FBEL: In Black and White

I had a Right leaning friend post this meme yesterday:

What I responded with is very honest: “I don’t think so, or not without full due diligence. Remember, what the Right does to the Left or puts into practice can later be used by the Left against the Right. Put NOTHING in place that could even remotely possibly go wrong when turned around. This is something that could *easily* be turned around.”

There will always be people on both sides of the aisle who feel they are doing what they are doing to support the Constitution. The problem with the person who posted this originally is that he knows darn well HE is defending and adhering to the Constitution… and assumes that those on the Left are not, and/or will not.

I can think of quite a few legitimate reasons why someone in the House or Senate might choose to support an illegal alien over a US citizen. For instance, no matter how illegal someone is, if a US citizen assaults, sexually or otherwise abuses, murders, etc. someone from another country (legal or illegal), that’s wrong. I’ll support the person who was the victim.

Putting up something this broad is not “making it perfectly clear” or stating it’s in black and white (in any way other than the fact that it’s black and white lettering). This is akin to the Dems wanting to get rid of the filibuster while the Republicans are in office and then trying to get it back in when they’re in office. If the proposed rule can’t be broadly applied, or applies only “sometimes” (ie when your opponent is in office), then it’s not a good rule.

This is not a good suggestion.

Words, as I’m constantly told, have meaning. I might be pretty sure I know what’s being implied in this meme, it’s NOT clear. If we were to put something like this into practice, it would immediately be turned around and used against the Conservatives. And rightly so, quite frankly.

There’s a lot going on around us right now. According to the Left, the stock market is crashing like never before. I’ve heard the term “huge” used more than Trump uses it, which is driving me batty.  

As you can see in this image (Morningstar, Inc.), the mess during Biden’s time as President was quite impactful, especially as seen after the moderately beautiful recovery started by Trump 1.0. Now, this image doesn’t include the stock market information of the past few days, but frankly, I think you can all go look yourself. Yes, there was a dip. No, it would not even register on a graph of this size. It’s barely visible on a graph that includes only 2016 onward, quite frankly. Yes, there was a dip, and that’s natural. It’s a great time to buy stock, quite honestly. With the Left influencing what people think, there are bound to be some run offs with certain types of stock. We know that nothing huge is going to happen with Trump at the helm, so we may as well invest. Just be sure to pull out before the next President gets in, unless it turns out to be Vance, in which case, stick with it.

I really don’t get the absolute panic over the tariffs. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told I “just don’t understand” how tariffs work (hint: I do), and how Trump’s tariffs are going to tank our whole economy (hint: they didn’t, and aren’t). People I love and care for are absolutely devastated over the whole tariff business, and it’s sad, because it’s not something to be upset about.

But… again, when tariffs get applied, our prices are likely to go up slightly. It behooves us to be ready for that. Once it all turns around, we’ll still be sitting pretty. No need for panic, folks.