Campaign Announcement

April 1, 2021

I have decided to run for the Senate for many reasons. I’m running as an Independent because I’m disappointed in both political parties, and I think most politicians are clueless, and incompetent.

Before you commit to vote for me, you should know my position on government policies. As a general rule, I am against all government policies. I especially don’t like taxes, and regulations. I don’t like the government telling me what to do.

Having said that, I know we need government, and there are certain priorities I would support: I support a government that is committed to becoming a more perfect union; a government that will establish justice…for everyone, regardless of political party; a government that will insure domestic tranquility, and make the streets safe so that children can play, and be properly educated without fear of gangs, drugs, and drive-by shootings; a government that will provide for the common defense with a strong military capable of defending America from any threat from any adversary; a government that would promote the general welfare with policies that incentivize economic prosperity; and above all, a government that will secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity with policies that protect, and enhance freedom.

If you vote for me:

I intend to provide you with more benefits than the democratic party can ever imagine. If you vote for me, I can show you a way to get free health care, free housing, free clothing, free food and drink, and free transportation. You will have a personal trainer to improve your physical condition. You will learn the benefits of teamwork with your fellow colleagues regardless of race, religion, gender, or economic background. You will be able to travel to foreign lands, even learn a foreign language. You will learn how to defend yourself against bullies, and bad people. You won’t have to pay taxes on any of these benefits. You will even be paid for getting all these free benefits. You will have the opportunity to learn how to fly an airplane, live underwater, pilot a boat, body surf, paraglide, and how to survive in unpleasant conditions…all for free. You will be able to retire at an early age, and start a new career of your choice. You could earn a pension for life. When you retire, you will be eligible for low interest housing loans, and free college.

Now, I don’t intend to spend my own money to become elected. As a matter of fact, I don’t intend to spend any money getting elected. I intend to win with word of mouth support. However, you can help with a modest contribution in cash, or check. Send money to James T Holland, 261 Merrifield Lane, Winchester, VA, 22602.

Warning! Some people will say I’m too old to run. I am prepared to initiate a class action lawsuit and sue for age discrimination, racial discrimination, gender discrimination, and a host of “isms” that are too numerous to list here.

All the best,

James T Holland Community Organizer

By the way…..APRIL FOOL!!!!!….But you can really get the benefits I promised; Join the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, even the Space Force, and get all the free benefits. Serving your country is a noble pursuit, and very satisfying …

CHARACTER AND COMPETENCE

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The Character of Socialism

Social Justice cannot exist without law and order! Freedom cannot exist without law and order! Solutions to social injustice cannot be implemented without law and order! “Ensure Domestic Tranquility” is a core Constitutional purpose that demands law and order. Yet, the democrats are pretending that the riots, arson, and looting in our major cities are really just protests over “systemic racism.”

Instead, the democrats want you to think that the 2020 presidential election is only about the character of Donald Trump, compared to the character of Joe Biden. You’ll be surprised to know that the democrats exposed the character of Joe Biden years ago when he ran for president in 1988. The democrats identified Joe Biden as a serial plagiarist. Biden not only used exact words of other politicians, but also their mannerisms in delivering the same speeches. The democrats identified numerous lies that Biden told during the 1988 campaign: Exaggerating his standing in law school; Claiming fictitious awards; Claiming to have earned three college degrees. Biden had to recant when his deceit was discovered. He also admitted to plagiarism on a college term paper. The democrats used video tapes of Biden’s duplicity to squash his candidacy. Biden’s character hasn’t changed. He threatened to withhold one billion dollars in aid unless a Ukrainian investigation involving his son was ended. Biden’s character was also exposed on an official diplomatic mission to China…where his son Hunter miraculously wound up with a Billion and a half dollar Chinese investment.

