ALEX ACOSTA APPOINTED SECRETARY OF LABOR AFTER A 100 DAY HOLDUP

            Finally after 100 days since President Donald Trump was elected to the office of President of the United States the Democrat party, led by Congressional minority leader Nancy Polisi, (D-CA), and Senate minority leader Charles “Chuck” Schumer, (D-NY), finally relented and allowed the confirmation of Trump’s last cabinet nominee Alex Acosta, as Labor Secretary.

            What problem the Democrats had with taking so much time to confirm Acosta is a mystery. Yet it may not be such a mystery after all; it may only be “pay-back” time by the Demo’s after the Senate put Obama’s Supreme Court nomination on hold until a new president was elected.

            But Acosta’s brilliant background can’t be challenged as to his qualification for the job. As a Harvard Law graduate he progressed as a renowned attorney having served previously in government. He has been appointed to numerous positions requiring exceptional legal work regarding labor relations, appointed a judge of the United States Third District Court of Appeals and also served as Dean of the Florida International College of Law. These are just some of his accomplishments.  

            Not bad for a kid born in Miami, Florida of legal immigrant parents who fled Cuba at the prosecution of the Castro regime.

            But taking so much time in confirming Trump’s cabinet members has put a hamper in concentrating on “the people’s business.”

            As far as “the people’s business” is concerned the Democrats seem to care less.

            In comparison Barack Obama had his cabinet confirmed within a week of his election as President. It must be remembered the Republicans were less than thrilled when Obama took office. But instead of playing obstructionists they came together with the opposite party to confirm his cabinet picks believing the interest of the American people came first.

            Unfortunately the Democrats thought differently when it came to Trump’s nominations even though these new cabinet members all had superior backgrounds compared with Obama’s choices.

           

But even with the obstructionists efforts to derail Trump he has masterfully initiated a series of executive orders to get America again moving on the right track.

            Putting America first the new president signed orders eliminating Obama’s restriction of the coal industry, calling both Mexico and Canada to the table to renegotiate the NAFTA treaty that nearly destroyed the United States lumber and diary industries, putting together a tax reform bill that will reduce the tax burden on the middle class of the American people by cutting nearly in half the tax rate, putting Russia and North Korea on notice that the United States is no longer being led from behind and several other improvements of our foreign policy and much more.

            And Trump apparently hasn’t finished with Iran or North Korea yet. If any message was sent the Iranians should take a closer look at what our military did dropping the Mother Of All

Bombs on Syria!

            But one man alone can’t do it all without cooperation. And the cooperation from the Democrat’s is sadly lacking.

            Those in the Democratic party have refined obstruction to the level of an art form! These misfit leaders of the Democrat party as Schumer and Polisi have done everything possible to interrupt or derail all the efforts of the new president. If they choose to call themselves as true Americans they miss the boat by a long shot. They are obstructionists whose main interest is to impose their own brand of socialistic leadership and continue to lead the United States as third world power. And that is exactly where Obama and his stooges took us.

            When Trump said he wanted to “drain the swamp” the people cheered. As far back as most people can remember following Ronald Regan as president, the country has continued a steady decline. But one thing Trump didn’t count on was the enemies within his own party who are apparently still upset that this “outsider” has taken hold of leadership and is actually doing what he promised.

            But the swamp is deep and muded by corruption that seems to be the main stay of today’s political representatives. The only difference is the Republicans seem to be a bit slower at adapting to the mess than their Democratic colleagues! However being the “professionals” they are sure it shouldn’t take too much time to catch up.

            But the President isn’t noted to be a quitter. He has continued to make slow progress even though the majority of the “press” continues to hammer him with slanted news coverage.

            The real test will come after two years. With the mid-term elections looming a lot of current congressmen and senators who are standing in the way may be sitting on the bench looking for a new job. If Trump continues to initiate his new economic and foreign relations programs things might swing towards the Republicans. However, as noted, those of his own party had better begin to think of the American people first rather than their personal welfare. Elections have consequences.

            It’s refreshing to have a President that isn’t afraid to say the job is a lot more than expected. Does that mean that Trump is apprehensive? Not a bit. Being the man he is he will most likely take the bid in his teeth and push on. It has been a long time since the United States has had a president that actually told the truth and put America first!

