-in-law, who you have not talked to in 12 years, getting caught with his hand deep into the school board’s cookie jar in Buzzard’s Breath, WY) and you are going to be thrown out of office.

Ø The voters never seem to learn that next guy in that office has the same brother-in-law, only he has a different name.

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This Blog Posting could end right here and all of you would agree that I have made my point very well...Or would all of you?

 

However, it does get even crazier when you consider this...

There is a race going on in the Good Ole USofA this year where a political new-comer appears to have a very good chance of being elected with this as his past history...

Ø He’s been arrested nine times.

Ø The charges against him included...
>Operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.
>Driving with a suspended license.
>Unlawfully protesting.

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I’m going to contact my Congressman (if I can find him) and implore him to propose a New Tax called the You Gotta Be Crazy Tax. The money generated by this new tax is to be placed in a Lock Box to only be used to Examine the Heads of Anyone Foolish Enough to Have Ever Considered Running for Political Office in the Good Ole USofA.

 

If I got my Congressman (whoever he is) on the phone and asked him if he wants to be on my Blog Notification List, he would probably tell me he is too busy to talk to me because he is having his head examined.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe:

Above I was silly enough to use the term, “Lock Box That Cannot Be Broken Into”.

I looked this term up in the Congressional Dictionary and found the definition to be, “There is no such thing as a Lock Box That Cannot Be Broken Into but it is sure-fire way to get votes because the voters fall for this promise every time”.

It hurt me to see that there was actually a Smiley Face at the end of the definition but, what hurt me the most was the message behind the Smiley Face which read, “I am your Congressman and I approve this Smiley Face”.

The Story You Did Not See

I am now going to make up a story. I have to make this story up because it did not happen but it should have happened.

 

Once upon a time in Pakistan a Christian Woman was accused of Blasphemy because, while she was working in a field with other women, she fetched water for herself and her fellow workers. The other women workers refused to drink the water because the Christian Fetching Woman was a Christian Woman.

 

An argument ensued and the Muslim Women accused the Christian Fetching Woman of Blasphemy and Insulting the Prophet.

 

Don’t ask me how the leap was made from... I don’t want to drink your fetched water ... to ... You Committed Blasphemy and Insulted the Prophet. The only thing that matters is the accusation was made and, in Pakistan, once you are accused of Blasphemy and Insulting the Prophet you are immediately thrust into the Pakistani Two Step...

1.  You are accused of Blasphemy and Insulting the Prophet.

2.  You are guilty of Blasphemy and Insulting the Prophet.

 

Blasphemy in Pakistan is a Weapon of Choice and the Penalty is Death.

 

What happened next ought to give you pause about ever thinking you had a hankering to become a Pakistani Tourist but it does have a happy ending because the Judge Saved The Day...

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman was taken to court.

Ø The judge listened to all the shouting from the accusers.

Ø The judge did not listen to the Christian Fetching Woman because every time she started to talk the accusers shouted so loud that the judge could not hear the Christian Fetching Woman.

After all the shouters had gone hoarse from screaming the shouting, the judge said. “The Evidence against the Christian Fetching Woman is Flimsy and Inconsistent and Described it As a “Feast of Falsehood”.

 

The Christian Fetching Woman was released right then and there in the courtroom and she went home to cook supper for her husband and 5 hungry children.

 

The shouting and screaming accusers in one voice said they were sorry and applauded as the Christian Fetching Woman left the courtroom.

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The story I pecked out above, as I told you it was going to be, was not true. Here are the Actual Facts surrounding the case of the Christian Fetching Woman...

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman was not released from the courtroom.

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman has been in prison since 2009.

Ø She was sentenced to death by a court in 2010.

Ø Jail officials said two inmates were arrested last month for planning to kill the Christian Fetching Woman by strangling her.

Ø Pakistan has some of the most severe blasphemy laws in the world.

Ø Hundreds are languishing in prison on blasphemy charges.

Ø Prominent figures who opposed the blasphemy law have been assassinated.

Ø According to one religious minority source, an accusation of blasphemy commonly subjects the accused, the police, the lawyers involved and the judges involved to harassment, threats, attacks and rioting.

Ø Calls for change in the blasphemy laws have been strongly resisted by Islamic Parties.

