Time to step off and go on a rant. It’s overdue. Stick with me. Get out your American flag. Chin up and stick out your chest. We’re going to wave our flag quite a bit today and cast shade on other countries. Pardon me if you don’t agree, but I really don’t care if anyone is offended. It’s time to be offensive. It’s time to ask some hard questions, correct the record, and advocate on behalf of the USA.
Cue the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, visiting West Point, singing Battle Hymn of the Republic as my background music.
The effect of Hurricane Dorian on the islands in the Bahamas has revealed glaring problems with loyalty, geopolitics, and effectiveness of governments across the globe.
- Where would the Bahamas be if they had no NOAA or National Hurricane Center in Miami on whom to rely for information? I didn’t see a whole lot of damn alerts coming out of London or the EU!
- Across the MSM, we saw multiple reports of smaller countries calling the Bahamas PM and offering immediate assistance. Well, where the hell are they?
- The US media articles never said a word about the US offering assistance, and the implication was damning to our President….. of course…. which was their intent. But once again, the US Coast Guard is there, evacuating the wounded……. where are the Brits? They’re sending ONE ship? Where is the Bahama Coast Guard? Where are the pre-positioned British/EU/Chinese assets, their utility crews, pallets of relief supplies? It’s not like they didn’t know the storm was coming. WE TOLD THEM!
- The Bahamas belongs to The Commonwealth, among the wealthiest of nations. Where are they? The Americans are already on the ground.
All these little countries across the Caribbean, Africa, South America, were once colonies “exploited” by powerful western nations. Eye roll. That’s what the Obamas of the world like to tell us. It’s the basic premise of the socialists today. BUT – is it true?
Okay, the western civilization came in, built roads, ports, hospitals, infrastructure, mined and farmed land, and made the trains run on time. The Western governments established courts, law, contracts, and brought with them education and vaccinations. But the little countries eventually did not like being “oppressed”, voted for the Communist/Marxists and gained freedom from their “overlords” in Europe throughout the 1960’s…….. kind of like the USA did in 1776.
Wait a minute, what’s that? You mean the USA overthrew their overlords (King George and the Tories) and then the USA established a system of government whereby …… even when they went to war…. they did not take land nor treasure? Oh no, the USA remembered well our lesson of 1776. Surprised? What’s the over/under on most college students being ignorant of the concept? Take your best guess…..
Soooooo, does that mean the USA are not colonialists? Yep. You mean the USA is not evil like my university professor and Obama told me? Bingo. Wait, wait, wait, so when Obama said the people of the Arab uprising are just like our revolutionaries, he was wrong? Answer: Yes and no. They would have been true revolutionaries, good, noble, and honorable men, if their system of government WORKED for the people, but it hasn’t…. and it never will.
Communism or Socialism will always fail, because men yearn to breathe free. Love of liberty is irrepressible and cannot be squelched by bureaucrats. Americans stand for freedom and we will not be denied.
Something was different…. in the 1960’s, we had Communists and Marxists to stoke fear and resentment, class and race division. They won…. or did they? Well, they did assume power but their system of government…….. well, it sucks…… It’s STILL a third world kleptocracy.
The locals could NOT make the trains run on time.
There was no LOCAL and LOYAL venture capital.
Hospitals failed.
AIDS and epidemics spread – infant mortality increased.
Over-farming produced famine and deforestation.
Corruption became rampant – cuz, no more penalties for cheating…..
and new Overlords – terrorists – arose to fight wars and enslave children to work in the mines. Gee whiz, but were the people better off? Of course not. But…. they were no longer “oppressed”! Or were they….?
The USA sends aid…… endlessly, with no change in structure of government, no end to the incompetence. No one cleans up the corruption. Rinse and repeat. Sudan? Darfur? No reason for the tragedy. Today, in Africa, the USA goes in to fight their wars of ethnic/religious cleansing, while the Chinese are down the road, paying off the dictator to mine the country… on roads we built.
Today …… the former colonies surrender to China, their new master, without firing a shot. They bend their knee, or more precisely, they bend over at the waist! They willingly surrender to autocrats, the Communists. Yet, Europe is to blame? America is the bad guy? Does this make sense to any citizen? No, it only makes sense to those who dine on morsels of luxury provided by China….. for a little while at least.
The Bahamas signed the Pact with China for port and military assistance (check out the links in the postscript). Well, if China is their new “BFF”, then where in the hell are the Chinese helo’s to evac the wounded out of Abaco and Marsh Bay? In fact, where the heck were the Chinese in Haiti? I mean…… the Israelis were there.