           

IS NORTH KOREA READY FOR WAR?

            North Korea; what to do about it?

            The history of this divided nation happened immediately following World War II. Korea had for decades been under the control of Japan up to and including the war. But an interesting thing happened during the later part of the campaign.

            Russia, who had not been part of the Pacific campaign, promised that after the defeat of Germany they would take up formal arms against the Japanese within three months following Germany’s surrender. And sure enough, exactly three months of the unconditional surrender of Germany the Russians entered Manchuria and into North Korea.

            This wasn’t such a tough thing to accomplish from the Russian perspective. The Chinese communist army led by Mao Zedong battled with Nationalist Party Chaining Kai-shek, to drive out the Japanese army. After the Japanese were defeated Mao used his troops to drive Chaining off the mainland of China where the Nationalist Party president took refuge on the island of Taiwan that remains free to the present day.

            Russia supported Mao at every turn. The Russians helped enslave China under Mao’s dictatorship and impose a form of government that subjected the people to near economic and personal disaster. Enemies of the communist state were liquidated at an unprecedented manner. The publication of Mao’s little “red Book” was mandated as mandatory reading and anyone refusing to comply quickly faced persecution or execution.

            But it didn’t stop there.

            After Russia drove the Japanese out of Manchuria they started to invade Korea. The United States fearing that the Russians would take over all of Korea they proposed that the 38^th parallel would separate north from South Korea. The communists then had control of the north and quickly and the rest is history.

            It is at this point that North Korea’s first dictator took office. His name was Kim Il-sung whose birthday was recently celebrated by his grandson and now dictator, Kim Jong-un.

            By 1949 the communists of North Korea had their hearts set in unifying both north and South Korea and sought the help of both China and Russia to invade the south. With this plan all of Korea would be under control of the Communist Party.

            So on June 25, 1950, with the permission of both China and Russia’s leader Joseph Stalin the North Korean army blasted through the 38^th parallel and marched down the peninsula nearly driving the United States army to the sea. The result was that the United Nations declared the invasion as a “police action” and sent in a limited number of UN members to help the American army. The number of UN combatants sent could nearly be counted on the fingers of your hand! Over 90 per cent of combat fighters were Americans.

            Taking the helm of the allied troops was five-star general Douglas MacArthur. Sizing up the situation he exercised a number of successful campaigns including the unexpected amphibious offensive along the 38^th parallel cutting the North Korean army in half.

            MacArthur wanted to drive the communists all the way back to the Chinese border but then President Harry Truman said no after China furnished troops to aid the North Koreans and fired the general. Truman apparently feared that if the Americans were to force the enemy to the Chinese boarder it would trigger a third world war. As a consequence the battle for Korea raged on until an Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27, 1953. Officially the war has never ended but only a “peace” agreement put in place.

            And that is where things stand today. If MacArthur had his way there would not be the situation the world faces today with a nuclear equipped country as North Korea led by an unstable maniac who would have no problem other than to pull the trigger. The only thing holding him back is the lack of assurance of China’s help and that is most unlikely experts say.

            Yet North Korea’s dictator continues to put his finger into the United States eye by advancing his country’s nuclear program and experimenting with development of an inter-continental ballistic missile. Both have been condemned by the United Nations but the objections fall unheeded.

            Past administrations going back to all the presidents following Truman never grasped the depth and danger North Korea actually poses. That is until now. President Donald Trump has decided he isn’t going to be bluffed by North Korea. They can rattle all the swords they want but if they were paying attention the North Korean’s should take seriously that the United States could take the north’s capital Pyongyang out with one easily delivered MOAB right in the center of town! Would Trump do it? It all depends—one offensive maneuver by North Korea could very easily end any conflict.

            The key to the situation rests with both China and Russia. Remember it was the Chinese in 1951 who entered the war when the North Koreans were virtually being wiped off the map. And it should also be remembered it was Russia who furnished Mig jet fighters, flown by Russian pilots, who fought against the United States Air Force. Would both countries come again to the aid of North Korea? Most likely not. Neither country wants a third world war and they know the consequences of such a thing were to  happen. But does the current North Korean leader understand all of this? 