Ø This is the kind of wording that Blasphemy Laws contain... “Uttering of any word or making any sound or making any gesture or placing of any object in the sight with the deliberate intention of wounding the religious feelings of any person.”

Ø The Supreme Court now ruled (after the Christian Fetching Woman has spent all these years in jail) that the evidence against Christian Fetching Woman was Flimsy and Inconsistent and Described it as a “Feast of Falsehood”.

Ø The hearing was presided over by Pakistan’s Chief Justice.

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman’s lawyer has received Death Threats (does that surprise you?).

Ø Some critics complain that Pakistan's blasphemy law "is overwhelmingly being used to persecute religious minorities and settle personal vendettas."

Ø Human-rights groups say the laws are subject to abuse and that accusations against Muslims and non-Muslims alike are often used to settle scores.

Ø In the ruling in favor of the Christian Fetching Woman, the judges noted that since 1990, 62 people have been killed by vigilantes based on blasphemy accusations before ever getting to court.

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman’s family has been in hiding since she was arrested.

Ø The Christian Fetching Woman’s husband told The Wall Street Journal in 2016 that he earned a living doing odd jobs and hadn’t dared to return to his home village.

Ø In 2011, a prominent Pakistani politician, Salmaan Taseer, took up the Christian Fetching Woman’s case, saying she was wrongly imprisoned.

Ø He called for reform of blasphemy laws.

Ø He was later gunned down by his own police guard.

Ø When authorities executed the guard in 2016, tens of thousands thronged his funeral to laud the assailant as a hero.

Ø After the Christian Fetching Woman’s release...
>Demonstrators have called for the killing of the judges in the case.
>Demonstrators have called for the toppling of the government.
>Demonstrators have called for a revolt against the country’s powerful army chief.

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It ain’t over till it’s over and it ain’t over. Before I posted this Blog Posting, I found this in my morning paper...

Ø Protestors mounted rallies across Pakistan for a second day in a row.

Ø More than 1,000 Islamists blocked a key road linking the capital Islamabad with the garrison city of Rawalpindi demanding that the Fetching Christian Woman be publicly hanged.

Ø Hundreds also blocked another key motorway linking Islamabad with major cities.

Ø Authorities deployed paramilitary troops, signaling they could move to clear the roads.

 

We now know that the Christian Fetching Woman ain’t stupid because Family Members are saying she is planning to leave Pakistan.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

 

Aren’t Titles Wonderful?!

I recently got a snail mail letter from the company I retired from. They have reorganized a department which I make contact with from time to time. The letter was sent to keep me informed about the reorganization.

 

They seem to really like me even though I feel I have betrayed them by living so long after retirement which, of course, requires them to still send my pension check more than 20 years later.

 

I can still hear the words the Big Guy whispered to me at my retirement party when I had my picture taken with him, “We would consider it a demonstration of your appreciation and loyalty to the company if you would die within two years of your well deserved retirement”.

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I do like being kept informed so I decided to call The Boss of that department to tell him I appreciated his thoughtfulness. It shows how old I am that I would use the word “boss” in the prior sentence. Corporate America has moved away from words like “boss” because “boss” sounds mean. Instead we have moved into the World of Impressive Titles.

 

My Dear Readers, I need your advice. Please tell me who is The Boss from the contacts listed in my former employer’s Departmental Reorganization Letter... Is it the Senior Manager or is it the Group Vice President or is it the General Manager?

 

What’s next? Am I going to get a letter from the Senior General Managing Vice President In Charge of Miscellaneous Trivia?

 

I bet when the Senior General Managing Vice President In Charge of Miscellaneous Trivia got that title conferred on him and he asked, “How much is my raise?” he was told, “You don’t get a raise. You got a very impressive Title.”

 

He probably replied, “Excuse me. Of course, you are right. I apologize for asking.”

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

AGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

I have had it with Elections! It’s not just Presidential Election every 4 years that have driven me to this point. We also have Congressional Elections in the intervening 2 years between the 4 years!

It’s awful and it’s getting awfuller! Don’t send me a message telling me that “awfuller” is not a word! I looked it up: Adjective-Comparative form of awful: more awful. (I was surprised too.)

I have gone Over the Edge. I’ve tipped over the Tipping Point. I am at the bottom of the Slippery Slope looking back up and shouting AGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Okay, I’m regaining control...Or am I?