Bahamas – The same Chinese company that recently took operational control of the Panama Canal is currently completing construction of the largest container port in the world in Freeport, Bahamas – just 60 miles from Florida. View Photos of the Port Several U.S. military experts say that the activities of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a Hong Kong-based conglomerate, in both Panama and the Bahamas, pose a significant risk to U.S. national security.
Rense.com Authors Christopher Ruddy and Stephan Archer
Why are we, the USA, paying for the cleanup once again? The UK had loyalty to the Bahamas, and the UK is wealthy. Are they paying for our Coast Guard to risk their lives? Our Coasties are priceless to us. Where are all the concerned virtue signaling tweets from the Duchess of Sussex? Where are Prince Harry and William? What about the Chinese? I see no one there but the Americans. And the Americans were the FIRST ones there!!!!!!!
And now, we’re gearing up our Salvation Army, Red Cross, Army Corps of Engineers, and all our Churches to go and help the Bahamian people???? Only for them to remain loyal to China and the UK? Why are we doing this????
I know, I know, because it’s the right thing to do, right? Because we’re good people and charitable, right? Because we’re the benevolent ones, right?
No, we’re supposed to be the a$$holes….. remember?
We’re the Americans. I’m happy to help, but I want the port back, and the airport, too. And I want a BIG tract of the Queen’s Crown Land in the Abaco’s dedicated to a US Submarine base. Hey, we might let NATO use the base…. If they pay their DAMN BILLS!
Don’t like my proposal? Fine. Then let The Commonwealth come in and fix The Bahamas. Where is the sweet leader of New Zealand? Where are the Aussies? Where are the Brits and the Irish? What about Bermuda? They’re close and rolling in cash. Let them do it.
BUT – No more Chinese.
No more Mr. Nice Guy… patsy…. stupid…. America, who pays for the mistakes.
We all know the Americans will end up helping and doing the lion’s share. Only this time, don’t disrespect our efforts. We want the two Chinese ports and the airport. Don’t call it “conquered land”, call it a 200yr lease for $1USD. At least the USA will make the trains run on time and make the country BETTER. We’ll defend the land because we show up when the going gets tough. It’s what we do.
You don’t get to take from the USA, call us when you need us, wallow in the warmth and comfort at our generous tit, and then stab us in the back.
Nah……….
Not anymore.
Still have doubts about America? Well, let’s take a look at just how good the world has become because of the USA. Sure, we can give a little credit to other western democracies, but make no mistake, the USA forms the foundation for it all. None of it would have happened without the Americans. Get ready to wave your American flag. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2017/11/30/why-the-world-is-getting-better-why-hardly-anyone-knows-it/?fbclid=IwAR3Rh1oVofcZMBQnVW1ohdlWqyCdLyl1Xws5Wb59QvLJ9xmOE7ew0aWVj1M#234a7a6e7826
The above article was written in November of 2017, by Steve Denning, Senior Contributor to Forbes. He did a deep dive on how much better the world has become over the last 200yrs. I’m particularly mad today and ranting, therefore, I connect the dots to the success and dominance of the USA, because it’s true. We are the “it” factor.
The first thing Denning analyzes is the percentage of the world population living in poverty. In 1820, over 90% of the world’s people lived in poverty. As we grew and became more wealthy, we lifted many out of poverty. Yet, in 1950, over 75% of the world’s population was STILL in poverty. Who was the primary dominant power in the world in 1950? That would be us – the USA. Ohhhh, looky here, could it be that American industrialization and success helped lift the world’s people out of poverty? Well, it sure as hell wasn’t Russia…. Today, less than 10% of the world’s population lives in poverty.
As the media is obsessed with reporting events where things have gone wrong, it is easy to overlook this extraordinary fact: “every single day since 1990, since, on average, there were 130,000 people fewer in extreme poverty every day.”
Steve Denning, link above.
What’s this? 200 years ago, only 10% of the world’s population was literate. Today, almost 90% of the world’s population are literate. Again, notice the big difference AFTER year 1950. Notice the downturn during WW2. Imagine what the downturn would have been if the USA lost the war.
Let’s take a look at health of the world’s children. Back in 1800, about 43% of children died before age 5. Today, the numbers are miniscule. Why? Could it be the medicines, hygiene, safe practices, waste disposal, air conditioning, discovered by the USA and a few other western democracies…… saved billions of children? Yeah, billions of children.
What about freedom? How does one measure freedom? Well, in the 1800’s, almost everyone lived in an autocratic regime. Today, more than half the people in the world live in Democracies… which is supposed to mean, if your government stinks, you can vote to change it. Interesting to note: Of the people still living under an autocracy…. about 4 of 5 live in China……. again, the Communists. Look at the difference after WW2. Gee whiz, good thing the Americans won WW2. Imagine this graph if the Nazis won, and all the implications therein…… for the people of the world who treasure their freedom.
