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Where there is a will there could be a wall, or fence, or barrier.  One of these terms has been used at one time or another as a necessity by nearly every one of the Democrats now preferring to shut down (or let shut down) the government rather than let President Trump have any sort of victory on the wall.  Or fence.   Or barrier.  It really is that simple.  Having said that... President Trump has put it all on the table, and what will happen over the next two years will be determined by what happens with the shutdown. Businesses, at least the larger ones don't plan a year ahead, they plan as far into the future as possible.  That is why with the new models in retail (think Amazon) have come roaring into the now, the old models have either adapted (Walmart, Target, others), or established a niche market that works under the Amazon cloud, or goes the way of the dinosaur, (K-Mart, and others hanging by a thread).  This is why big businesses love being cozy with the government, th

Mr. President, for two years, I have had to defend you from the constant barrage of criticism that comes from DC and most of the media.  You have forced people to either hate you, or defend you, even though they are not one of your people outright.  So, here is an open letter to you. Dear Mr. President. I am frankly disappointed.  You tend to overdo the playground bravado.  You pound your chest indicating how tough you are.  Mr. President, if you are tough, the last thing you need to do is pound your chest.  The media has prodded you into doing it, and we know that you really don't care whether it is good or bad reporting, only that there is reporting.  As President none of that is necessary. I was worried that you would take too much power breaking things in DC.  Of course, paying attention to the media would lead people to believe that you had done exactly that.  You haven't.  It was during the primary and general campaign that I came to realize that a real libertarian

Comey admitted to Congress that they had not verified the DNC opp-research prior to using it to get a FISA warrant to spy on the Trump campaign.  This is a violation of law, and those involved should be prosecuted for it.  Even more so, any information received as a result of that warrant should be inadmissible in a court of law.  Even more so, this whole circus of Mueller's should be disbanded, and an apology issued to the president, his people, and the American people for having attempted a coup by the DoJ. So now we know that General Flynn was allowed to feel comfortable in an interview, not knowing fully that lying to the FBI, even in an informal setting is a crime. So, Comey, bastion of integrity, knowing that the first days of an administration are chaotic,arranged a meeting between Flynn and the FBI, with no counsel. Comey admitted that they purposely chose this time so as to not get any crap from the White House Counsel. But ethics, right?  Trump is horrible, blah blah

This is my next to final blog post for my Democracy class.  It was published on the class blog November 29, today is December 3, in case anyone has thoughts of plagiarism from this blog to that one. There were a lot of good ideas presented, how to make government better, how to have a bigger role in our grand experiment.  I am antiquated, a dinosaur if you will when it comes to what works and what doesn’t.  These solutions are all great, and in my view, any time we increase interaction with the leviathan is a good thing.  You know what is coming now, don’t you?  But… The founders understood too well what unbridled democracy would lead to.  It was evidenced just a few years later in the chaos of the French Revolution.  Their goal was to create a government that would leave people alone.  They felt that they built in safeguards to protect the citizenry from their government.  But little by little, the government assumed power.  Even those who seemed to be true to the Const