But this election is not about the character contrast between Trump and Biden. It’s really about the character, and consequences of the socialist movement that has infected the Democratic party. The Lord’s Prayer is prophetic: “Lead us not unto temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Temptation is the strategy for socialists to gain political power. Evil is what socialists do when they gain power. Every socialist policy now proposed by democrats is a false promise…free everything, and someone else to pay for it. Not one socialist policy is intended to create economic prosperity. Every policy is the opposite of what must be done: Raising taxes and punitive regulations on businesses will crush any economic recovery from the virus shutdown. Climate Change policies will eliminate thousands of well paying jobs in the energy sector, and raise the cost of energy for every American. Medicare for All will punish existing seniors as they compete for health care services with millions of new government eligible patients.                                                                        In addition, the democrats continue to try to cover up the greatest ongoing political scandal in American history: Illegal spying; Russian “collusion”; Impeachment without a crime; perpetual “Resistance” to sabotage every Trump activity; Nonstop news media slander, and deception; Guaranteeing election chaos with millions of unverifiable mail-in” votes”.

Unbelievably, Biden claims to have a plan to fix the economy. This is bizarre, and preposterous, since his party’s sole focus has been to redistribute wealth from those who created it, and his socialist colleagues are oblivious to the government policy environment that supports economic prosperity.

 

ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

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Freedom or Socialism

“Elections have consequences…We won, you lost”, so said Barack Obama to the republican leadership shortly after Obama became President. Thus began eight years of socialist policies, and not a single policy that promoted economic prosperity. The 2020 presidential election will also have consequences. Political smears, and accusations of blame are in full destructive mode. Reaction to the pandemic, the economic shutdown, and racist unrest has prevented any meaningful discussion of the other consequences associated with whichever party wins in November.

Contrary to the incessant negative news and focus, this election is about much more than love or hate for Donald Trump. It is about government policy: job creation, wage growth, economic recovery, health care, military readiness, prevention of voter fraud, racism, illegal immigration,  abortion, retirement security,  affordable energy, and law and order. Voters need to know the consequences of electing democrats or republicans on each of these issues. The consequences are starkly different. Voters must become aware of these differences.

Economic prosperity: The number one priority in the coming election is to stimulate a long term economic boom to create jobs, ensure wage growth, and attract business investment in America. Tax cuts, and regulation reform are the two key catalysts that incentivize growth and prosperity. An economic boom will generate jobs for every able bodied person, and provide funding for every social welfare program. Incredibly, Joe Biden has promised to reverse all the tax cuts and regulation reform that the republicans enacted in Trump’s first term. Instead of helping the economy, this policy will severely damage the economy. Biden’s perverse tax and regulatory policies will crush economic growth, and eliminate millions of jobs.                                                                                              Since 1776, some additional truths have become self evident. One-  A business friendly government that preserves and enhances freedom for individuals and businesses will create more jobs and prosperity than a government that is anti-business. Two- Socialist anti-business policies are now the policies of democrats.

Energy Supply and Cost: For decades, a major national security goal was energy independence from oil cartel members that controlled most of the world’s supply of oil and gas. The cartel’s main goal was to keep the cost of energy high. Thanks to American ingenuity, the United States has finally become energy independent and the cost of gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, and coal has decreased significantly, lowering the cost of energy for all Americans. A byproduct of this achievement has been a huge increase in high paying jobs in America.                                         With total disregard for America’s national and economic security, the democrats have promised to gradually eliminate all these sources of energy to somehow manage the world’s climate. The democrats deliberately refuse to reveal the devastating impact of their “climate change” policy because every American will pay significantly higher energy costs.

Affordable Health Care: Medicare was going bankrupt before ObamaCare. President Obama did nothing to fix this problem. Instead, he deliberately lied about the cost and disruption of his new program. He claimed that adding free health care for millions of new uninsured patients would result in lower health insurance premiums for everyone, and that it would not “add one dime” to the federal budget deficit. Biden, and the democrats are now proposing to accelerate the inevitable Medicare bankruptcy by lowering the Medicare eligibility age and expanding ObamaCare. This is another socialist goal that will increase the cost, and diminish the quality of care for everyone, especially those seniors already on Medicare.

Racism: Joe Biden has promised to end racism by selecting a woman of color as his vice president. Rather than condemn the rioting, looting, burning, and destruction of property for fear of alienating his African American voter base,  Biden has promised to unite America by being nice to all people. The democrats are the real racists because they have no intention of implementing policies that will fix the root causes of racism. The democrats claim that the solution to violence is to confiscate all guns, yet they support defunding the police, and even disbanding the police. There is no way to end the violence of guns, gangs, drugs, and criminal behavior without a significant increase in the number of police on site at all times. It may require police on every street corner until the citizens are guaranteed their constitutional right of “Domestic Tranquility.” Only then will children be able to receive the quality education they deserve. Only then will businesses feel safe enough to locate in neighborhoods that are desperate for jobs. Only then will fathers have a choice between a life of crime or an opportunity to pursue the American Dream.