 

I’ll try and slow down and put my thoughts together logically without shouting at you...Or will I?

 

It time for Bullet Points...

Ø The Election Hysteria never stops.

Ø As soon as one election is over your TV Stations go to commercials and come back speculating about the next election.

Ø That very day or the next very day, the political attacks start.

Ø Before we turn around the Political Attack Commercials are upon us.

Ø The commercials seem very familiar because they are familiar.

Ø They simply change the names of the Attackor and the Attackee and run the same accusations as in the last election.

 

I had a dream last night that 2 opponents were in a debate and they got into a heated discussion about each one laying claim the fact that he lied more than his opponent lied...Or was it a dream?

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The Bottom Line

Because of the 24 Hours News Cycle and the Never-Ending Campaigns Cycle the Non-Election Legislative Year never happens.

 

Yes, my Dear Readers, Never-Never Land is out there but Congress has changed its basic meaning. Never-Never Land is defined as...

“Imaginary Land ... An unreal or imaginary place, especially one where wonderful things happen.”

The only way that Peter Pan would certify our 19%* Approval Rated Congress to be living in Never-Never Land is if you tricked him into thinking that Getting Re-Elected is a Wonderful Thing.  

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

*The Congressional Approval Rating in the last 12 months was as low as 13% and as high as 20% (1 single month).

 

 

Cutting Off The Hand That Feeds You Is Stupid. Cutting Off The Hand That Will Feed You In The Future Is Stupider.

As Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza in 2005, they left behind a thriving Greenhouse Industry that exported flowers and bulbs all over the world.

 

The greenhouses were a centerpiece of Palestinian plans for rebuilding Gaza after 38 years of Israeli occupation. The Palestinian Authority hoped the high-tech greenhouses left by the Israelis would provide jobs and export income for Gaza’s shattered economy.

 

The Palestinian Prime Minister implored Palestinians to leave the structures intact. “These greenhouses are for the Palestinian people,” he said. “We don’t want anyone to touch or harm anything that can be useful for our people.”

 

His minions did not listen to their Prime Minister. Palestinians looted dozens of greenhouses, walking off with irrigation hoses, water pumps and plastic sheeting in a blow to fledgling efforts to reconstruct the Gaza Strip.

 

Palestinian police stood by helplessly as looters carted off materials from greenhouses in several settlements. The Police Commanders complained they did not have enough manpower to protect the prized assets.

 

In some instances, the Police not only did not provide security but actually joined the looters in their looting.

 

What a source of national pride it could have been, for the Palestinians to outdo the Israelis in exporting agricultural produce! However, no sooner had Israel left, the orgy of chaos and destruction began.

The only good news in all of this craziness is about 1,500 greenhouses remained usable and were replanted by the Palestinians.

 

Thank heaven there is a limit to how much a looter and his Police Escort can carry.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

The Chairman’s Anguish

If you think I am Independently Wealthy, you are not thinking correctly. If I were Independently Wealthy I would not have to work at a Part-Time Job Cleaning Windows of High-Rise Office Buildings.

 

Having to work at a Part-Time Job is the sad part. The Bright Side is my Part-Time Job recently caused me to stumble onto a new Blog Posting...

Ø I usually try to look into the buildings I am cleaning because looking down can be unsettling.

Ø A few days ago I was looking in when I saw this Chairman of the Board of Directors of this major corporation sitting in his Big Chair with his head in his hands as the last members of the Board were filing out of the Board Room.

Ø All of them (the Big Guy and his departing Board Members) appeared to be crying.

 

My heart skipped a beat as I saw the Big Guy reach into his alligator hide brief case and take out a gun and put it to his crying head. I knew at once that I might be the only thing between the Big Guy and the Front Page of the next day’s newspaper, so I sprang into action.

 

I opened the window and jumped inside as fast as I could and said in my most soothing tone, “Let’s not be hasty, Mr. Big Cheese. It can’t be that bad. Can we talk?”

 

At first he was taken aback and he seemed to be wondering where I had come from but he was probably relieved that I had come from wherever I had come from because he put the gun back in his brief case and he began to tell me what his problem was...

Ø He said had been the driving force behind his company developing a drug that was proven to cure all forms of cancer.

Ø It was so powerful that it required only one single pill to make the pill taker cancer free for the rest of his life.

