[NEAC GolfLeague] Thoughts on our state of affairs....

Sun Nov 3 06:38:34 CST 2024

Mike, I couldn't agree more!

On Fri, Nov 1, 2024 at 7:03 AM Mike Fahey via golf-list <
golf-list at neaclub.org> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>                 Let me first ask for everyone's pardon for using the golf
> list for a non golf topic but I am so concerned about the wrong direction
> our country has been going in and how important it is for a new direction
> before our country is truly lost. Let me start by saying that it is fair to
> say that a lot of people think one or both candidates are quite flawed.
> This is the choice before us but instead of throwing up our hands in
> despair over this, let's review the direction each candidate gave the
> country under their 4 years of leadership.
>
>                 Trump's 4 years were an emphasis on growing the economy ,
> trying to level the field we compete on in global trade and making our
> allies live up to their security treaties including Nato so they would all
> be in a better position to defend themselves and not simply rely on the US
> to be the world's policeman. He was fairly successful in these endeavors
> with real middle class income rising over 7% above inflation in his first
> three years (Covid and the lockdowns impacted the 4th year). He put tariffs
> on quite a few goods from China, which, though he was pilloried for when he
> did it, the next administration has kept them in place.  He was the first
> President to get our Nato allies to pay at or very close to their 2% (GDP)
> commitment they all made when they signed into the Nato treaty. Most
> importantly, there were 4 years of peace.
>
>                 Under Biden/Harris, America's direction changed in some
> key areas and changed very quickly seemingly without regard for
> consequences. Executive orders signed within the first week of entering
> office opened our borders to what is now estimated to be between 10-20M
> illegals over these 3+ years. The administration incentivized them to come
> giving out  welfare / phones/ and housing. NGO's, paid for by your tax
> dollar participated in making all this happen. Not a single Democrat
> politician pushed back against Biden/Harris on their border policy that I
> am aware.   We simply have no idea who has come in and this has direct
> National Security concerns and most grotesquely has led to huge amounts of
> human and sex trafficking! The administration has admitted to NOT knowing
> the whereabouts of over 300,000 kids that have come across the border! This
> alone is a scandal.  I have read articles where the cartels now make almost
> as much with human trafficking  as they do getting drugs across the border!
> There is no easy way to say it but our government is complicit in this! And
> for 3 years, Kamala told us the border was secure!
>
>                 Another big change was dramatic movement away from fossil
> fuels towards EV's, wind power, and solar. The Biden Administration
> immediately shut down the Keystone pipeline that was being built.  It
> didn't take too long for the price of oil and gas to increase fairly
> substantially. This and increased Federal spending in the Biden/Harris
> administration were two key drivers of inflation. One of the lesser known
> consequences of the rise in oil prices was how it empowered both Russia and
> Iran. Each of these bad actor's economies are mainly driven by oil and
> natural gas. Both country's economies were struggling when Biden came in to
> office due to the low price of oil that Trump had helped produce and Trump
> had a very effective embargo of Iranian oil during his time and so both
> were relatively quiet on the world stage partially because they simply
> didn't have the money to cause the mayhem they are now causing. If you
> think Republicans are pals with big oil and Democrats are not their friends
> (as most people do) you can look it up but Exxon Mobil's stock price at the
> end of Donald Trump's first term was $30-$32 or so. Right now, its at about
> $116/share. You tell me who is the friend of big oil?
>
>                 Lastly, and maybe some of the most important items that
> don't get discussed too much are that Harris has openly advocated for
> getting rid of the filibuster in the Senate! Senator Shumer is a leader on
> this as well. This would fundamentally transform our government into a "50%
> plus 1" rule which is exactly what our founders advocated against! This is
> the reason there are two houses of Congress. The House is simple majority
> rule and is where all bills are supposed to originate. The Senate is
> supposed to be the "deliverative" body, where yes, majority rule can win
> the day if no one feels the bill is egregious BUT if a member of the Senate
> does feel truly threatened by a bill, he / she can filibuster and then it
> takes a 60 vote threshold to pass a piece of legislation. This stops a
> simple majority from trampling on the rights of the other 49%. People do
> complain about this but it does stop or lessen big swings in the direction
> of governance of the country from happening and brings about compromise. If
> Kamala is elected and does this, it would change America forever.
>
> Harris is also open to changing the makeup of the Supreme Court and
> increasing it to 12 or 15 members. I am horrified that some can so
> cavalierly contemplate changing our government in such a substantive way!
> The Judicial Branch of Government is supposed to be an equal branch of
> Government to the other two- Legislative and Executive. This is simple
> intimidation from what is supposed to be a coequal branch of government.
>
> One side is completely fine with allowing trans-individuals to compete in
> sports in the gender of their choice. This is completely unfair to women,
> some of whom have practiced and worked at their sport their whole life. I
> see this and I wonder if we have lost all common sense? Speaking of losing
> common sense, one side is for "children's healthcare" where they would
> allow puberty blockers and even surgeries to early teen or even preteen
> children. This is barbaric.
>
> Down ticket, people should also realize that Maggie Goodlander is a
> complete Washington insider and some would say even a carpetbagger. She did
> grow up in NH but has lived in the DC area for many years and worked in
> government for most of that time. She is married to Jake Sullivan, who is
> the current National Security Advisor for Biden and worked for Hillary
> Clinton. He famously stated that the Middle East was very quiet and
> America's foreign policy focus could turn to other areas of the globe only
> 1-2 weeks before Hamas carried out its brutal terror attack on Israel last
> October 7th in 2023 where 1200 people were butchered. He was the National
> Security Advisor when we exited Afghanistan in the most inept, foolhardy,
> and embarrassing manner possible. This cost countless lives, sullied our
> reputation in the world and emboldened Putin to believe he could get away
> with invading Ukraine which has led to as many as 400,000 to 750,000
> deaths. Our votes have consequences.  Maggie Goodlander is Washington DC
> and would vote in lockstep with liberal policies like the ones above that
> have gotten us to where we are.
>
> Let me know your thoughts ?
>
> Thanks -Mike
>
>
> Mike Fahey
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