Illegal Immigration: Today’s democratic politicians, including Joe Biden, are on record supporting illegal immigration. They oppose border walls, but support free health care, amnesty, citizenship, voting rights, and even PPP direct payments to illegal aliens. Americans have forgotten that President Obama promised that one of his first priorities would be to fix the illegal immigration problem. Obama did nothing even when he had super majorities in both houses of congress. President Trump was ready to approve legislation that would have given DACA children amnesty and an opportunity for citizenship, but the democrats refused to support the effort.

Abortion: All democratic politicians support abortion on demand, and federal funding for abortions. At a time when these democrats claim that they support the science behind climate change, and scientific solutions to defeat the Covid19 Virus, they ignore the science of life and birth. Medical science has proof positive that at some point in the pregnancy, life is present…and a “fetus” becomes an unborn, live baby. Yet, there is total democratic opposition to protecting an unborn baby when a heartbeat is detected. Democrats refuse to protect even when further evidence of life in the womb is developed in the third trimester. Medical science doesn’t need a computer simulation, or a declaration from some government body to prove that life exists in the womb. All the proof can be seen with your own eyes…in a sonogram. The solution to this problem is prevention of unwanted pregnancies, and eliminating the need for an abortion. Women who do not want to get pregnant, should have easy access to affordable pregnancy prevention options.

Socialism on Steroids: When democrats become the majority party and control the federal government, they have promised significant changes to appease their socialist base. They have threatened to pack the Supreme Court with socialist judges; Abolish the Electoral College; Forgive repayment of student loans; Outlaw “Right to Work” laws; Eliminate strict voter ID requirements; Immediately raise tax rates;  and Will offer new, generous benefits that would redistribute wealth from those who have it to those who would vote them into power. If these threats are allowed to become law, America  will no longer be a free Republic.

Law and Order: Safe streets, and domestic tranquility are basic civil rights, and guaranteed by the Constitution. Yet, in major cities throughout the United States, this right is denied to citizens living in poor neighborhoods that are rife with gangs, crime, drugs, and violence. In every case these cities have been governed by democrats for decades… with zero improvement in education, equality, safety, and opportunity. It should be obvious to anyone that the democrats don’t want the problems fixed, because they have deliberately ignored them for as long as they have been in power.

Free Enterprise: Donald Trump has promised economic incentives to bring back jobs from China, and other countries that manufacture critical products that are key to American health and national security. Trump promises to continue with programs that provided millions of jobs and economic prosperity in his first term. He has promised to enact a one year waiver of F.I.C.A. and Medicare taxes for employees and businesses. He supports steps to end police brutality, and restore Law and Order. He will appoint judges who support the Constitution as originally written. He has promised additional tax reductions, and elimination of punitive regulations that will create more jobs and economic prosperity.

Federal Debt and Deficits: Neither party has announced plans to reduce the size and cost of the federal government. Without radical reform of the entire federal government, the country will go bankrupt no matter which party is in control. The democrat policies will accelerate bankruptcy, and the republican policies will only delay it.

Never before have the policies of democrats and republicans been so important to the future of freedom. There will be consequences. This election is not about Trump, it is about the American Dream.

 

OUT OF CHAOS COMES OPPORTUNITY

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freedom is lost., Without law and order

Sometimes it takes a disaster to unite for the greater good. The entire country was united for justice when they saw the horrible murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. There was also broad based support for peaceful protests against police brutality and racism.                                                                                                       But when the protests turned violent with burning, looting, and hatred in many cities, the unity vanished. Many democratic mayors and governors failed to keep the peace… their first priority duty. Riots will only end when peaceful protesters are separated from the anarchists. Without separation, a peaceful protest becomes an accessory to violence. When separation occurs, police and national guardsmen will be authorized to use greater force against anyone carrying weapons, throwing firebombs, and attacking with rocks, bricks, and other missiles.