Ø There was no doubt it worked and it had absolutely No Debilitating Side Effects.

Ø His company had spent all of its capital developing this drug and, with the decision not to go to market that his Board of Directors had just made, the company was now certain to go bankrupt.

 

I expressed my shock and awe at what I had just been told and asked if he did not have the power to change his Board’s Minds.

 

He said he could not because he agreed with the decision to scrub the entire project. He went on to say he actually was the one who had made the motion to the Board to cancel the project.

 

I got all shocked and awed all over again and begged him to help me to understand. He then began to tell me The Rest of the Story. I think the fact that the Late Paul Harvey had just climbed in the window behind me made him want to go on. (Paul often helps me wash windows because he does not have a lot to do since he got to be dead.)

 

He then told us everything(I was really glad he talked in Bullet Points because they are so easy to understand)...

Ø He asked us to think about all those TV Drug Commercials we all see every day on TV.

Ø Every one of those drugs has an ungodly long list if Debilitating Side Effects that take up the majority of their commercials.

Ø He said the American Dying Public is accustomed to seeing those Debilitating Side Effects and will never accept and believe in a drug that does not have any Debilitating Side Effects.

Ø The Debilitating Side Effects are what makes the commercials believable.

Ø His company had made the unconscionable decision to invent a drug that was not going to make the pill-takers sick and, without the ability to attribute a single Debilitating Side Effect (like Sudden Death), there is no way their drug could be a commercial success.

Ø The Fatal Flaw of their Cancer Curing Pill was it only Cured Cancer.

 

He summed up his despair by saying, “Heck, it does not even have to be taken at mealtime!”

 

Paul and I saw that there was nothing we could say to him that would help him in the slightest, so we climbed out the window and got back to work.

 

By the time we had lowered ourselves to the next floor we heard a gunshot from above. We certainly felt badly for him but we were at peace because there really was nothing we could have done to help him. His situation was truly hopeless.

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

I Can’t Listen To You Right Now Because I Am Busy Not Listening To You

We are in a dangerous point in the history of the Good Ole USofA. We need to listen to and evaluate counter arguments but we can’t listen to the opposition’s counter arguments because...

Ø We Are Busy Printing Up Protest Signs

Ø Making Up Nifty Protest Rhymes

Ø Memorizing New Talking Points

Ø Perfecting Our Ability To Not Listen To What Our Opponent Is Saying While Preparing To Recite Our Next Brilliant Talking Point As Soon As Our Opponent Takes A Breath As He Rushes To Finish His Latest Lame Talking Point

 

The following scenario is Made Up Nonsense by Fella but it is also Disguised Truth. I am forced to disguise the truth because, if I did not disguise it, I would be accused of using a Logical and Defensible Talking Point which, in the minds of many of my fellow Americans, is not acceptable......

Ø Peter Fernerk is accused of killing Jud Pendergrass at 8:05pm on March 2, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Ø Mr. Fernerk is interviewed on TV about his whereabouts at 8:05pm on March 2, 2018.

Ø In his defense he offers the fact that at 8:05pm on March 2, 2018 he was making a speech about the Dangers of Eating Too Many Sesame Seeds to an audience 3,812 patrons in the Audrey Higgins Auditorium in Hartford, Connecticut.

Ø His televised address lasted from 7:32pm until 8:29pm; therefore, he could not possibly have been in Omaha Nebraska at 8:05pm on that very same night.

 

Immediately after he was done with his interview a demonstration began which demanded...

Ø He immediately be arrested for killing Jud Pendergrass at 8:05pm on March 2, 2018 in Omaha, Nebraska.

Ø The demonstrators had lots of Chants like…
>“Fernerk Is a Jerk”
>“Poor Jud Is Dead”
>“We Can’t Be Bothered With Truth That Is Not Our Truth”
>“There Is No Need For A Trial Because We Have An Accusation”
>“No Irrefutable Alibi Is Acceptable”

 

The leader of the demonstration was interviewed, as he continued to throw rotten tomatoes at passing cars...

Ø Question: Are you aware that Peter Fernerk was in Hartford at the time of the killing of Jud Pendergrass?

Ø Answer: It does not matter where he was because he is guilty and, even if he is not guilty, he ought to be guilty.

