Conversations I Won't Get Involved In

 

There are several conversations that I absolutely refuse to get involved in because there is no correct answer to any of them, which makes all of them pointless.  And I have better things to do with my time than to get involved in pointless conversations.  One of them I've written about before, so I won't go into too much detail about that one.  The others are new, so bear with me.

The one I've written about before is 'Service Bashing.'  I absolutely refuse to participate in that childish crap, but the other conversations which is a kissing cousin to this one is 'Which Service Is Better?'  There is NO correct answer for this in general terms, and even when you get specific there really isn't one correct answer.  Each of the services are intended for a specific mission, and each of the services are trained for and are best at that mission. So in my humble opinion, any discussion on that point is useless.

The second one is politics.  I am VERY selective as to who I discuss politics with; actually, I can count the number of people I'll discuss politics with on one hand and have two fingers left over.  I learned a long time ago that you absolutely will NOT change a liberal's mind on ANYTHING, so I don't even try.  And in some instances, the conservatives are just as bad - although overall, they're more likely to change their minds and opinions when confronted by facts whereas the liberals absolutely refuse to do that.  

And the same goes for religion.  The people I'll discuss religion with are the same ones I'll discuss politics with, and that's it.  The reasons are the same.

The next one is 'Which Motorcycle Brand Is Best?' I can name good things and bad things about every brand of motorcycle made.  I've seen lists compiled by so-called "experts" on this topic before, and I've very seldom agreed with them.  The question of which motorcycle is best has a different answer for each person whom you ask, and when you get right down to it that answer is nothing more than their OPINION.  And as I've said before, opinions are neither right nor wrong, they're just different.

A kissing cousin to that discussion is "Should I Run Regular or Synthetic Oil In My Bike?"  This is another one where there are no definite answers - not one that is accepted by everyone, that is.  I've talked to mechanics who swear by either, and I've seen articles by different motorcycle magazines claiming that both are the best.  Again, the bottom line is that any answer to this question is nothing more than an opinion.  Run whatever the fuck you want to in your bike, I don't care.  As long as YOU are happy with it, that's all that matters.

And I won't get involved in the conversation of "Which Car Brand Is Better?" for all of the same reasons as the two previous topics.  Total waste of time and purely a matter of opinion. 

Next up is "Which Gun Is Better For Concealed Carry?"  Same as with motorcycle oil - whatever makes YOU happy, then that's the gun you should carry.  And the kissing cousin to this one is "Which Caliber Ammo Is Best For Concealed Carry?"  I can kill someone just as dead by shooting them in the eye with a .22 as I can by shooting them in the chest with a .45, so once again, carry whatever you're comfortable with and whatever makes you happy.

One conversation that is very close to this one which I WILL get involved in is "Should I Carry with a Round In The Chamber?"  I'll get involved in that one in a heartbeat because that could be a matter of life or death, namely the life or death of the person carrying the pistol.  I'm happy to say that I've changed a few minds on this topic when I have gotten involved in it, because this is a topic where FACTS bear out only ONE answer as being correct.  And that simple fact is that you absolutely WILL NOT have enough time to draw your weapon, rack the slide, and fire before the bad guy is on you if you're carrying an automatic pistol.  End of story.

So if there's a topic you want to discuss with me, if it's one of the topics I've listed here then don't waste my time because I ain't playin'.  If not, then by all means, let's talk.

And I don't argue, I talk.  If the conversation looks like it's turning into an argument, then I'm out.  I don't have time for that shit.

Deo Vindice

IHC

 

  

The Walls Are Closing In...

 

For Ilham Omar, they most certainly are.  And I must say that this is long overdue.

For those of you who may not have heard about this, Ilhan Omar is under investigation by several FEDERAL agencies for several FEDERAL crimes she has allegedly committed.  And I use the word 'allegedly' because no matter how much I despise someone - and Omar is in the Top Five on my list - or no matter how damning the evidence may look, they're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

And the way it's looking right about now, Ilhan Omar's goose is thoroughly cooked.  She's suspected of breaking Federal immigration laws, Federal wage disclosure laws, and Federal election laws.  She has allegedly (there's that word again) committed the following crimes:

- She married her brother to get him into the country and get his citizenship, then had the marriage annulled.

