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Chess or Checkers?
July 2, 2018 Media, PoliticsAgenda, Citizen, Congress, Constitution, Court, Democrat, Elections, Freedom, Government, Immigration, Law, Leader, Local, Media, President, Press, Reporter, Republican, United States, US, Washington3sidesoftruth
For years the political establishment was like playing the game of chess and they were quite good at it. They had the money from the Political Action Committees, Wall Street, and the propaganda mill donated by the Media. Their electorate was contained and bowed to their will at call. Their strategies were really good and for every move, there was a counter move. The Elite could skirt the Rules at any time or completely disregard the Laws at will. The laws that they generated was never top of the line, they wanted an out at every corner. If you are elected to Congress, you are on the fast track to be part of the rich and powerful elite.
When it came time for re-election, you could almost have a free pass in the primary but if someone came out of left field to challenge your position, you would have a laugh. For an outsider or a complete unknown to step into the ring, the odds were stacked against him or her. It is amazing how easy it is to speak up and toss your hat into the political ring but once you are there you have to get the backing from some money source and galvanise the electorate. The Founders of our country wanted the elected leaders to be people who did well enough in their occupation or companies to want to set it aside for a term and step up help run a country, then return to their life knowing that they helped the country with their service. But over time, the only ones being elected where people who knew how to gather money and prestige without actually doing nothing or being at the top of their profession.
Now, along comes a person that is a successful business person which helped him accrue some great wealth and after looking around, throws his hat into the ring. This person is not some nobody. The people have heard about him. He is out-spoken. He doesn't fall into the category of the established political realm or a Media darling. He speaks to the common people like he is at a family dinner table and what he says hits home. He does not use the Media to filter his message, he speaks over them. He is playing checkers with the common folks.
The political elite on both sides have been playing their game for ages and now this person has come along and worse than the running of the bulls, he is upsetting their apple cart. He forces everyone to follow the laws of the land that the elite have spent little time reading over before passing. He finds the loopholes that will make them scream. They have had years and many options to fix these laws and didn't.
Now you look at all the campaign promises that was made, you will find that he has bucked the establishment at ever turn. He is following the laws enacted by the establishment and the previous administrations. He has asked and at times, demanded that both parties involved, step up and fix the problems that they both have made. They both have denied him. When will they see the error of their ways? Both sides of the Establishment think that their spines have been reinforced with iron, that it is their way of doing things, and they can outlast him. They do not think that the laws that they made need to be changed. They wrote them to keep the money pouring into their pockets. They wrote them to keep their supporters in the electorate docile and wanting the free things that others have worked for.
The common electorate on both the republican and democratic sides, as well as all the other fringe parties are starting to sit up and take notice. Those that vote really do have the right and duty to take the blinders off. The electorate does have the ability to soften iron or break it. They may not leave the center base of their parties but in the General Election, a person does not have to vote the party line. Hopefully they will vote for real leaders, not like the scum that conned their way to leadership.
Illegal Immigrants Left For Dead By Smugglers
July 1, 2018 Immigration, Media, PoliticsAgenda, Border Patrol, Citizen, Congress, Court, Customs, Freedom, Government, Immigration, Law, Media, Mercy, Press, Reporter, United States, US, Visa3sidesoftruth
In this day and age of the media and the far left telling of all of the so-called atrocities that are happening by our government and the men and women that work there on behalf of the United States people on the southern border. We never hear of how these people are actually better after medical care and being given food and water. We are not hearing about corrupt leaders of the countries that these people are coming from. We are not hearing about the heroes in these countries that are trying to stand up to the corrupt leaders of these countries. The Media is not giving them a voice. If they did, more world-wide political pressure could be gained for change.
The United States has in the past stepped in and helped make these changes and was held up as a standard for the rights and welfare of all. This was done openly and covertly at times. Due to the changes of politics and Media in our own country it is frowned upon today. Because of the actions of the past, good and bad, to many in the region the United States is still a beacon for Freedom and Justice but we are not allowed to do it today. Rather than the US helping those citizens in these corrupt countries change for the better, the citizens of those coutries seeing no hope or assistance for change are trying to leave there, for here.