Once the rioting ends, the country will demand meaningful plans to heal the racial wounds. Police sensitivity training, and community dialogue have been the preferred means to heal racial mistrust. This is not enough. Joe Biden has proposed a National commission. Governor Northam has proposed tearing down another statue. These political proposals are mainly cosmetic, and won’t fix anything. However, America’s current crisis has provided a real opportunity to fix the fundamental problems which cause racism, and inequality. These problems are most severe in crime ridden inner cities around the country. Citizens of the inner city have been ignored, abandoned, and left to fend for themselves for too long. The Constitution of the United States of America was formed to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty” for all Americans. The key to the door of justice is hiding in plain sight. Inner city citizens do not have domestic tranquility. Justice can never be achieved without domestic tranquility. When the streets aren’t safe, a quality education, a good job, economic success, equality, and the blessings of liberty will be unattainable.

It is impossible for me to imagine the difficulties of living in an environment of illegal drugs, crime, gangs, violence, joblessness, fatherless homes, and a failed education system. Common sense tells me that America must fix these horrible problems that have been ignored since the Civil War. It isn’t too late, but it will take time.

All levels of government must finally take the necessary steps to ensure safe streets in inner cities. Government has a duty to end the influence of gangs, drugs, and violence. The problem has existed for so long that it may take martial law to allow these communities to achieve true freedom. Safe streets will bring new businesses, quality schools, and the infrastructure that is needed. Safe streets will provide opportunities to earn a decent living and allow fathers to avoid a life of crime, and jail, so they can assume their key role in raising their children. When children are safe, they can receive a superior education, and true equality is achievable.

If America fails to fix the hopelessness, anger and unrest will continue, and Martin Luther King’s Dream will never be realized.

 

 

THE RULE OF LAW

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Is Congress Above the law?

“No one is above the law…No one is above the law…” a phrase that has been repeated again and again by leaders in the democratic party and reinforced again and again by their supporters in the national news media. The sole purpose of this sanctimonious repetition was to smear Donald Trump and to remove him from office.  Yet, they are the ones who have been breaking the law! They are the ones who continue to break the law.                                                                                                        Perhaps they thought their cause was so “righteous” that it was okay to ignore the law to achieve their goal. Or perhaps their actions were more sinister… an organized attempt to overthrow a duly elected president. We are now learning that their illegal actions began right after Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. Using the intelligence agencies, the FBI, the State Department, the NSA, and the Department of Justice, the Obama Administration succeeded in removing, or emasculating key members of the incoming administration.

We now know that based on their secret, illegal investigation of the incoming administration, the FBI knew early on that there was no evidence of any Collusion with Russia by Trump, and his campaign officials. Yet the Trump haters continued with a clandestine investigation, used “evidence” that they knew was false, lied to the FISA court, withheld evidence that didn’t support their lies, and falsified evidence. These illegal actions led to the appointment of an Independent Counsel Investigation that lasted two years and cost millions of waisted dollars.                                                        After ruining several Trump supporters, these “independent”investigators, Trump haters all, grudgingly concluded that there was no collusion, but deliberately left the impression that there may have been “Obstruction”…even though the investigation was never obstructed.

When that illegally concocted Special Counsel Investigation didn’t succeed, the democrats began a time consuming, costly, and totally partisan impeachment investigation. The phony impeachment effort was based on a phone call…that was made public. The “whistleblower”who started the impeachment process was not a party to the phone call, yet he secretly presented his interpretation of the “evidence” to Adam Schiff, the biggest liar, and Trump hater in Washington. Even though the investigation failed to find a crime, the democrats decided they had to find something, anything, to justify their effort. They, without a single republican vote, ultimately decided to impeach based on interpreting the phone call to mean that the President encouraged a foreign country to “interfere with the 2020 election”.                             Of course the Senate voted to acquit the President.

Now, when a united America should be working together to defeat the greatest health threat we’ve faced in a hundred years, the democrats have organized new smear campaigns against the President. They falsely claim that he has repeatedly failed to deal with the virus. Their latest smear is that the President has “blood on his hands”, opening the economy too soon. The loyal news media is doing it’s best to repeat the smears.