SHOULD PRESIDENT TRUMP RELEASE HIS TAX RECORDS?

            It’s back to square one as far as the Democrat-liberal led protesters are concerned. To celebrate April 15, tax filing day, thousands across the United States took to the streets waving flags, shouting slogans and generally making a nuisance of them. Why you may ask? All because President Donald Trump has continued to refuse to make public his business or personal tax returns.

It matters little that there is no obligation or law for the president to do so. The idea of releasing tax returns started with former President and peanut farmer Jimmy Carter. Prior to that no president going back from Carter, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Truman, Roosevelt and all the way to the adoption of the current tax system.

It was the year of 1862 when then President Abraham Lincoln created the Internal Revenue Service to pay for the War Between the States. Ten years later the tax was repealed but only until 1994. Congress, in its incredible wisdom re-enacted the income tax idea but the Supreme Court held the law unconstitutional the next year.

It took a constitutional amendment to reintroduce the idea of the IRS. Congress then passed the 16th Amendment giving the congress the authority to level a one per cent tax on net personal incomes above $3,000. For incomes of more than $500,000 folks were hit with a whopping six percent surtax.

Then came World War One and Democrat President Woodrow Wilson. Taxes were increased to 77 per cent but in the post war years the rate dropped to 24 percent in 1929. After the crash of ‘29 came the Great Depression which wiped out hundreds of thousand fortunes.

When the United States entered World War II, congress introduced the quarterly withholding tax system that persists to the present day.

Things seemed to progress smoothly until the 1950’s when the government decided to make the IRS more professional by hiring so-called objective employees. Since then the agency has developed into a political friendly organization occupied by unelected bureaucrats who have used their position to prosecute the enemies of their personal affiliation.

Such a scandal hit when former IRS Commissioner Lois Lerner testified before the House Oversight Commission regarding the targeting by the agency of conservative opponents. It seems whenever any conservative organization sought tax relief they were shot down by Lerner and her team.

Appearing before the committee she claimed her right to enact her constitutional right under the protection of the Fifth Amendment and clam up regarding her illegal decisions! She wasn’t going to say a word that would incriminate her abusive actions as IRS commissioner.

As a political tool the IRS and political hacks has used tax records as fodder for those out to destroy anyone they take exception to. And this abuse includes going after the current holder of the White House President Donald J Trump.

Yet an honest question should be asked; is it anyone’s business seeking tax returns from another Untied States citizen out of curiosity? If you should have a beef with your neighbor or just curious about how they make a living, saved or spent their money or what they are paying in taxes, is it really any of your business?

The liberals believe that they have such a right. They claim that they need information to prove any nefarious activity of a taxpayer. They claim they should be able to examine documents proving the taxpayer in question is committing some sort of crime even though there is no proof or violation of law or any objective information relating to any wrongdoing. Better yet they hope the object of their “investigation” could send such a person to the big house for 20 years or more.

And for the enemies of Trump 20 years wouldn’t begin to be enough time behind bars.

So, is the President guilty of anything other than his right to protect his personal and business tax returns? In a simple answer is yes!

If there was any hanky-panky regarding Trump’s tax returns Lerner’s chief hit people would have nailed the President a long time before he was elected as the 45^th president of the United States.

But what seems to be the burr under the blanket of the liberals is the continued nonsense of some collusion between Trump and the Russians. This is the reason they are bound to continue to seek Trump’s tax returns hoping to tie him with some business obligation to the Russians. This is again nonsense.

The American people elected a businessman. Someone who had common sense and proven leadership to correct the mess left behind by Obama. The people want a leader who understands how to make a buck and get the most out of spending it. They are tired of the old way to do business. They are tired of politicians who are capable of spending other people’s money with total disregard of how they get the money to pay for it. It isn’t their money that goes down the drain; it’s the peoples’ money and they need to be reminded of this honest fact!

What has proven to be so remarkable is that last week’s national demonstration of those crying for Trump’s tax returns was so artfully organized. The signs obviously were pre-printed, the huge crowds were pre-organized and yet it was advertized as “spontaneous.”

The question remains however; is the average American concerned about the release of Trump’s tax returns? Polls show that the guy on the street could care less and we are one of them!