No One is Writing Much & Immigration Makes America Great

One result of Donald Trump's complete focus on himself is that most critics cannot keep up their criticism because everything has already been said while he continues to suck up the news cycle on himself.  That is certainly true of this blog.

And now that I know State sponsored Russian hackers are all over the internet, I am starting to wonder if the clicks on this blog from Russia are real readers or simply the hackers looking for a new path to muck up the U.S. election cycle.  The will be no fake news here I can assure you.

Ross Douthat, a conservative pundit, had an interesting review of two conservative books, one that has gotten a fair bit of press by Senator Jeff Flake, and one by someone I have never heard of, but the book is on the best seller list.  His review is damning of both books and highlights how the only thing the GOP, of all factions, can agree on is "cutting the social safety net to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy" and that such a policy is not a winning policy with the electorate and is not responsive to the real issues of the day.  This was an interesting read and the link is below.

Link to Douthat column


Yesterday, or Friday, Bret Stephens, one of RedStateVT's favorite columnists, came out in favor of Dreamers.  He is surprisingly liberal on immigration issues, which I agree with, but so far he hasn't convinced RedStateVT.  I will send him this column and see what response I get.

Bret Stephens on how immigration makes America Great

Thomas Friedman on how immigration makes America Great

If you look at a map of Houston devastation you see a pattern that looks like the path of a river.  But many of the flooded homes were no where near a creek, river or any other flowing water.  Rather it was the normal undulation of the land.  The water that came down on the high ground flowed to the low ground, where drainage was already overwhelmed by 50" of rain there.  If that happened here where I live, we'd be F*c*ed because our front door is the low point of a small valley.  And while we are on the 2nd floor, our cars are in the basement.  Basically, no matter where you live, if you get 50" of rain non-stop in 4 days, you are f*c*ed.  And the Flood Insurance Fund is not actuarially sound, like so many other government programs.  I wish we had rational politicians who could discuss these issues from a focus on what are the facts and what are the range of solutions.

And lastly, why is Donald Trump threatening South Korea's trade pact with us.  Does he want South Korea to align itself with China and North Korea?  And for that matter, does he want Mexico to align itself more with China.  He can be bleeping idiot sometimes (or perhaps most of the time).

That is all, I have to go walk the dog.