The Durham investigation is wrapping up soon…we’ll see who is above the law!

UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

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UNITE TO SUCCEED

This is in response to one of my family members who disagrees with my political views. She considers herself to be a Socialist, and asked what would I do to solve the “virus of Socialism”. [I have previously defined Socialism as a malignant virus, and enemy of freedom.]

A Socialist government is worse than a virus. It’s more like a cancer that gradually destroys everything it touches. Solving the threat of Socialism requires a comprehensive effort to educate the public. It should begin by making the public aware of the current horrible Socialist experience of Venezuela…and how it started.  Next, the education process should expose the economic, and social consequences experienced by every single country that adopted Socialism over the past century. Most important, the education effort should provide a clear understanding of the destructive economic consequences of Socialist polices that democrats are proposing in this year’s presidential election. The public will be shocked when they learn the costs of Socialist proposals. For example, the public is unaware of the costs associated with the Socialist “solution” to Climate Change [i.e.-Global Warming]: The Socialists [including Joe Biden, and every democratic candidate for president] falsely claim that the only solution to global warming is to propose a monstrous new tax on oil, gas, and coal…so high that the public will stop using these sources of energy. When voters learn the truth about the costs that they will have to pay, they will quickly conclude that this “solution” is total nonsense. Not only is the “solution” unaffordable, it cannot be implemented… because there is no existing substitute for any of the energy sources which currently fuel our economy. Energy from windmills, solar panels, and biofuels, coupled with the cost and complexity of the infrastructure required to operate, transmit, store, and distribute these false energy choices, will never be enough to replace oil, gas, and coal. Even if the public were stupid enough to try this “solution” it will have zero impact on climate change.

In the meantime, our entire country is fighting a highly contagious virus that is pandemic in scale, and spreading without regard for political affiliation, ideology, income, race, religion, gender, age, education, or sexual preference. There is no question that we will overcome this killer virus because each one of us has an incentive to defeat this unseen monster. We are finally united on this issue! Because federal, state and local governments, private enterprise, and almost every citizen are now working together, we will succeed. We will find treatments and vaccines that fix this problem and set the stage for improving the entire health care system.

When this pandemic is over, we will have an awful economic mess. The economic damage caused by the virus will be huge! Many businesses will be bankrupt, many jobs will be lost, and the federal debt will be astronomical! Fortunately, we now know that united we can solve this problem by working together. We also know that Socialist/Progressive policies will prevent our ability to unite, and will delay the recovery. The Socialist political strategy is to divide Americans. Proponents of Socialism demonize the free enterprise system that is the source of all funding for their false promises. They demonize, and smear individuals and businesses that have become successful in the free enterprise system. Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, and every federal activity cannot exist without tax revenues provided by the free enterprise system. Yet, Socialist punitive taxation schemes eliminate all the incentives to start a business, invest in a business, and provide employment for millions of Americans. Socialists deceive the young and uninformed public by promising to redistribute the wealth created by the free enterprise system.  Socialists get away with this deceptive attack on freedom because schools don’t teach job creation, and do not educate students on the positive impact of freedom for everyone.  Successful individuals and businesses are entitled to freedom from government oppression and should be protected from Socialist confiscation of wealth.

No matter what, the Socialist political strategy of dividing us by identity must end. The overwhelming incentive for all Americans is the fact that we are going to need a united America to recover from the pandemic. We will need a robust social safety net to begin the recovery. This will be in addition to what has already been done. All Social safety net programs will require detailed oversight to correct the mistakes that are always made when legislation is done in haste, and unintended negative consequences will be many. These programs must be temporary, acting as an economic lifeline to begin focusing on two urgent priorities: Policies that will jump start the economy, and policies that will drastically cut federal spending. Each of these will require broad based incentives.

The first priority will be to create an economic boom. It will probably be accomplished in stages, depending on how quickly we can test and treat workers to reenter the work force. Economic recovery is highly probable because there is pent up demand, and we now know that economic incentives for business such as low taxes, and sensible regulation, create jobs and economic prosperity.