They are leaving any way they can. They are paying for safe passage for their lives. They may be abused, sold into slavery, sexually assaulted, or one maybe two may be killed so that the rest of the group may continue. These smugglers already have their money so they have no problem letting them die rather than them being caught. In the US, they may get jail time but in other places they may get summary executed and a trial, if any, after words. So they will leave these people to die in the desert which brings us to the excerpt below. Even though our media portrays the Border Patrol in such poor light they are sometimes the angel of mercy for those that left seeking a dream only to left to die.
via Border Patrol Rescues 57 Illegal Immigrants Left For Dead By Smugglers | The Daily Caller
Border Patrol rescued a group of 57 Central American migrants abandoned by cartel smugglers in Arizona Friday.
The group of migrant men, women and children — including one underage pregnant girl and 36 minors — were left for dead in 108-degree heat and had to be rescued by the Tucson Sector Border Patrol, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Among the 36 minors who were as young as one year old, 17 were unaccompanied by an adult. The stranded illegal immigrants came from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, according to U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
Several of the migrants were given fluids to treat dehydration, and the pregnant female was given intravenous fluids by Border Patrol EMT's and transported to a hospital for further treatment. The rest of the group was transported to Ajo station for processing.
"Regardless of the unscrupulous and ill regard for human life attitude by smugglers, Border Patrol Agents work tirelessly to ensure not only the safety and security of our nation but also the safety of those who they come in contact with," Customs and Border Patrol said in a statement on their website.
Of this group, the 17 unaccompanied minor will probably end up with social services until their families can be located then the immigration courts will take over and the rest may be deported because they did not cross the border at a port of entry.
The Media and the political establishment keep saying that we are a nation of laws but we keep seeing that many are exempt from following or suffering the consequences of these laws. That is like saying that if I come to your home and the front door and the back door is locked but the side window is open it is illegal for me to enter and make myself at home. But if I do this, the Media and the Left say it ok for me to stay and make a life with you with no repercussions.
What a state we live in.
via Supreme Court Makes Landmark Decision Regarding Ohio Voter Fraud
In a ruling that could have implications for the November midterm elections, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Ohio's method for removing names from its list of registered voters does not violate federal law.
The court ruled 5-4 in favor of Ohio, with the five conservative judges supporting the state and the four liberal judges voting against it.
Eligible Ohio voters who have not cast a vote in more than two years receive a notice from the state. If that person fails to respond to the notice and doesn't vote over the next four years, they are dropped from the registration list.
All states have methods for removing names from voter registration lists which usually involve people who have moved out of a given precinct or who have died. Voter inactivity is not usually a reason in and of itself.
The biggest folly I have seen about any election is when a town or city with a known population votes and when the votes are counted, they add up to more than the known population. The dead should not vote and the media has convenience non-citizens to vote more and more. Not to mention, the illegal voting more than once using someone elses name.
As a voter, you go to the polls on election day and do your civic duty and vote. The next step is that the box of ballots go usually to the county/parish clerks office and everything gets counted up. The number of voters that checked in at the polling place against the number of actual votes. Now throw in the early voting and absentee ballots with their ballots and names already checked off and send all the numbers up to the next level, the county/parish board of commissioners, supervisors, directors, ect. If the number of names and the number of ballots don't match then a re-survey of the names begin. After the county level is done and approved it will go to the State level to be reviewed. Then on to the Federal level for Federal elections.
Now that is a lot of names to check through and the media makes you think it all happens in a twenty-four news cycle. Depending on the type and kind of election it can actually take up to a week to three months to find out the real results of an election.
Maybe next week they will look into having a valid picture ID to check in to vote.
June 14, 2018 Media, PoliticsElections, Government, Law, Media, Poll, Press, Reporter, United States, US3sidesoftruth Leave a comment
In the below joint statement, two of the worlds leaders have a face to face discussion and set up an outline to further talks and future it may hold.
via Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a first, historic summit in Singapore on June 12, 2018.
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. President Trump committed to provide security guarantees to the DPRK, and Chairman Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Convinced that the establishment of new U.S.–DPRK relations will contribute to the peace and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula and of the world, and recognizing that mutual confidence building can promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:
The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.–DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.
Having acknowledged that the U.S.–DPRK summit—the first in history—was an epochal event of great significance in overcoming decades of tensions and hostilities between the two countries and for the opening up of a new future, President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un commit to implement the stipulations in this joint statement fully and expeditiously. The United States and the DPRK commit to hold follow-on negotiations, led by the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and a relevant high-level DPRK official, at the earliest possible date, to implement the outcomes of the U.S.–DPRK summit.