What about population growth? We had ONE billion people on earth in 1800 and about 7X’s that now. “Global life expectancy doubled just over the last hundred years.”
The last projection is on education. Here’s where Denning (obviously a globalist) begins to speculate about declining birth rates and importance of education for children, all the way out to year 2100. Denning loses me, here. I’m not comfortable speculating ahead by 80yrs. Yet, I call your attention to the graph to look at the progress made between 1970-2020. It’s amazing.
If ANYONE thought the Russian Communist Soviet Bloc (the other world power) contributed heavily to the health and wealth of the world, then all the graphs above would have leveled off or worsened around 1990……… but they didn’t. Did they? Nope, communism failed in Soviet States, because it’s hard to move a potato across 13 time zones unless you have capitalists who figure out how to do it… and make a profit for their effort.
Imagine, for a moment, you were a founding forefather, one of those great “white” men for whom we have statues today. You know those statues, the ones the communists want to tear down? Imagine you were trying to write a Constitution and a Bill of Rights for a Republic….. not a democracy but a Republic, which guarantees rights for the minority as well. What would happen if you, in 1800, told a local journalist you could solve most of the problems of the world within 200 years, by establishing the United States of America and protecting Western Democracies when they came under threat?
Yeah, that journalist would probably laugh at our founding father, but that’s what we did. Human Rights guaranteed by God, not by man nor a government? Who thought it would be such a good idea…..? We did. Those pesky Americans.
George Washington could have been named a King of the USA, but he turned it down. Think about it. It was the original benevolence and honor of one man which brought us to this place. I posit, if Washington had been named King, a ruler, how would he be any different than Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela today? He wouldn’t. Isolated power corrupts. It’s why autocrats and communists fail. As much as we may complain about our government today, a system of checks and balances is necessary….. and consequences for bad behavior would be nice…. Actually, the people have a written remedy for their dissatisfaction found within the same founding documents.
We’ll close with this part of Steve Denning’s essay…..
Why Don’t We Know The World Is Getting Better?
It’s ironic that in a world where knowledge and education are improving dramatically, there is widespread abysmal ignorance about the improving state of the world. “More than 9 out of 10 people do not think that the world is getting better.”
Our World In Data suggests that the media are partly to blame. The media does not tell us how the world is changing, it tells us where the world is going wrong.
Steve Denning for Forbes, November 31, 2017.
Hmmmmmm, “…. 9 out of 10 people do not think that the world is getting better.”, why does that sound like a CNN poll? Gotcha, the media.
Denning closes his article by giving credit to “global institutions”, how we have learned to work together and adapt. Fluffy, globalist “B“ovine “S”cat. As Daddy always said, “If it weren’t for America, we would all be speaking German”. We didn’t get to this place in the world because of Germany, Japan, or Italy…….. America did it because we defeated their despots. And then, we rebuilt Germany, Japan, and Italy. Yeah, America did, and we’re still paying for their militaries and securing their sea lanes for safe trade.
Time to say, “Thank you, America!”
Maybe……. all we need is new media, a new attitude, and to stop apologizing for the greatness of America. The media needs to be grounded, sent to their rooms without supper, until they adjust their perspective, learn humility, and become grateful for what we all have. Why would Americans EVER sit still for a media who tells us we’re all horrible people……… based on nothing but propaganda and bad logic? Hell no!
No more stupid leaders, and no more Socialist/Communists pushing control of our institutions. Why in the world would any “leader” advocate for open borders? And who, with ANY common sense, would ever give up our energy dominance in the world? Who could be so dumb………. unless that’s not their real intent?
No more Chinese influence in Hollywood… look at how oppressed/stifled/censored Hollywood has become! We really need to FREE Hollywood, while they spit in our faces. And sure as hell, no Huawei in the USA. Their Communist system of government does not work. The USA will never become the “colony” to China. Yet, that’s what the Chinese want, “send us your soybeans and pork — because we already took your advanced manufacturing.”
Enough!! Time to get tough. The United States of America is the best thing ever to happen to the world, and we know it. It wasn’t Communist Russia and never was. It’s not Communist China either. Be damned if we’re going to turn over the USA to power hungry, ill-intended fish merchants, who can only guarantee relative comfort for themselves and widespread misery for the rest of us.
It’s our responsibility to defend the USA, and if we don’t, the entire world will fall, without a shot being fired…….. because…. yeah…. they want our legal guns as well.
Wave your flag!
End.
PS: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/business/China-Harbour-commences-Bahamian-port-project_17001377
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