The second highest priority to recover from the pandemic will be to reduce unnecessary, and wasteful federal spending to focus on the most essential functions of a federal government. Today the federal government is so big, so involved in nonessential activities, that it is impossible to manage. We desperately need incentives to make the government efficient, and productive. We need incentives for government employees because they are in the best position to drastically improve the functions of government.

 

 

 

 

 

ELECTION DECEPTION

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Beware the Socialist Virus

Democrats have consolidated their support for Joe Biden, and he is now positioned to be the democratic nominee for President. The party, and the national news media enthusiastically describe Biden as a “Moderate”. These political bedfellows know that labels mean something, especially the term, “Moderate”. It implies that a “Moderate” will be more acceptable than a “Socialist.” Calling Joe Biden a “Moderate” is misleading! His policies are almost as socialist as Bernie’s. Biden is on record stating that he will reverse Trump’s tax cuts and regulation reform. He is committed to taxing America’s use of oil, gas, and coal to a degree that will dramatically raise the cost of energy for everyone. He supports amnesty, and free health care for illegal immigrants. He does not support “Medicare for All”, but intends to radically change ObamaCare by adding a “Public Option” that will drive private health insurance out of existence. Every other Biden policy increases spending, and does nothing to generate economic growth. These policies do not reflect a “moderate.” These policies describe a governing philosophy of Socialism.

Today, the only purpose of political labels is to deceive an ill-informed public. Politicians that call themselves “Moderate”, “Progressive”, “Liberal”, and “Socialist” are all supportive of policies that are based on redistribution of wealth. Wealth is only redistributed to those who will vote for politicians who promise to redistribute it. Promising free health care, free college, forgiveness of student loans, abortion on demand, guaranteed government jobs, increased eligibility for welfare programs, paid family leave, increases to the minimum wage, reparations for slavery, and “saving the planet” by killing the oil, gas and coal industry, are nothing more than vote buying schemes…based on the great deception that rich corporations and individuals will pay for it. But there will be unintended consequences.

Freedom “to keep the fruits of your labor” has always been a Democratic Party talking point. Yet, there will be no labor, and no “fruits” to keep, if there are no businesses to hire the labor, or investors to create the businesses. When corporations, and wealthy individuals, lose the opportunity to keep the rewards of their investments, the impact on the economy is always negative. Socialist policies destroy freedom, destroy business and investor incentives, destroy the American Dream, destroy the Free Enterprise System, and ironically… destroy the tax base that socialists claim will pay for all their socialist policies.

Today, America is threatened by a highly contagious virus of pandemic scale. The economy has been shut down to prevent the spread of the virus. Government now has the urgent duty to join with private enterprise, and individual citizens in a united effort to solve both the health threat and the economic threat. Because we are united, we will solve both problems.

Unfortunately, we are in a presidential election year, and another virus has infected America. It is a much greater threat than a health virus. This virus is Socialism, spreading with false promises, deliberately divisive, scheming to gain power, and total government control.

 

 

Hate Can Lead to Blindness

Almost half of my family and many of my good friends can’t stand Donald Trump. Others are so consumed with a deep seated hate that their ability to see reality is obscured. For the past three years, Trump has been subjected to a non-stop, 24 hour/day smear campaign. He has been called: traitor, racist, fascist, homophobic, misogynistic, scumbag, sleazy, war monger, liar, worst President ever, and often accused of being mentally unstable. Some have called him a Nazi, and compared him to Hitler. A significant number of people don’t like his tone, others don’t like his character. The negative publicity includes the deliberate withholding and outright distortion of news that would favor Trump…so it’s no wonder that many hate him. The recent Impeachment vote by the House of Representatives was nothing more than a well orchestrated attempt to smear President Trump. Democrats knew from the beginning that there was no evidence of a High Crime or Misdemeanor. They invented non-criminal charges in an unfair rush to impeach. The Trump haters ignore this disgraceful Congressional abuse of power because their hate overcomes what is an obvious attempt to smear.

Hate has succeeded in blinding many people from what could be the greatest political scandal in the history of our country. The Muller investigation, coupled with the Inspector General’s investigation, clearly show that Donald Trump has been a victim of a deep state, secret attempt to overthrow his Presidency. If it can happen to Trump, it can happen to anyone.