President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have committed to cooperate for the development of new U.S.–DPRK relations and for the promotion of peace, prosperity, and security of the Korean Peninsula and of the world.
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The Media stuttered because they were not the conveyor of news between two world leaders. The propaganda machine tried to speculate, discuss, and outright fabricate many scenarios. But all failed because the leaders in question made a private deal to get together and for the first time in many years and just talk.
Many things may come out of this. Some good and some bad. That is to be expected. After seventy (70) years of conflict and bashing propaganda that set the region on edge, this is a good start.
There have been many attempts in the past by many US leaders, Presidential, Congressional, and other individuals, but all in all, they were worried about their political future rather than actually finding a peaceful solution. There will be the naysayers and their puppet media outlets but if a good solution is presented to the American people and they feel it is in their best interest, the American people will force their congressional elected leaders to approve it or get replaced. For if the diplomatic process ever fails and sometimes it does. The final option doesn't allow for safe spaces.
June 13, 2018 Media, Politics, Real LifeCongress, Donald Trump, Government, Kim Jong Un, Media, North Korea, Press, Reporter, United States, US, Washington3sidesoftruth Leave a comment
Secrets in Washington?
June 12, 2018 Media, PoliticsAgenda, Court, Government, Law, Media, Press, Privacy, Reporter, United States, US, Washington3sidesoftruth
via Alleged Leaker Engaged in 'Betrayal' of Public Trust, Prosecutor Says
The indictment of a top Senate staffer in a leak investigation touched off more concerns about politicized leaking of what is supposed to be secret government information.
A federal grand jury in Washington indicted James A. Wolfe, 58, the director of security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, for lying to FBI investigators in the course of a leak investigation.
Wolfe's job was safeguarding all classified information in the possession of the committee, according to the Justice Department.
"These leaks shouldn't be happening. This was not a case of a whistleblower, but an actual violation of security protocol," said Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor who was the chief of the appellate divisions in the Western District of Texas and Northern District of Texas. "This is a government employee entrusted with national security secrets and [he] apparently had no hesitation about leaking them and then lying about it."
Why is it so hard to find people who can do their job in protecting the national security of the United States? I am sure that it is happening at all government agencies but more so on the Legislative side of the Government. Many of those that are elected and their staff cannot pass the screening requirements for a security rating. We hold our breath everyday that they at least do not slip up and speak to the wrong person about something they haven't a clue what it is about. This is not just about national security but also other classified stuff that may be part of a larger criminal investigation that if leaked, will nullify the ability of the judicial system to correctly decide the guilt or innocence of the person in question.
There are probably reporters in Washington that have a better chance of getting a security clearance than our elected officials and their staff. Why do I say this? If our elected officials and staff are always spouting off in public, whispering over lunch, or at the bar. You know there is a set of ears that either belong to a reporter or one of their unknown sources nearby and the public will never hear about it.
All In Or Nothing
June 11, 2018 Media, PoliticsAgenda, Bernie Sanders, Candidant, Congress, Democrat, Elections, Government, Law, Media, President, Press, United States, US, Washington3sidesoftruth
via Democrats Anger Bernie Sanders Supporters with Rule Change for Presidential Candidates
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders bristled Friday at a new rule being proposed by the Democratic National Committee that would require Democrat presidential candidates to identify as a Democrat.
The move came during a meeting of the DNC's Rules and Bylaws Committee, which was meeting over the weekend in Providence, Rhode Island, Politico reported.
New of the proposed rule was tweeted by DNC member Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Weingarten said Democrats "changed the rules to ensure to run for President as a Democrat you need to be A Democrat."
"At the time a presidential candidate announces their candidacy publicly, they must publicly affirm that they are a Democrat," the rule said, according to Yahoo News. "Each candidate pursuing the Democratic nomination shall affirm, in writing, to the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee that they: A. are a member of the Democratic Party; B. will accept the Democratic nomination; and C. will run and serve as a member of the Democratic Party."
Sorry Bernie, you want to be an Independent but run as a Democrat. That is not going to fly anymore. Looks like some of the big money party members wasn't to happy with what you tried to pull the last primary season. I know from what the media portrayed, they really did not know what your platform was and how it fit their agenda. So, you took the spotlight away from their chosen one. You were trying to dig into the big money pockets and that limited them when it came time to help the party candidate. So if you want to try again to become the Democratic nomination the next time around you have to join them whole hog.