- She reported that her overall personal monetary worth was in excess of $30 MILLION (on a Congressman's pay - yeah, right) and then, when the source of her wealth came into question (as it should have) she changed her disclosure to less than $120 THOUSAND.

- She lied about her age in order to get her American citizenship - or rather, her father lied about her age when he applied for HIS citizenship and asked to get hers as well as a result.  (The maximum age for a child in this case is 17, and at the time she was 18 as proven by her original birth certificate.)  And when this came into question, she had her Congressional staff change the official records to reflect the incorrect birth date.

And the thing is, any and all of these alleged (*sigh*) offenses will, if proven in a court of law, result in her citizenship being revoked, being expelled from Congress because she's no longer eligible, and then DEPORTED back to the country she claims to love and miss so much, the third-world shithole known as Somalia.

And as an added bonus, her father's citizenship status is now being questioned as well.  See, it's like this:  once a naturalized American citizens passes away, all paperwork associated with the naturalization process loses its confidential status and becomes public record.  When someone from the press made a Freedom of Information Act request asking for her father's naturalization records, the reply from the Federal government was that there are NO RECORDS of his naturalization.  

Which means two things:  he was never an American citizen, and neither is his daughter.

But regardless, even if there were records, Omar's citizenship would still be in question because good old Dad lied about her age, claiming that she was 17 instead of 18.  This was proven by the original Somali birth certificate that was found during the LEGAL search of her home.

And as we all know, in order to run for Congress you have to be an American citizen by either birth or naturalization.  Ilhan Omar is neither, which means she is NOT ELIGIBLE to serve in the US Congress.  WHEN this is proven to be true and accurate, I don't think it will take Congress more than five minutes to vote to kick her ass out, and not one Demoncrat will stand up in opposition.  Not if they have any sense at all, that is.  (Then again, these are the same people who didn't stand up when Trump asked for all of the members of Congress who were supportive of the United States to stand up during the last State of the Union address, so...)

So about that...the Demoncrats defending her, that is.  Right now the Demoncratic party is standing by her, bitching and complaining about what the DOJ is doing to her while conveniently forgetting that the Biden DOJ did the exact same thing to Donald Trump  ("No one is above the law," remember?).  There are lots of folks out there who think that nothing will come of this, that it will all just go away just like Hillary Clinton's deleting all those e-mails and using an uncertified server did. And up until a few days ago, I thought the same thing.  I would believe it when I actually saw her getting arrested and going to trial.

But that was two days ago.  With the latest disclosures, I'm pretty sure that this one isn't going to go away.  It's gotten WAAAAAY too big and has drawn WAAAAY too much attention for this to just fade away.  I think she's gonna go to trial, get kicked out of Congress (if she doesn't resign first), and ultimately either go to prison or get deported.  I'm hoping for deportment because this country would be better off without her in it.

The litmus test will come when the Demoncrats start backpedaling and start distancing themselves from her.  When THAT happens, that means that even the Demoncrats who are the most badly infected with TDS will have realized that yeah, she did it, yeah, they can prove it, and NO, they don't wanna go down with her sinking ship.  So they'll start making lame comments about 'evidence' and 'best interest of the country' (which they couldn't give a shit about and we all know it) and will begin putting as much distance between them and Omar as they possibly can.  After all, it's an election year, you know.

So right now I'm just gonna sit back and watch what happens, keeping my fingers crossed that THIS time they do it right, that THIS time they actually arrest someone and CHARGE THEM with an offense rather than just let it all fade away.  When the handwriting on the wall is clear even to her, I think Omar will resign from Congress in an effort to persuade the DOJ to call off the dogs, but we all know that the DOJ won't do that - not if Trump has anything to do with it.

And he has EVERYTHING to do with it.

YES, THIS IS WHAT I VOTED FOR.

Deo Vindice

IHC