The haters are blind to Trump’s positive impact on economic prosperity that has resulted in more jobs available than workers to fill them; the haters are blind to the threat of Socialism that has infected the Democratic Party; and, worst of all, the haters are blind to the many domestic threats that are right before their eyes: Threats to the Right of Due Process, the Right of Free Speech, and the Right to Bear Arms; Threats to pack the Supreme Court and Abolish the Electoral College; Support for Open Borders and Sanctuary Cities; Promises of full benefits and rights for “Illegal “Immigrants”; and Monstrous tax and spend proposals that would destroy the “American Dream”.

The haters are so focused on defeating Trump, that they are blind to the freedom destroying strategies that are the bait and switch deceptions of Socialism. Corrupt politicians offer voters the delicious temptation of wonderful benefits that others will pay for. These politicians love the effectiveness of hate. Especially when the haters ignore the fact that Trump is term-limited. Trump Haters need to wake up and realize that Socialism has no term limits! This 2020 Presidential election will determine the future of our free Republic. It is truly a choice between Freedom, and Government-dictated Socialism. 

I often hear that Barack Obama was “Presidential” compared to Trump. Obama certainly was a gifted speaker, and he was a gifted liar. Obama weaponized the IRS, the EPA, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Labor Department,  the Justice Department, and other government agencies against his political opponents. Apparently it doesn’t matter that Obama’s policies were economically destructive. He almost doubled the national debt with uncontrolled Socialist spending. Not one single Obama policy during his eight years in office was intended to improve economic prosperity. Apparently it doesn’t matter when it comes to Obama’s foreign policy. His foreign policy was apologetic, and ambivalent towards America. He was responsible for the growth of ISIS when he unwisely pulled our troops out of Iraq. He even called ISIS a “JV Team.” Obama was responsible for millions of muslim refugees that fled the Syrian civil war and the terror of ISIS. He failed to enforce his own “RED LINE” after Syria used chemical weapons against its people. Obama failed to confront Russia when it “annexed” Crimea. Apparently he couldn’t be bothered because, as he told Mitt Romney, he never considered that Russia was a threat. He was focusing on signing an agreement with terrorists to achieve peace. He negotiated an appeasement treaty with Iran without Senate approval. During the negotiations, Iranians were chanting,”Death to America” every day. Obama traded five treacherous Taliban terrorists for one American deserter, claiming he didn’t want to leave a single soldier behind. At the same time, he ignored a US Marine held prisoner in Mexico who mistakenly took a wrong turn. Obama wasn’t concerned about terrorists and Marines. Instead, he claimed that Climate Change was the greatest threat facing America, and signed the non-binding “Paris climate accord” without Senate approval.

The Washington Post keeps a running tabulation of Donald Trump’s “lies’, like exaggerating the size of the crowd at his inauguration. But the Post doesn’t measure the cost of political lies, and does not consider the difference between an exaggeration and a lie. For example: Obama could qualify as the greatest liar of all time when he created the Affordable Care Act [ObamaCare]…i.e.- He calmed anyone concerned by promising “You can keep your doctor, you can keep your health insurance plan, you will receive a $2,500/yr reduction in your health insurance premiums, and the plan won’t add one dime to the deficit.” How “Presidential”…

The national news media turned a “blind eye” time after time. Maybe they were afraid of being accused of racism. Who cares about bad policy when you are so “Presidential”. Policy doesn’t matter to the Trump Haters, and this allows them to ignore the difference  between economic incompetence and economic prosperity.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

 

 

CLIMATE CHANGE DECEPTION

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DEBATE WILL OVERCOME DECEPTION