Are they scared that some sleeper Republican or other party will run? Win the Primary, use their money in the general election and once sworn in, change party allegiance? That would be somewhat funny.
Are they adding all this fine print to give them a way to get their money back? Would this be so Mr. Sanders doesn't buy that fourth or fifth beach house?
I could speculate but I will leave that to the Media. It is hard to find a story with one confirmed fact now days. It will fun to watch this play out.
Diagnoses: Lack of the TRUTH
June 7, 2018 Media, Real Life, SocialAgenda, Local, Media, Press, Reporter3sidesoftruth
via Nearly 7 in 10 in U.S. feel worn out from too much news | Pew Research Center
If you feel like there is too much news and you can't keep up, you are not alone. A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is, though the sentiment is more common on the right side of the political spectrum, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted from Feb. 22 to March 4, 2018.
Almost seven-in-ten Americans (68%) feel worn out by the amount of news there is these days, compared with only three-in-ten who say they like the amount of news they get. The portion expressing feelings of information overload is in line with how Americans felt during the 2016 presidential election, when a majority expressed feelings of exhaustion from election coverage.
While majorities of both Republicans and Democrats express news fatigue, Republicans are feeling it more. Roughly three-quarters (77%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents feel worn out over how much news there is, compared with about six-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents (61%). This elevated fatigue among Republicans tracks with them having less enthusiasm than Democrats for the 2018 elections.
Depending on how you perceive the news, even if you really like the story it is not being given to you correctly. When the media gives you a story, you should expect the truth of the story, not someone's slant of it or missing some facts. You should not get a story from un-named source without any real facts to back it up. We are being bombarded with stories without any real sources or facts.
What happened to real stories or breaking news from someone we trusted to give us the real truth, not someone's agenda of what they think may, should, or what really did happen? What happened to the real news stories that even with an un-named source the story was good enough to have the local DA or Police doing a follow-up and really expose the wrongdoers?
On the local news you still see this on this level but when you turn on the national news you have no clue if anything they are saying is true or not. There is no follow-up or incorporation of the other side of the story. You know what channel or network you are supposed to be watching but you feel like you are in the Twilight Zone. I guess we could sit through all this "Unknown News but the News we want you to have" and get the list of all their sponsors and advertisers and ask them why they are giving money or buying ads from a company that does not tell the world the truth.
A Delaying tactic for Term Limits
June 7, 2018 Media, Politics, Social, USAgenda, Citizen, Congress, Constitution, Court, Elected, Elections, Freedom, Government, Law, Legislative, Local, Media, Poll, President, Press, Reporter, Social, States, United States, US, Washington3sidesoftruth
If people think that Congress is talking about it then they don't have to force the issue. WRONG!
via Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Pushes for Term Limits
An old approach to draining the Washington swamp has become new again as members of Congress push for congressional term limits.
Term limits were one of the items proposed in the 1994 Contract with America, developed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Although the issue was widely debated at the time, and term limits were imposed on some local and state elected positions, the bid to create term limits at the federal level never succeeded. Although some states sought to limit congressional terms, The Washington Post noted that a court rejected those efforts. Instead, imposing congressional term limits requires a constitutional amendment, which would require two-thirds passage in the bitterly divided houses of Congress and then ratification by 36 states.
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania said he told Trump that there is a connection between length of service and corruption, according to the Washington Examiner.
"I made clear to the president that, as a former FBI special agent who oversaw the FBI's Political Corruption Unit for the entire nation, I witnessed firsthand an undeniable correlation between the length of time in office and the instances of corruption," Fitzpatrick said. "The lines that were very bright for elected officials on day one in office were not so bright in year seven or eight, and even less so in years 15 or 20."
It is clear that if we wait for Congress to get around to doing this themselves, the proverbial hot place will freeze over first. Those that are currently riding the establishment of power in Congress will always come up with the one vote not to allow something to curtail their power or cut off the millions they receive in office for doing something the highest bidder will pay for. That folks, will not be what you voted for them to do.
If you do any research, you will see that what they have made over their years in elected public service far exceeds what they are actually paid for. With this, there are a few that say they are not making enough. Is that after they just bought their second or third beach house?