Ø Question: Did you listen to Peter Fernerk’s televised interview where he offered into evidence the evidence that he was in Hartford, Connecticut at the time of the killing and he has the sworn statements from 3,812 patrons who were in the audience and 17,256,336 viewers who watched his speech on television?

Ø  Answer: It does not matter how many people saw him make that speech in Hartford, Connecticut because he is guilty and, even if he is not guilty, he ought to be guilty.

Ø Question: Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe this demonstration is ill advised and you ought to have cancelled it?

Ø Answer: There is no way this demonstration could have been cancelled because we had already printed up the protest signs.

 

Yea, I made all of the above silliness up...Or did I?

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Without The Law We Can’t Have Order

I’ll start this Blog Posting with the first paragraph of an article by Andy Ngo in the Wall Street Journal on October 12, 2018...

“Flyers urged Portlanders to attend a protest: “27yo black father of 3 murdered by racist Portland Police.” Some 100 Black Lives Matter Activists with the group Don’t Shoot Portland and their Masked Antifa Allies answered the call to gather downtown Oct. 6. Fists in the air, they demanded “justice” for Patrick Kimmons, who was killed by police in late September. “Stop racist police terror,” read one sign at the rally. “Throw all cops in the trash,” declared another. Never mind that Kimmons had an extensive criminal record and was suspected of shooting two people before police responded.”

 

Here are excerpts from this article which make me worry and why you ought to be worried along with me...

Ø As the crowd made their way to a nearby courthouse, they marched in the middle of the street, bringing traffic to a stop though they didn’t have a permit.

Ø A motorist made the mistake of attempting to pass them.

Ø His car slowly pushed against a masked marcher.

Ø The crowd surrounded the car and started kicking it.

Ø After speeding down the block he stepped out of his car.

Ø He was assaulted by the mob.

Ø They pushed him.

Ø They smashed his car with clubs after he managed to get back inside the vehicle.

Ø No police were in sight even though the central precinct was blocks away.

Ø A group called Portland’s Resistance, a local social-justice group, put out a call on Twitter asking the public to identify “this white man.”

Ø They published photos of him and his license plate with the message: “Make racists afraid again.”

Ø The motorist has since received threatening phone calls identifying his wife by name.

Ø The mob later occupied a busy intersection.

Ø A middle-aged man driving a car with North Carolina plates stopped in confusion.

Ø The agitators descended on him.

Ø Mob Members shouted at him...
>“You white little f—er!”
>“You are a little white supremacist.”
>” Go back to North Carolina where you came from.”

Ø The driver phoned police for assistance and nobody came to help.

Ø The crowd targeted other drivers...
>The Mob shouted at one driver, “You’re lucky you didn’t hit me. I would have beat your a—.”
>One person punched the back of a passing car whose driver dared to honk.

Ø In downtown Portland, law-abiding drivers were at the mercy of marauding street thugs.

Ø Portland’s Resistance organized a protest after Election Day 2016 that turned into a riot.
>Masked vandals smashed stores and set fires.
> They caused over $1 million in damage.
>Portland’s Resistance raised $55,000 on GoFundMe ostensibly to help pay for the rebuilding effort.
>Two years later only $2,450 is known to have been dispersed.

Ø This summer a mob occupied the area around Portland’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office for more than a month.

 

If these Bullets do not scare you, you are not paying attention.

 

The Title of this Blog Posting is, “Without The Law We Can’t Have Order”. The Title is Not Kidding You because...

A block away, police officers looked on passively. Why didn’t they respond? The department told the writer of this article in a statement that it feared intervention would “change the demeanor of the crowd for the worse.”

Change the demeanor of the crowd? Yes the situation can get worse but, without any Resistance to The Mayhem, will the situation get better?

 

Flashback through History...

Ø First Back in History Guy: Those Nazi guys are killing people inside that Concentration Camp. I have a mind to go up to that fence and shout at them, “Don’t kill those people!”

Ø Second Back in History Guy: “No! Don’t do that! If you do, they might kill more people.”

 

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 

Lagniappe: I feel badly for publishing this Blog Posting. There is no Funny in it! There is no Foolishness in it! There is no Silliness in it! It is Too Dark! I feel the need to try and make you feel better so you can go about your day ignoring reality...

Now do you feel better?

If you think I made any of this Blog Posting up or you just want to read the entire article for yourself, click here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-leftist-mob-polices-portland-1539298766?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1