The Climate Change fanatics continue to avoid any discussion of the costs [and benefits] of their so-called solution. In a November 23rd Open Forum editorial in the Winchester Star, Nick Snow mistakenly stated that,  “James Holland fears the cost of treating this Climate-Change cancer. He fears it is too costly to act now to work for a sustainable earth…The time is now…What can we do?…Fortunately we have many solutions…Switching to renewable energy is actually cost-effective.”           For the record, I do not fear the cost of solving any crisis that America, or the earth, faces. I fear the  failure to fully debate, and test the cost, and effectiveness, of the solutions. But Climate Change fanatics obviously fear the debate because it will expose the deception that they have successfully created.  Changing the description of the issue from “Global Warming” to “Climate Change”, is a monstrous deception. This name change conveniently allows the fanatics to magnify extreme climate events [Hurricanes, floods, forest fires, drought, tornadoes, rising sea  levels, melting arctic ice] to dramatize the “existential threat”. Constant “Climate Change” publicity creates the false impression that these extreme weather events can be eliminated. Nick claims that, “We have many solutions”, Yet, only one is acceptable to the fanatics: The elimination of all forms of carbon based energy [oil, gas, and coal]. Their “solution” proposes that government enact a vast new tax on these energy sources… a tax so high, and so severe that Americans will stop using gas, oil, and coal to fuel cars, trucks, planes, and power plants that generate electricity. Imagine the devastating consequences if America was forced to adopt this insanity. That’s why the fanatics don’t want any debate! They know their “solution” will be impossible to implement…that Americans will have no choice but to continue depending on these energy sources for decades into the future. The dirty little secret that they want to hide is that this is not a solution, but a deceptive way to generate massive new taxes, and a scheme for Democrats to gain political power. This unholy scheme must be thoroughly debated and exposed! Before bankrupting the country, any proposed climate change solution must be tested in a pilot program. The study must compare costs against benefits, and determine if the proposed solution will solve the problems of Climate Change…especially if the US is the only country to implement it.                                                                             Nick should propose a pilot program in Clarke County. Test the tax impact on the citizens of Clarke County to see if switching to renewables is “actually cost-effective”. The citizens will let you know what happens when you raise gas taxes, get rid of all the cows, and replace them with solar panels and windmills.                                                                                                    Concerned Americans deserve the truth: there are unlimited economic incentives for private industry to develop energy options that are realistic, and affordable… without the need for subsidies, mandates, and new taxes. Existing space technology may be the best solution: rockets capable of dispersing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

James T Holland                                                                                        Winchester, VA

 

IMPEACHMENT IMPRESSIONS

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Too many Unanswered Questions, Trumped up impeachment charges

It appears that by denying every GOP key witness, especially the “Whistleblower”,               Adam Schiff is guilty of obstructing his own Impeachment Inquiry. Schiff is also guilty of a coverup, trying to hide the details of the “whistleblower’s” preliminary meetings with Schiff’s staff before “blowing the whistle.” Another fundamental flaw with the Intelligence Committee’s inquiry has to do with preventing discussion of Joe Biden’s 2016 threat to withhold aid to Ukraine. Biden’s activity must be compared to Trump’s phone call to determine what is an impeachable offense, and what are the differences between Biden’s threat versus Trump’s request.

Many questions cannot be asked, or answered due to Schiff’s shutting down GOP concerns. Wasn’t Biden trying to prevent an investigation? Wasn’t Trump trying to initiate an investigation? Should Biden have been impeached? If not, why Trump? What was Biden’s purpose for the 2016 threat? What was the prosecutor investigating? What was the purpose of the $1 billion aid? Given the history of Ukrainian government corruption, was the aid used for the purpose it was intended? Did any of the aid go to the Ukrainian gas company which had just hired Biden’s son as a member of that company’s Board of Directors? Was Joe Biden considering running for President after President Obama’s second term?

If Republican witnesses are prevented from appearing before Adam Schiff’s congressional committee, then every witness that does testify should be asked a series of questions that highlight the unfairness of the proceeding, such as: “Do you know the whistleblower? Have you compared the whistleblower’s complaint with the official transcript of Trump’s phone call? Did you know that the whistleblower met with Adam Schiff’s committee before filing his complaint? Do you have any knowledge of the whistleblower-Schiff conversation? Does second hand knowledge of a phone call qualify for whistleblower status? Have you had any contact with members of this committee or anyone else to prepare for your testimony? And many more questions…

Over time, every US President has threatened one country, or another, if that country doesn’t change it’s policies, or actions that negatively impact the United States. For example: President Trump has threatened to withhold aid to South American countries that allow migrant caravans to organize and march thru their territories in order to enter the US illegally. Is this an impeachable offense? After all, if Trump is successful in preventing illegal immigration, it will help his chances for reelection.