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states. Dwight D. Eisenhower
To get anything done in this way will require that every state place it on the ballot and force a Constitutional Convention. This would be a very steep hill to walk and a hard fight against the established political power and the media giants to return us to the original democratic republic we are supposed to be. What former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was trying to say is that it is up to the people who cast the ballots to collect the signatures and force the issue. It is not enough to just stand and be counted. It is up to all of us to get the conversation started and ram it past the elected establishment, the media, the judges, and the naysayers.
In states that have passed term limits, there have been large changes in the diversity of those elected to office and a greater discussion of what really to be done within the state.
Tsk, Tsk, Mr. Comey
April 22, 2018 Media, Politics, USAgenda, Circus, Citizen, Government, Law, Media, Press, Reporter, United States, US3sidesoftruth
So you got fired. Then you wrote a book. Now you are running around all the Media networks trying to say how true the book is and such. The first couple of days, you were the talk of the Media town. The job you held was to be unpolitical and as center of the road as you can get. We have equal justice for all. Right? The ones that worked under you were to follow your lead(s). You Failed the American People.
Even the Media elite are starting to wonder if anything you say is true. Those of us that are not part of the DC Swamp or extreme sides of the Left or the Right are even sure you know what a Truth is anymore. Your so called book only covers one area of your life and that you may have been fired with cause. One would have assume that at one time you may have been a good at your job, but with all the media coverage starting from many years ago, the common folk have figured out which side of your bread is buttered. It is not the side that works for them.
The only reason I may watch the morning news is to watch the different weather person try to outguess Mother Nature. They have the only job that does not require the truth all the time because Mother Nature can really throw a curve ball sometimes. The kicker is that they still get paid for lying. The rest of the news is so slanted that they tell the slant so good that it is hard to know if it is the truth or just their side of the truth.
Now, to get back to Mr. Comey's book. Will I read it? The answer will be: "No". Why? Why should I read a book by someone that failed to do his job. Under his watch, a high level person(s) or someone that think they are above the law, broke the law. Even gave public news conference in which they admitted that they did something wrong and was never charged with the crime or taken in front of the Judicial bench to answer for their wrongdoing. Whereas, if I or any one of us common people had done the same thing, we would be sitting in jail still waiting for the investigation to end.
Why do we have laws and nobody will follow them?
April 9, 2018 Media, Politics, Real Life, SocialCongress, Facebook, Government, Junk Mail, Law, Media, Privacy, Social, United States, Washington3sidesoftruth
Just read an article about a Congressman trying to hype privacy concerns in regards to the upcoming Congressional questioning of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg. I had to laugh.
Why, you ask?
Privacy in America, let alone in the world is a joke. How do you think the Junk Mail industry got started? How do you think Credit Cards got off the ground so fast?
You go to the store and you buy something and then when you get home and turn on your desktop computer and start looking at you social media page and there it is an ad for what you just bought, but it was cheaper next door to the store you just came from. How did this start you ask yourself.
Way back when it was implied in those old comic books where you just had to buy that toy through the mail. The person or company got your name and address from when you bought the item. From that item they were able to assign some values like age, gender, and what you may like. Then someone came along and paid him for that information. Then turned around and convince some other company that you may become a customer to them if they would pay for him to send you these advertisements to you. BINGO! You are now on a list to get JUNK MAIL!
The same thing happens today, just at the speed of electrons. Remember all that fine print that you just browse over? Yep. That's it. You just agreed to all of that, when you clicked.
Even when you get a new smart phone you have already passed over most of the legalize fine print and signed for it. Sometimes you may think you have optioned out of certain aspects but they come back to the fine print when you bought your smart phone or other items. Most option outs start at the time you option out. They already have your information.
Did these companies and organizations take advantage of you while covering their backsides? Probably. We are not all lawyers, or big corporations, we are just regular citizens trying to make it through the day.
You keep hearing about all these data breaches, but after a week or two you hear nothing more. If your information was part of the breach, the company involved will usually send you a notice that your data may have been exposed and they offer you a year free monitoring service to watch for misuse of your data. That is like hiring an armed guard to watch your house and notify you if someone tries to get in. The armed guard will only watch your house, not stop someone from entering and doing what they will. They will not protect you from the loss. There needs to be updates through the media about these breaches that hold these people responsible. There are some companies that will help you recover any loss due to a data breach but you have to pay for that service.
If there is anything to come about all these known data breaches it will probably be buried to cover a company's bottom line.
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